Biography
KHARKOV KLEZMER BAND (Ukraine / Germany) a klezmer band from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
The band was founded in 1999 (in a country in which the performance of Jewish music was effectively forbidden from the 1930s until the early 1990s), under the directorship of Stanislav Raiko, and comprises a group of conservatory-educated musicians.
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They performed at Klezfest 2000 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Stanislav Rayko – violin
Genadi fomin – clarinet
Valeri Polonsky – accordion
Artjom Kolentsuk – double bass
Evgenija Lopatnik – voice
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