Recent & Upcoming Performances:

Sat Oct 27
Klezmer Kings
Concert
Morgan Opera House, Aurora, NY

Sun Dec 2
Klez Project
private event
Ithaca, NY

Wed Jan 30 7:30 - 10:00 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Church, Binghamton, NY

Tue Feb 6 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Solo (host)
Open Mic Night
Vestal Public Library, Vestal, NY

Wed Feb 13 7:30 - 10:00 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Church, Binghamton, NY

Wed Feb 27 7:30 - 10:00 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Church, Binghamton, NY

Wed Mar 13 7:30 - 10:00 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Church, Binghamton, NY

Wed Mar 20 7:30 - 10:00 pm
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
Christ Church, Binghamton, NY

Sat Mar 30
Cornell University Klezmer Ensemble
Fiddlehead Frolic
Ithaca, NY

Sat Jul 6 7:30 - 10:30 pm {tentative}
Playford Gang
English Country Dance
United Church of Christ, Fayetteville, NY

allen lutins is a Binghamton area-based multi-instrumentalist/ethnomusicologist best known for his work with several Ithaca-based klezmer ensembles. He is co-founder of klezmer group Klez Project, Celtic/Scandinavian/Americana band Rosetree, and early music ensemble Playford Gang. His primary instruments are clarinet, Irish whistles and guitar. He also dabbles in Turkish saz and various percussion instruments, and received two years of training in Hindustani music on the sitar.

Performance by my band Klez Project at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Ithaca NY 21 July 2015
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Recording of my duo Rosetree at my home studio 5 February 2018
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Solo recording at my home studio 26 February 2017
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