Artist description A blend of Klezmer, Eastern European, and contemporary Jewish music

Music Style Klezmer, Ethnic, Eastern European, Swing

Musical Influences Traditional Klezmer, Gypsy, Russian, Stephane Grappelli

Artist History Vladimir Gamarnik is a brilliant violinist who has performed all over the world. He was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he attended a special music school for talented children and received a Baccalaureate Degree from the Music Lyceum. He continued his studies at the Baku Academy of Music, where he was awarded the "Soloist and Teacher" degree. Mr. Gamarnik spent the next 20 years in Baku as a member of the Academic Philharmonic Symphony, and also was the founder and conductor of the Young Musicians' String Ensemble. He also spent six months performing and recording with the Moscow Radio/TV Pops Orchestra. Mr. Gamarnik left Baku in 1989 and traveled throughout Europe performing ethnic music. In 1990 he immigrated to the United States, where he quickly established a reputation as one of the country's outstanding ethnic violinists. He has appeared as a featured performer on several occasions at the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington DC, and other concerts and folk festivals, including the 1993 International Klezmer Festival in Israel, the 1997 Lowell (MA) Folk Festival, the 1998 National Folk Festival in Dayton (OH), and the 1999 Atlanta Jewish Festival. In the spring of 2001 he performed as violin soloist and led master classes in Germany and Paris, France.

Group Members On his debut recording, Mr. Gamarnik is accompanied by Andrew Zatman on keyboard, Allen Minton on guitar and double bass, and Victor Prudovsky on keyboard.

Instruments violin

Albums Euromantic: Continental Melodies

Press Reviews Boston Globe: “...violinist Vladimir Gamarnik brought the Boarding House Park to its feet”. Lowell Sun: “Vladimir Gamarnik dazzled a JFK Plaza more than once with solo pieces.”

Location Gaithersburg, MD - USA

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