Klezola!

ABOUT US

OLIVER GRÜNWOLDT
completed a degree in classical music at the Musikhochschule Winterthur/Zürich majoring in piano and has been living in Berlin since 2002. He has gained experience in diverse ensembles and styles ranging from folk, jazz and pop through to free improvisation. His special interest in Yiddish music lies in, among other things, the connection between fixed traditional forms and improvisatory elements.

LOTHAR SAMIDE
learnt guitar while young and due to his enthusiasm for folk music now plays other instruments including banjo, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, diatonic accordion and dulcimer. He collects songs in their original languages and enjoys playing them together with friends in various ensembles. His technical abilities enable him to both produce attractive recordings as well as to achieve a pleasant stage sound. What interests him especially about Yiddish music - which connects him affectionately to the group - is the relationship between language and musical form as well as the improvisatory components contained therein.

ANTJE BARBER
completed a Bachelor of Music in Australia majoring in voice and performance. Since then she has given concerts in diverse styles of music from renaissance, Kurt Weill, French chanson to contemporary art music. In addition to this over the last few years she has frequently been involved in performances of the child-orientated opera productions of the Opernwerkstatt zu Berlin. She has had sympathy for Jewish culture and hebrew/yiddish music with their mixture of verve and melancholy since childhood and is happy to have found kindred spirits in Lothar and Oliver.