A musician with roots going back to Odessa, an Ukrainian port city where Russian, Jewish, Greek, Turkish and Romany cultures mixed. He began playing the accordion when he was ten years old.

As an expert on the tradition of Jewish song in Eastern Europe, Alec Kopyt has collaborated with the Amsterdam Klezmer Band, and has also maintained his own project POZA through various lineups for many years.

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