Recent & Upcoming Performances:

Sun Aug 25
Klez Project
private wedding
Ithaca, NY

Wed Sep 11 2:15 pm
Playford Gang
Lyceum program kick-off
Vestal, NY

Wed Sep 25 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Playford Gang
Binghamton Community English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sat Oct 5
Klezmer Kings
Morgan Opera House
Aurora, NY

Wed Oct 9 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Playford Gang
Binghamton Community English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Wed Oct 16 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Playford Gang
Binghamton Community English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Sun Oct 20 4 - 7 pm
Rosetree
Tioga County Contra Dance
Countryside Community Center, Owego, NY

Wed Oct 23 7:30 - 10:30 pm
Playford Gang
Binghamton Community English Country Dance
Christ Episcopal Church, Binghamton, NY

Fri Oct 11 8 - 11 pm
Rosetree
Slow Lane Contra Dance
Ithaca, NY

allen lutins is a Binghamton, NY 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, as well as a performer with the folk-rock fusion group Bardo Brothers. 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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