Stefanie Brendler is a Seattle-based multi-instrumentalist (horns, accordion, keyboards, vocals, loop pedal), composer, visual artist, translator, storyteller, and union stagehand. The founder of Seattle’s premier klezmer brass band Shpilkis, Stefanie is also a member of Brivele, who braid together Yiddish song, anti-fascist and labor balladry, folk-punk, and contemporary rabble-rousing in stirring harmony. On occasion, Stefanie will play solo under the moniker Stef on a Clear Day. Despite the constant toil under capitalism, heteropatriarchy, and nationalism, Stefanie’s artistry reflects the joys of life as a queer Jew.
From orchestral French horn to punk rock, bombastic brass street bands to intimate chamber folk, Stefanie has performed and recorded with: Tin Tree Factory, Bucharest Drinking Team, The m9, Yellow Hat Band, Seattle Rock Orchestra, Infernal Noise Brigade, Movitas Marching Band, Your Heart Breaks, and Kimya Dawson.
Photo by Sam Smith
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