About me
Amy Zakar (violin) is a second-generation musician and educator of Hungarian/Transylvanian/Jewish descent. Born in New York, Amy played her first Catskills-Yiddish revue at age 8, and has taught instrumental music at KlezKamp, Klezkanada, and Yiddish New York. Amy performed with New Jersey-based band The Klez Dispensers for two decades. In 2022 Amy moved to Melbourne where, together with Adam Starr and Kadimah, she co-founded the Melbourne Klezmer School. She performs in diverse styles in theatre and festivals and teaches at The King David School.
