Giora Feidman
This clarinet virtuoso and composer is equally at home with classical music and with traditional and new klezmer music. Feidman is a fourth-generation klezmorim, but was trained as a classical musician. He began his professional career at the age of 20, joining the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he played for nearly 20 years. In the 1970s, with his own groups, he was credited by some as starting the klezmer revival in Europe and the U.S. He has advanced the klezmer style, freely crossing the borders between traditional klezmer, jazz, tango, classical, and Sephardic music. Although his music is rooted in Jewish tradition, he sees it as transcending race and religion.
In 1984, he played the main role in Peter Zadek's production of Joshua Sobol's Ghetto. In 1985, his first solo tour met with resounding success. Since then, he regularly performs in New York and Germany. Feidman played the title role in Der Rattenfänger (The Rat Catcher) at the Dortmunder Opernhaus. In 1994, Steven Spielberg asked him to collaborate on the film music for Schindler's List.
Roberto Pansera, Maurice Jarre, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta are just a few of the musicians that have worked with and composed for him. Feidman has also appeared with the Palestinian Mawassii. Bernstein said of him: "He bridges many rifts between generations, cultures, and social distinctions. And he does all this with artistic perfection. Long live Giora, his clarinet, and his soul music!"
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Discography
21 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Yiddish Soul
World - Released by Network on 21 Nov 1995
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Clarinetango
Latin America - Released by Macc Records on 13 Apr 2009
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The Magic of the Klezmer (Giora Feidman)
Yiddish & Klezmer - Released by Delos on 1 Jan 1986
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A Tribute to Piazzolla
World - Released by Hanseatic on 15 Oct 2021
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Feidman Plays Beatles!
Giora Feidman, Rastrelli Cello Quartett
Pop - Released by Macc Records on 11 Aug 2017
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Feidman Plays Mozart & More
Classical - Released by Warner Strategic Marketing on 13 Oct 2003
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Viva El Klezmer
Miscellaneous - Released by Macc Records on 18 Nov 1991
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Hatikva - Fukushima
Giora Feidman, Elena Denisova, Franz Hummel, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kornienko Alexei
Chamber Music - Released by TYXart on 16 Jul 2012
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Live at St Severin (Live, Keitum, 2003)
Giora Feidman, Matthias Eisenberg
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 25 Apr 2005
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Love (Feidman Plays Ora Bat Chaim)
Giora Feidman, Vladislav Czarnecki, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 16 May 2011
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Klezmer & Strings
Giora Feidman, Gershwin Quartett
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 24 Aug 2009
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Der Golem
Giora Feidman, Arditti String Quartet
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 10 Mar 1997
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Concert for the Klezmer
Giora Feidman, Michael Helmrath, Philharmonisches Kammerorchester München
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 5 Nov 1993
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Safad
Giora Feidman, Markus Poschner, The Safad Chamber Orchestra
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 6 Jun 2005
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Crossing Borders
Giora Feidman, Georgian String Quartet
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 17 Apr 2006
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Feidman Plays Piazzolla
Giora Feidman, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Vladislav Czarnecki
Latin America - Released by Macc Records on 16 Sep 2002
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Impressions
Giora Feidman, Markus Poschner, Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 12 Mar 2007
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The Art of Klezmer (Giora Feidman Playing Klezmer Music by Issachar Miron)
Miscellaneous - Released by Macc Records on 21 Aug 2000
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Klezmer Chamber Music
Giora Feidman, Wolfgang Rogner, Leipziger Kammerorchester
Classical - Released by Macc Records on 13 Nov 1995
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