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| Kle Zemer (St. Petersburg) —
Jewish traditional music ensemble. The band was founded in 1992 and for many years is affiliated
with the Jewish Community Center of St. Petersburg. Award winner of Solomon Michoels International
Jewish Folk Music Contest (Moscow, 1999) and Leonid Sonts Jewish Music Competition (Kazan, 2002,
2003), participant of Klezfest London international festival (2004), as well as all annual festivals
Klezfest St. Petersburg (1997–2007). At present the band includes: Ilya Gindin — clarinet, Maria
Gribkova — violin, and Evgeny Khazdan — piano. Since 2006, Kle Zemer collaborates with Gregory
Yakerson, the chief-cantor of the St. Petersburg Great Choral Synagogue. The result of this collaboration
is the band's first CD that was released in 2007. |
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