Joel Rubin

The instrumental music of 19th century Eastern European Jews has been preserved in its traditional and modern forms by clarinetist and ethnomusicologist Joel Rubin. A frequent lecturer on early Jewish and klezmer music, and the director of the Klezmer Music Research Project, Rubin has performed with Alicia Svigals, accordion and tsimbal player Joshua Horowitz, and avant-garde Jewish bands Brave Old World and Budowitz. Initially drawn to European classical and avant-garde music, Rubin spent years playing in the traditional Greek and French clarinet styles. He turned his attenti...