David Krakauer

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Full Name	David Krakauer
Occupation	Clarinetist
Date Of Birth	Sep 22, 1956(1956-09-22)
Age	68
Birthplace	Manhattan
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Virgo

David Krakauer Biography

David Krakauer is one of the most popular and richest Clarinetist who was born on September 22, 1956 in Manhattan, New York, United States. David Krakauer (born September 22 1956) is an American clarinetist, who plays jazz, klezmer, classical music, as well as avant-garde music improvisation.

The year 2006 was the time when Krakauer as well as Socalled formed the group Abraham Inc. with trombonist Fred Wesley (James Brown, Parliament Funkadelic, Count Basie Orchestra). Abraham Inc.’s music blends klezmer hip hop, and funk. The group has played in The Apollo Theater and Symphony Space in New York, The Krannert Center in Illinois, Hancher Auditorium in Iowa, The Miller Outdoor Theater in Houston, The Strathmore in Maryland, Cal Performances, The Heineken Open’r Festival in Poland, The Cracow Jewish Culture Festival as well as the Transmusicales of Rennes as well as Jazz a la Villette in Paris. Abraham Inc released the album Tweet Tweet in 2009, on Krakauer’s personal Table Pounding Records label. The album reached No. 1 in Funk and No. 1 in Jewish and Yiddish Music, and at No. 35 in sales of music on Amazon. It ranked No. 7 on the Billboard Jazz Chart and was featured at No. 40 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. In the year 2019, the group came together and released a brand new album called Together We Stand, in reaction to their opposition to the United States Muslim ban.

Krakauer’s album Checkpoint with his 4-piece band Ancestral Groove was released in Europe on March 3, 2014 on Label Bleu. The band supported the album with concerts throughout Europe, including a performance at the grand opening of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews on October 29, 2014.

Krakauer’s album The Big Picture, which re-imagined themes from films such as Sophie’s Choice, Life is Beautiful, The Pianist, and Radio Days, was released in North America on February 18, 2014. The album received 4.5 stars from Bill Milkowski at The Absolute Sound,, 4 stars from All About Jazz, and was a DownBeat Magazine Editors’ Pick.

Krakauer joined forces with Krakauer teamed up with Kronos Quartet for the premiere recording of Osvaldo Golijov’s The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind that was released in 1997 by Nonesuch Records. The original composition was written for clarinet and strings, Golijov made an arrangement with an orchestra for chamber orchestra that is conducted by a conductor A Far Cry. The orchestral premiere recording was recorded with Krakauer as the soloist featured and was included on the band’s 2013 album Dreams & Prayers, which was nominated for the Best Small Ensemble/Chamber Music category at the 57th Grammy Awards.

David Krakauer Net Worth

David Krakauer is one of the richest Clarinetist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Krakauer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Krakauer’s performing career was focused on classical and jazz before Krakauer joined his band the Klezmatics at the age of 1988. He views klezmer as a “musical home,” saying “I can compose music within the klezmer genre, perform improvised and experiment as an interpreter and preserver. Each of my talents is possible to fulfill in this kind of form.”

Then, in the year 1996, they founded his own group Klezmer Madness! Although they are firmly grounded in the tradition of klezmer folk songs The band “hurls the tradition of klezmer music into the rock era.” Klezmer Madness! has performed internationally at major festivals and venues like Carnegie Hall and The Library of Congress, Stanford Lively Arts, San Francisco Performances, Hancher Auditorium, the Krannert Center as well as The Venice Biennale, Krakow Jewish Culture Festival, BBC Proms, Saalfelden Jazz Festival, La Cigale, the Marciac festival, WOMEX, the New Morning in Paris and many more. In 2001, rapper Socalled offered him an album that incorporated hip-hop and klezmer rhythms. Incredulous by the album’s “clever and funky it was,” Krakauer included Socalled to Klezmer Madness!, and the group started gaining an audience of younger people.

He received a Grammy nomination in 2014, a Juno nomination in 2015, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik in 2002 and a Diapason D’Or in 1998.

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