Alan Bern
Connects klezmer performance, composition and teaching through Yiddish Summer Weimar and the Other Music Academy.
- Years
- 1955–
- Country
- United States
- Instrument
- Accordion, piano
Alan Bern is an American accordionist, pianist and composer associated with modern klezmer and New Jewish Music. His ensemble work includes Brave Old World, The Other Europeans and the Semer Ensemble.
He is the founding artistic director of Yiddish Summer Weimar and the Other Music Academy. Alongside performing and composing, he teaches improvisation and has arranged traditional klezmer melodies for accordion. His duo album Accordance with Guy Klucevsek contains compositions and performances by both accordionists.
Selected works, recordings and publications
- Accordance2001
An album made with fellow accordionist Guy Klucevsek, featuring their compositions and performances.
Release / publisherAlbum · Winter & Winter (2001)
Publication source - Klezmer Accordion2014
Fourteen traditional klezmer pieces arranged by Bern for intermediate accordion players.
Release / publisherScore · Universal Edition, UE36122 (2014)
Publication source