Pete Sokolow (1940-2022) was an icon of klezmer music, a musician, author and teacher who bridged musical eras. Known as the ¨youngest of the old

Born in Colombia’s Pacific coastal town of Guapi, Maestro Diego Obregón (1971-2020) was an amazing multi-instrumentalist, instrument builder, composer, performer and educator. Best known as

  Photo courtesy Brooklyn Arts Council CTMD was sad to learn that our dear friend, New York-based Central Asian singer Rustam “Samarqandi” Khojimamedov passed away

CTMD is excited to present Generations: A Living Musical Legacy, a series of videos of new compositions by legendary klezmer clarinetist Ray Musiker (b. 1926),

CTMD Executive Director Pete Rushefsky writes in Voices, the Magazine of the New York State Folklore Society about klezmer clarinetist/bluegrass mandolinist Andy Statman, one of

Giovanni Coffarelli, ‘high priest of an uninterrupted tradition’ and a star in the firmament of Neapolitan music, died on August 31, 2010 at 1:15 p.m.

It is with great sadness that we heard of the death of George Caba on February 17th, 2010. Our heartfelt condolences go out to George’s

Eugenio Ortega October 14, 1932 – December 10, 2009 Master musician and founding director of Los Macondos, Eugenio Ortega, died in Colombia on December 10,

CTMD is pleased to honor Bulgarian Roma saxophonist Yuri Yunakov at our June 4, 2009 Benefit Event entitled “A Night in Istanbul.” Yuri is a

Beginnings Tamara Zaika Chernyakhovska was born just after the Second World War in southeastern Ukraine, in the city of Dnipropetrovsk, in Ukraine’s industrial center, then