Teachers
Michael Ginsburg
Teaches: Brass band, Balkan & Macedonian dance
Lives in Yonkers, NY
Contact info:
www.zlatneuste.orgMichael is a native of the United States and lives in New York City. For many years, Michael has been interested in Balkan music and dances, especially Macedonian and Serbian. He is an expert in the complicated rhythms of Balkan music. Michael has been on the teaching staff of the Macedonian Pearl seminar in Berovo, Macedonia, for the past two years teaching Macedonian dance.
He has made several research trips to Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia, and studied in Macedonia with Pece Atanasovski, with whom he made research tours of the country. Michael has been director and lead trumpet player of Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band since 1983. He accompanied ZU to brass festivals in Guča, Serbia, three times between 1987 and 1990, as well as in 2003 and 2005, where he and ZU were able to play and party with local brass bands and experience the music in its natural setting.
Michael and Zlatne Uste worked with Ekrem Sajdić and Zlatni Prsti brass band in 2003, and in 2005 with Vranjski Biseri, both in Vranjska Banja, Serbia. Michael performed in the summer of 2010 with Zlatne Uste at the first competition of international bands at the Sabor Trubača in Guča, Serbia, representing the United States.
Videos
Micheal Ginsburg with Brass Band Class, Mendocino, 2010
- Video 1
- Video 2