Ilana Cravitz is a klezmer fiddler, baroque/classical violinist and viola da gamba player.

Based in London, Ilana regularly performs on stage and at weddings, bar mitzvahs and parties, as well as teaching classes, workshops and private students.

She also specialises in playing and calling for klezmer ceilidhs - Yiddish dance events with live traditional Jewish music.

Ilana is the founder of the National Klezmer Youth Orkester, which links young musicians and their teachers with klezmer professionals around the world.

Klezmer Youth Workshop

Sunday 6 December in London, led by experienced teachers. A klezmer youth workshop open to 8-18 year-olds from all backgrounds. Date, time, place Sunday 6 December, 10.30am-1pm at SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG Participants must register in advance. Level Students must be ABRSM Grade 4 standard and above (not necessary to have taken exams). Participants will get the chance to: Learn some great tunes Play by ear Explore bass and rhythm lines Use non-Western modes Pra

12 Jewish Wedding Melodies

Klezmer arrangements for 4 players (in C and Bb versions). The version for C instruments (e.g. string quartet) is available as printed...

Klezmer Fiddle: a how to guide

Not just for fiddles! This style guide (with CD) is suitable for anyone wanting new tunes, play-along parts, or ways to explore traditional-style playing. The book contains 16 tunes in treble clef with chords above the stave for easy accompaniment. Currently in use by clarinet players, oboists, cellists, as well as viola and bass players, the melodies, accompaniments, and tips on playing have appeal and application well beyond violinists! Each tune has a ‘workshop’ on playin

"Ilana Cravitz is one of the brightest of a new generation of klezmer musicians" - The Strad