Daniel Warren Hoffman is an American-Israeli klezmer violinist,
composer, and documentary film producer. He first heard klezmer music
played on the piano by his father.Hoffman is the founder of the
klezmer-jazz fusion ensemble, the Klez-X and co-founder of Davka and
Trio Carpion. He also performs with Di Tsaytmashin, Harel Shachal and
the Ottomans, and with Ute Lemper in Songs for Eternity. He is the
producer of the documentary film, Otherwise It’s Just Firewood, the
pilot film for a television series that will explore the role of the
Italianate violin in disparate cultures worldwide. Otherwise It's Just
Firewood was aired widely on American PBS stations in 2018.His Western
classical teachers include Daniel Kobialka, Raphael Bronstein and
Ariana Bronne, and is a graduate of The Manhattan School of Music. He
has also studied and performed Arabic, Turkish, Greek, and Balkan
music. He grew up in La Habra, California and relocated to Israel in
2005.As a composer, he has received composition grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and numerous
American theaters, including Theater J, the San Diego Repertory
Theatre, and Traveling Jewish Theater.
composer, and documentary film producer. He first heard klezmer music
played on the piano by his father.Hoffman is the founder of the
klezmer-jazz fusion ensemble, the Klez-X and co-founder of Davka and
Trio Carpion. He also performs with Di Tsaytmashin, Harel Shachal and
the Ottomans, and with Ute Lemper in Songs for Eternity. He is the
producer of the documentary film, Otherwise It’s Just Firewood, the
pilot film for a television series that will explore the role of the
Italianate violin in disparate cultures worldwide. Otherwise It's Just
Firewood was aired widely on American PBS stations in 2018.His Western
classical teachers include Daniel Kobialka, Raphael Bronstein and
Ariana Bronne, and is a graduate of The Manhattan School of Music. He
has also studied and performed Arabic, Turkish, Greek, and Balkan
music. He grew up in La Habra, California and relocated to Israel in
2005.As a composer, he has received composition grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, and numerous
American theaters, including Theater J, the San Diego Repertory
Theatre, and Traveling Jewish Theater.
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