About me
Zilyin has been collecting European klezmer archives for the last 15 years, working with Joel Rubin, Kurt Bjorling, Jeffrey Wollock, and Pete Rushevsky. Zilyin teaches an perform klezmer all around the world. Zilyin specializes in playing for dancing, working closely with Avia Moore, Christina Crowder, Steve Weintraub, Alan Bern and Zev Feldman to accompany Yiddish dance at various festivals around the world, including Klezkanada, Ashkenaz festival, Boston Jewish Music festival, Montréal Jewish festival, Yiddish New York, and Yiddish Summer Weimar.