THE KLEZMOGRAPHERS

Eleonore Biezunski on violin and vocals

Pete Rushefsky on tsimbl

Eléonore Biezunski (violin, vocals) and Pete Rushefsky (tsimbl) have teamed up to explore the richness of traditional klezmer and Yiddish folksong. The duo performs rare repertoire from 19th and early 20th century collections of Jewish folklore as well as original klezmer tunes. In 2023, they were commissioned by Jessica Kirzane of the University of Chicago to compose music to the 1920s Ukrainian-Yiddish children's book "Toward Hopeful Skies" by Yuriy Budiak which they will premiere in New York at this show. Together, they have performed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, at the American Folk Art Museum, Temple Beth Emeth, Barbès, Jalopy Theater, at Chicago University and have busked in parks and shores of New York.

ELEONORE BIEZUNSKI is an award-winning Parisian singer/violinist/songwriter and scholar now living in NYC. An avid collector of Yiddish music, she has led several projects and has collaborated with a large number of well-known Jewish performers in the US and abroad. Her recordings include Yerushe (IEMJ, 2016) and Zol zayn (2014). Her composition “Tshemodan” was voted Best New Yiddish Song by São Paulo’s 2021 Bubbe Awards. As YIVO’s Sound Archivist, Eléonore coordinates the Ruth Rubin Legacy website (ruthrubin.yivo.org). She has a PhD from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. She is also a member of the Klezmer Institute’s KMDMP and Klezmer Archive Project and is a recipient of an NYSCA Folk Arts Apprenticeship.

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