Ilana Cravitz is a klezmer fiddler, baroque/classical violinist and viola da gamba player.

Based in London, Ilana regularly performs on stage and at weddings, bar mitzvahs and parties, as well as teaching classes, workshops and private students.

She also specialises in playing and calling for klezmer ceilidhs - Yiddish dance events with live traditional Jewish music.

Ilana is the founder of the National Klezmer Youth Orkester, which links young musicians and their teachers with klezmer professionals around the world.

Klezmer at Broadstairs Folk Week

Dance, play and sing klezmer on 13 August at the seaside. Ilana will be leading two afternoon workshops and a klezmer ceilidh in the...

12 Jewish Wedding Melodies

Klezmer arrangements for 4 players (in C and Bb versions). The version for C instruments (e.g. string quartet) is available as printed...

Klezmer Fiddle: a how to guide

Published by Oxford University Press, this book (with CD) is suitable for anyone wanting new tunes, play-along parts, or ways to explore...

"Ilana Cravitz is one of the brightest of a new generation of klezmer musicians" - The Strad