Michael Alpert

Michael Alpert
Alpert in 2016
Background information
Born
Michael Alpert

1954 (age 71–72)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresKlezmer
OccupationsMusician, singer, scholar
InstrumentsGuitar, violin, accordion, percussion, vocals
Years active1970s–present

Michael Alpert (born 1954, Los Angeles, California) is a klezmer musician and Yiddish singer, multi-instrumentalist and educator. Ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin referred to him as "a key figure in the modern klezmer revitalization". He is a recipient of the 2015 National Heritage Fellowship, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists in the United States.

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