Bern, Alan Seth 29.jun.1955- USA Indiana, Bloomington
(klezmer) accordionist, pianist, 1983 MA in philosophy from Tufts University in Medford Massachusetts, 2006 DMA in composition from the College-Conservatory of Music University of Cincinnati, musical director of the jewish music ensemble Brave Old World in Cleveland Ohio, member of the Klezmer Conservatory Band of Boston and Kapelye, since 1987 based in Berlin Germany, 1999 founder/director of Yiddish Summer Weimar, 2006 founder of The Other Music Academy in Weimar