25/5/2010

Klezmer of Giora Feidman at the Prague Spring

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The phenomenal clarinettist, the ‘King of Klezmer’, Giora Feidman, a winner of an Oscar for the soundtrack to Spielberg’s famous Schindler’s List, played to an enthusiastic audience at a Tuesday concert of the Prague Spring. Among the works that were heard was Concerto for Giora, composed especially for Mr Feidman by Peter Breiner, who also conducted the performance. In the second half, the audience heard Mr Feidman’s interpretation of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, this time under the direction of Zbyněk Müller, the Chief Conductor of the Slovak State Philharmonic, Košice. Mr Fiedman was also a guest on the ‘Studio 6’ programme of the ČT24 television station. A transcript of the interview is available in the ‘Osobnosti na ČT 24’ (Important People on ČT24) section (via Google Translator).