| Trained in classical clarinet at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Barbara switched gears and received her B.A. in ethnomusicology from UCLA. She has since specialized in performing Hungarian, Greek, Balkan, and Middle Eastern music, and has toured parts of the U.S. and Europe. As the clarinetist for Kárpátok, a Hungarian folk dance troupe, she took up soprano sax as a modern substitute for tárogató. More recently she attended a concert of the Bulgarian saxophone virtuoso Yuri Yunakov, and was inspired to start playing alto sax too! Barbara is Danubius manager, as well as Music Director of the Westwind International Folk Ensemble. | |