Josh Horowitz - Biography

Joshua Horowitz is an American klezmer accordionist and cimbalom player as well as a musical scholar, klezmer teacher and ethnomusicologist. He plays in klezmer groups Budowitz and Veretski Pass.

He received his Masters degree in Composition and Music Theory from the Academy of Music in Graz, Austria, where he taught Music Theory and served as Research Fellow and Director of the Klezmer Music Research Project for eight years. He has won a number of awards for his musical work including the Prize of Honor for his orchestral composition, Tenebrae, presented by the Austrian government.

See also

• Veretski Pass (band)
• Budowitz

Sources

• Fiddler on the Move by Mark Slobin. P. 89, p. 120

External links

• Review of "The Ultimate Klezmer" arranged by Josh Horowitz