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About the Duo For over 20 years, Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warschauer have been at the forefront of the international klezmer and Yiddish music scene. They were both long-time members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, one of the premiere groups of the klezmer revival, and have performed with legendary violinist Itzhak Perlman on film and in concert. As the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, they have performed to overwhelming acclaim in such diverse venues as the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Great Britain's Fiddles on Fire, the Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow, Poland, and the Art of Yiddish in Los Angeles with actor and singer Theodore Bikel. They lead some of the most popular klezmer music, Yiddish song and traditional dance workshops throughout North America, Eastern and Western Europe. Deborah Strauss Deborah Strauss (violin, accordion, vocals, dance) is one of the finest of the contemporary klezmer instrumentalists and a true musical descendent of the most eloquent traditional Jewish violinists. She has appeared on numerous recordings and was a long-time member of the Chicago Klezmer Ensemble. Deborah is also a much-loved teacher of Yiddish music and dance to students of all ages. She studied violin at Rutgers University and ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago. Quotes About Deborah: "Deborah Strauss' solos especially appealed to us technically perfect and performed with great fervor and emotion. She demonstrates not only mastery, but also quite extraordinary temperament." "Exquisitely detailed" Jeff Warschauer Jeff Warschauer (guitar, mandolin, vocals) is internationally renowned as a mandolinist, guitarist, Yiddish singer and teacher. He is on the faculty at Columbia University, and is Founding Artistic Director and Senior Artistic Advisor of KlezKanada. Jeff is also a composer whose music is heard worldwide in film, theater, radio and television productions. His solo CD, The Singing Waltz: Klezmer Guitar and Mandolin, received widespread critical acclaim. Jeff speaks Yiddish, and has researched and collected Yiddish and Hebrew songs and instrumental melodies since the mid-1980s. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, and has studied Jewish culture, languages, and religion at the Conservative Yeshiva, Oxford University, Columbia University, the University of Haifa and Tufts University. His awards include the Amalgamated Bank Prize in Yiddish, a Massachusetts Folk Arts Fellowship, and the KlezKanada Distinguished Service Award. He is currently pursuing graduate study in cantorial music at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Quotes About Jeff: "A virtuoso of the first order." "Warschauer's range of technique and emotion is nothing short of astounding."
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