Brief audio excerpts from Netsky’s interview for Jewish Sages of Today

1. On the nuances of Jewish music

   (4:36 min)

2. On playing any instrument with a Jewish inflection

   (4 min)

3. On the feeling of klezmer

   (2 min)

1. “New Shiftatelli,” composed by Netsky

   Performed with Netsky on piano; Linda Chase, flute; Kim Cass, bass; Grant Smith, percussion; from the album Another Realm, available on CD Baby.
   (audio, 4:23 min)

2. “Carnival on Cross St,” composed by Netsky

   Performed with Netsky on piano; Linda Chase, flute; Kim Cass, bass; Grant Smith, percussion; from the album Another Realm, available on CD Baby.
   (audio, 2:22 min)

3. Klezmer Conservatory Band Selected Audio

   View the band’s discography and listen to a choice of several audio files performed by Netsky’s Klezmer Conservatory Band, available on the band’s website.

4. “Contemporary Improvisation at NEC,” November 2010

   Netsky, chair of Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory of Music, discusses his department.
   (video, 4:54 min)

5. Biographical interview with Netsky, Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, July 8, 2010

   Netsky discusses his cultural Jewish upbringing in Philadelphia and his passion for klezmer. He also reflects on what Jewish education has meant for him and how, while at times he feels separate from the Jewish mainstream, he believes both klezmer and Yiddish revivalism are vital tools to rebuild Jewish cultural identity.
   (video, 1:01:37)

Articles by Netsky

1. “Ruth Rubin: A Life in Song,” in Pakn Treger 57, Summer 2008

   Netsky’s article about Ruth Rubin’s singular contribution—she collected two thousand Yiddish folksongs over the course of her forty-year career. This article appeared in the Yiddish Book Center’s magazine.

2. “Where We Come From,” Pakn Treger 56, Spring 2008

   Netsky’s article about the people who visit the Yiddish Book Center, published in the center’s magazine.

3. Selected articles and book chapters by Netsky

Related to Netsk's work

1. Klezmer Conservatory Band (KCB)

   Netsky is the founding director of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, an internationally renowned Yiddish music ensemble established in 1980.

2. Klezmer Conservatory Foundation

   Netsky is research director of the Klezmer Conservatory Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to research and perpetuation of Yiddish music.

3. New England Conservatory

   Netsky is chair of the Contemporary Improvisation Department of the New England Conservatory where he teaches Private Studio, Ear Training, Composition, Songwriting, Jazz History, Improvisation, and Jewish Music. Read his faculty page here.

4. The Discovery Project at the Yiddish Book Center

   Netsky created the Discover Project at the Yiddish Book Center, which works to recover what is left of Jewish immigrant and post-immigrant heritage. He also consults for the Wexler Oral History Project at the Yiddish Book Center.

Performances, documentation projects, videos of rehearsals, interviews, and more

1. 
   Netsky’s 2011 collaboration with Itzhak Perlman and Yitzchok Meir Helfgot: performances and an album of cantorial and Yiddish music
   Netsky is musical director and co-producer of an album, forthcoming in September 2012, featuring Itzhak Perlman, Yitzchok Meir Helfgot, and himself; he also took part in the initiative’s two 2011 performances, which also featured members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, and a chamber orchestra. The links below, to an article, complete with a podcast, and a video, offer interesting coverage of this historic collaboration.

2. “A Sneak Preview of Itzhak Perlman, The Jewish Daily Forward, December 16, 2011

   This article is a behind-the-scenes look at the recording sessions for the album and includes a podcast.
   (12:07 min)

3. “The Soul of Jewish Music,” March 2011

   Video of the musicians preparing for a concert.
   (video, 2:32 min)




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4. “Remembering Holocaust-Era Hanukkah Melodies,” Radio Boston, December 1, 2010

   A radio interview with Netsky about his work to with Holocaust survivor Morris Hollender to document melodies indigenous to Hollender’s village in pre-World War II Czechoslovakia.
   (audio, 9:38 min)

5. “Ba Mir Bistu Sheyn”

   Netsky plays the piano for the Zamir Chorale in Boston on June 6, 2010.
   (video, 5:03)

6. Rehearsal for Shlemiel the First

   Netsky composed, adapted, and orchestrated the music for this play, based on the work by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
   (video, 4:55 min)

7. “Instant Klezmer” with Hankus Netsky

   Netsky teaches young children at the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton about Jewish music and dance.
   (video, 2:16 min)

8. Jumpin’ Night in the Garden of Eden, a film by Michal Goldman, 1987

   View the first twenty-six minutes of this documentary about the klezmer revival in the U.S. This the first film to document the klezmer revival, tracing the efforts of two founding groups, Kapelye and Netsky’s Klezmer Conservatory Band, to recover the nearly lost history of klezmer music.
   (video, 26 min)