MATT DARRIAU (kaval, clarinet, saxophone)

Matt has been playing Irish, Balkan, klezmer and jazz music with Frank, Lisa and most of the band for the past 23 years. He leads his own Balkan rhythm quartet, Paradox Trio whose fourth CD, GAMBIT (ENJA Records, Munich) is soon to be released in the U.S. He has made music for dance, theater, and film including a recent commission from Chamber Music America for his avant-swing band, Ballin' The Jack.

LISA GUTKIN (violin, vocals)

A founding member of the ‘Downtown Celtic’ group, Whirligig, and frequent guest of the Demolition String Band, Lisa composes for film, radio, television and theater, including several episodes of Sex & The City. She appears on over 100 recordings on labels such as RCA, Capitol and Narada, and is currently composing the music for a Mabou Mines production which will open next fall.

FRANK LONDON (trumpet, keyboards)

Frank's Klezmer Brass Allstars' CD "Carnival Conspiracy" just got awarded the German Grammy and is 'Top of the World' in Songlines; on "Hazonos" he explores cantorial music with Cantor Jacob Mendelson; he has completed two commissions for Carnegie Hall, an artist-in-residency in Krems, Austria, a new work for David Dorfman Dance at the Joyce Theater; and is in the middle of four theater works, including "Once There Was A Village" for Lincoln Center and LaMama.

PAUL MORRISSETT (bass/tsimbl)

A collecter and player of instruments of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia and has studied with many masters of these traditions. He has recorded and performed on instruments including hardanger fiddle, violin, nyckelharpa, gadulka, baritone horn, accordion and tamburitza, and has been on the staff of numerous music camps including Fiddles and Feet, Lark in the Morning, Buffalo on the Roof, Ashokan Northern Week and Balkan Music & Dance.

LORIN SKLAMBERG (lead vocals/accordion/guitar/piano)

Lorin can be heard on some 50 CDs, and regularly works together in ongoing and varied collaborations with his bandmates and many of this milestone concert's extraordinary guest artists. He composes and performs for film, dance, stage and circus, produces recordings, and teaches and lectures from London and Paris to Kiev and St. Petersburg. By day he works as the Sound Archivist for the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.