Steven Greenman – Past Concerts

Internationally recognized as one of the world's leading practitioners of klezmer violin music, Steven Greenman is a concert performer, composer, and educator of klezmer, East European folk, and classical music. Steven composed his virtuoso masterwork, Klezmer Concert Suite for Solo Violin and Orchestra, in 2018, and gave its premiere performance with the Muncie Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed as violin soloist with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Akron, Canton and Firelands Symphonies, the National Repertory Orchestra, and the Energy Corridor of Houston Orchestra. With the Joseph Rubin Orchestra, Steven performed the music of the late violin virtuoso David Rubinoff. Steven's landmark recordings, Stempenyu's Dream and Stempenyu’s Neshome, feature his original Jewish and klezmer compositions. His recording, Khevrisa – European Klezmer Music, appears on the Smithsonian Folkways label. Steven directs the Case Western Reserve University Klezmer Music Ensemble and has led international masterclasses at KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Yiddish Summer Weimar, Internationales Klezmer Festival Fuerth, KlezFest London, Master Class de Musica Tradicional Santiago de Compostela, and Yiddish Academy Tokyo in addition to numerous universities and colleges. His thrilling collaboration with master pipa-player Gao Hong, The Braided Candle, explores a unique blending of both traditional Jewish and Chinese folk music styles.