Lorin Sklamberg (US; voice, accordion, piano)
is a founding member of the legendary Grammy Award-winning The Klezmatics, currently celebrating their 40th anniversary with the release of their 14th album, We Were Made For These Times.
He has been heard on innumerable recordings and live shows, solo and in collaboration with such diverse artists as Odetta, Chava Alberstein, Emmylou Harris, Holly Near, Neil Sedaka, Natalie Merchant, Tony Kushner and many others.
He has written and performed for film, dance, stage and circus, and has produced a number of recordings of world and theater music – most recently Broadway Yiddish vocalist Joanne Borts’ Lush & Hora.
He also teaches Yiddish song from São Paulo to St. Petersburg.
Recent projects include the Golden Thread Septet’s Yiddish Songs of Social Change with Sasha Lurje and Craig Judelman, Jac Weinstein’s Helsinki Yiddish Cabaret with Sasha Lurje, pianist/thereminist Rob Schwimmer and music director/clarinetist Michael Winograd and 150 Voices with Polina Shepherd and members of five UK and U.S. choirs, among many renowned projects.
Since 2000, Lorin has served as the Sound Archivist of New York’s YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
“One of the premier American singers in any genre.”
– Robert Christgau, All Things Considered, National Public Radio.
Photo: Ilya Sokolov
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