Pavel Shalman & Boki Radenkovic

Klezmer & Wir is the second album by Pavel Shalman & Boki Radenkovic. The duo is joined by two longtime figures of the international klezmer scene: Yiddish singer and contrabassist Benjy Fox-Rosen and clarinettist Ilya Gindin of the band Dobranotch.

Moving between memory and invention, the album is a very personal exploration of Shalman’s ancestral roots, with music going back to his childhood and even further, to the shtetls of his grandparents. Klezmer classics, rarities drawn from historical transcriptions, and Yiddish songs moving between joy and melancholy are explored and reimagined through the wide instrumental possibilities of the duo and their guests. At the heart of the album is Suite Vayn, a newly composed five-part work: a journey through the musical forms of Eastern European Jews, taking them in new directions.

Klezmer & Wir is rooted in tradition without treating it as something fixed – music passed on, rediscovered and made their own.

Pavel Shalman - violin & vocals

Born in St. Petersburg, grew up in New York City, since 2002 living in Vienna. BA in composition & arrangement from the Conservatory of Vienna (MUK) in 2007.

Boki Radenkovic - accordion, guitar & vocals

Born in Kraljevo, Serbia, since 2005 living in Austria. Magister from the FMU Belgrade in 2005, MA in jazz guitar from the University of Graz in 2013.

Sherele (Klezmer Trad.) - Live

Gemischter Satz - Live

Bokirino - Official video

Zwe - Highlights

Nika's Song

Das Dorf

World Music Festival Wr. Neustadt