Hankus Netsky

Hankus Netsky
Born1955 (age 70–71)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Known forFounder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band Chair, Contemporary Improvisation Department, NEC
Awards
  • New England Conservatory Outstanding Alumni Award
  • Yosl Mlotek Award for Yiddish culture
  • Louis Krasner Award (NEC, teaching)
  • Lawrence Lesser Award (NEC, teaching)
Academic background
Alma mater
  • New England Conservatory (B.A., M.A. in Composition)
  • Wesleyan University (Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology)
Academic work
InstitutionsNew England Conservatory
Notable worksFilm scores, musicals, and klezmer arrangements

Hankus Netsky (b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 1955) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and ethnomusicologist. He chairs the Contemporary Improvisation Department at the New England Conservatory. Netsky is founder and director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, an internationally renowned Yiddish music ensemble, and serves as research director of the Klezmer Conservatory Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of traditional Eastern European Jewish music. He plays the piano, accordion, and saxophone.

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