Amsterdam Klezmer Band is both streetwise and classically trained; the band stands for tradition and innovation; they bowl party tents over as easily as draws tears in the theatre. The band plays Klezmer and Balkan, Ska and Jazz, Gypsy and Hiphop. Their music is many things to many people, but first and foremost: it’s a party.

The band was founded in 1996 by saxophonist Job Chajes. The singer of the band Alec Kopyt was born in the Ukraine and is in Czech Republic already very well know, because of the band Poza (they recorded their first album in Prague). He is sometimes called “The Ukrainian Tom Waits”, because of the ballades, he has in his repertoire.  Since 1997 there have been more than a thousands performances and eleven albums. The band members are the spiritual kindred of the ‘klezmorim’: the professional Jewish musicians who trekked across Europe two centuries ago.

AKB was successful long before the Balkan hype became a worldwide phenomenon. They suddenly found themselves being sampled and mixed by dance producers, to their own astonishment. It appeared that the unique sound of the seven band members was perfect for the popular ‘Balkan Beat’.

Tickets presale:
till 1.10. 250 CZK
from 2.10. till 31.10. 300 CZK