David Krakauer

David Krakauer is an American clarinettist from New York City who began his professional career in the 1980s and is principally associated with klezmer, jazz and contemporary classical music. His work blends traditional klezmer repertoire with improvisation, jazz phrasing and electronic and avant-garde elements, and he has collaborated across contemporary classical, world and experimental music to bring klezmer idioms into diverse musical contexts.