User:Barsik26/Gregory Schechter

Gregory Schechter is a London based Klezmer musician who leads a very successful Klezmer band, previously known as The Klezmer Festival Band and The Wandering Few. He was born in Kabarovsk, Russia in 1957 and grew up in Almaty Kazakhstan. He moved to Israel in 1987 and to London in 1989. He first started playing the clarinet at the age of 11 and was introduced to Klezmer music by his father. After military service as a musician in the Soviet Army he studied classical music and jazz at the Tchaikovsky College in Almaty, where he graduated with a gold medal. On emigrating to Jerusalem, he joined the Israeli Police Band and renewed his interest in Klezmer music He formed The Klezmer Festival Band in 1991 and they played their debut concert at The Queen Elizabeth Hall on Londons South Bank Centre for The Jewish Music Festival. Since then he has played at many folk festivals and concerts around the UK. His Klezmer Rhapsody was premiered at Londons Barbican Centre on Nov 8 1998 He has also taught at Londons KlezFest

Discography
Klezmer Festival Band - Echoes of The Shtetl 1993

Klezmer Festival Band - Live on The South Bank 1994

Gregori Schechter - The Eye of the Storm 1999

Klezmer Festival Band - Der Rebe Elimelech 1995

Gregori Schechter and The Wandering Few - Klezmer 2003

TV and Radio
Rhythms of the World BBC 1991

The Homecoming (Alexander Solzenhitsyn)BBC

Soundtrack to BBC Radio 4 'Where the Wild Things are' 2008