About me
Deborah Strauss (violin) is an internationally acclaimed klezmer violinist and educator who has been active in the klezmer and Yiddish music scene for over 30 years. She is a member of the Strauss/Warschauer Duo, was a long-time member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and has performed with the Klezmatics. She has appeared on numerous recordings and was featured in the Emmy Award-winning film, Itzhak Perlman: In the Fiddler’s House. Deborah performs and teaches annually at the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Yiddish Summer Weimar and KlezKanada. She is also an award-winning children’s educator and a highly regarded Yiddish dance leader. With Dan Blacksberg, Deborah is co-director of the instrumental music program and the dance program at Yiddish New York and, with Alan Bern, is the author of Klezmer Duets for Violin and Accordion, published in 2017 by Universal Edition, Vienna.
