Alicia Svigals

Alicia Svigals

Alicia Svigals is an American Klezmer violinist. She cofounded one of the most well-known klezmer bands, The Klezmatics, as well as an all-female klezmer band Mikveh. She is known for reviving the classic style of East European klezmer fiddling and has co-operated with such notables as Itzhak Perlman. She has two sons named Ben and Phillip.

External links

* [http://www.aliciasvigals.com/ AliciaSvigals.com]

* [http://www.klezmershack.com/bands/svigals/fidl/svigals.fidl.html KlezmerShack review] of Alician Svigals' "Fidl" CD


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