Brian Katz and Martin van de Ven

Brian Katz  (guitar) and Martin van de Ven (clarinets) draw their inspiration primarily from Klezmer, embracing tradition but emphasizing new approaches to this vibrant music! 

The internationally acclaimed duo brings together a variety of musical traditions and influences informed by the diversity within the Klezmer world and by their own rich musical backgrounds. Jazz, Classical, New Music, Bulgarian, Middle Eastern and African influences are integrated in ways that extend tradition and generate new musical understandings that speak to our time. “The audience was spellbound… They ‘play’ the ‘stars’ down from heaven” Dagblad van het Noorden, Holland.