Michael Alpert
Michael Alpert | |
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Alpert in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Alpert |
| Born | 1954 (age 70–71) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Klezmer |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, scholar |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, violin, accordion, percussion, vocals |
| Years active | 1970s–present |
Michael Alpert (born 1954, Los Angeles, California) is a klezmer musician and Yiddish singer, multi-instrumentalist and educator. Ethnomusicologist Mark Slobin referred to him as "a key figure in the modern klezmer revitalization". He is a recipient of the 2015 National Heritage Fellowship, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists in the United States.