Dmitri Gaskin (US; accordion, piano, composing/arranging)                            

is an instrumentalist, composer, and arranger specializing in klezmer as well as Polish and Romanian folk music.

He performs with the klezmer bands Baymele and Tsvey Brider, and has shared the stage with the Louisville Orchestra, David Krakauer, Socalled (Josh Dolgin), Kurt Bjorling, and Veretski Pass, among others.

In 2025, with Baymele, he released an instrumental album titled Sapling.

Dmitri was the accordionist and music director for the 2022 production of Indecent at the San Francisco Playhouse. He serves as board chair of KlezCalifornia and festival director of the KlezCalYidFest.

Dmitri studied accordion with Josh Horowitz and Alan Bern.

Photo: Lloyd Wolf