Giora Feidman

Giora Feidman (Hebrew: גיורא פיידמן; born 25 March 1936) is an Argentine-born Israeli clarinetist who specializes in klezmer music. He played in notable symphony orchestras before embarking on a solo career. Biography Giora Feidman was born in Buenos Aires, where his Bessarabian Jewish parents immigrated in 1905 from Chisinau to escape persecution. Feidman comes from a family of klezmer musicians. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather made music for weddings, bar mitzvahs, and holiday celebrations in the shtetls of Eastern Europe.