Join us for a night of Klezmer! The celebratory and soulful music of 19th Century Eastern Jewish Music.
With four fabulous musicians who are at Halsway Manor teaching musicians on their Klezmer course the modes, melodies, rhythms, and ornamentation that give Klezmer its unique flavour.
Susi, Szilvia, Indra and Flora are all exceptional musicians who are passionate about the tradition of klezmer music. Susi and Szilvia perform internationally and are in demand as teachers at the major klezmer festivals such as Yiddish Summer Weimar, Klezfest London, Yiddish New York and KlezKanada. They are also the authors of the Klezmer Playbook and founders of the KlezmerPlaybook CLUB where they regularly have up to 100 participants attending their online workshops.
Susi Evans (clarinet) graduated as a classical music student from the Royal Academy of Music in London in 2004. She has been playing klezmer and Balkan music since 2001 with her UK-based bands She’Koyokh and the London Klezmer Quartet. She has been described as “one of the best klezmer clarinettists of our day” (Simon Broughton, Songlines Magazine) and was crowned “the Queen of Klezmer” by the Clarinet & Saxophone Society of Great Britain. In 2020 she won second prize in the International Clarinettist Corona Competiton. Susi is also a keen accordionist playing with the klezmer band Loshn, and dedicates her time to studying Bulgarian and Serbian clarinet styles as well as playing the Gaida (Bulgarian bagpipes) and the Frula (Serbian flute).
Szilvia Csaranko (accordion & piano) was born in Hungary to a family of professional classical musicians. She trained in classical piano and graduated from the University of Hildersheim in Cultural Education Studies. She founded the band ‘A Gelyzele Vayn’ in 2004 and plays in numerous projects as an accordionist, pianist and arranger. She is co-founder and Musical Director of the 80-piece Klezmerorchester Erfurt – a project that brings together amateur and professional musicians of all generations and musical backgrounds.
Indra Buraczewska (double bass)
After graduating from the Victorian College of Arts (Australia) as a classical violinist, Indra discovered the wonderful world of the bass. She has played a multitude of genres, from original pop and Balkans to jazz and funk. Touring throughout Europe, Indra has played at the Edinburgh and Galway festivals, and in Australia has appeared at major festivals including Woodford, the Falls Festival, Earthcore and the National Folk Festival. She played bass for the gypsy trio ‘Vardos’ for six years and continues to specialise in world music. Indra first joined the London Klezmer Quartet for their 2012 Australian tour and features on three of their four albums. Now based in Latvia, she has played many a klezmer concert and taught at workshops in the UK and Europe as well as having previously taught at Halsway.
Flora Curzon (violin) is an award-winning violinist based in London. She started playing klezmer at Klezfest (London) in 2010 and has since performed internationally with her critically acclaimed duo Fran & Flora, London Klezmer Quartet and International Klezmer Collective. Flora also plays classical music, more experimental music using electronics and free-improvisation, sings, and regularly works collaboratively in theatre and dance contexts. She has performed at The Wigmore Hall, Kings Place, Sadler’s Wells and The Globe Theatre, and has made recordings Precious Collection (Fran & Flora, April 2024), Hold Still Liminal (solo, Feb 2023), Unfurl (Fran & Flora, Feb 2019), and Meditations and Laments (Gaia Duo, Dec 2019). She trained in both modern and historical violin at the Royal Academy of Music where she was awarded several prizes.