Monzingo, Eve

Eve Monzingo

Eve Monzingo is a talented multi-instrumentalist who specializes in the folk music of the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. She has performed around Europe, the Mediterranean and the US, with the

Chicago Klezmer Ensemble, Die Naye Kaplye, (both Jewish folk music groups), Lamajamal (world fusion).

Eve plays Greek, Turkish, and Middle Eastern style clarinet, and has studied with several virtuoso teachers including Jim Stoynoff, Selim Sessler, and Richard Corpolongo. Eve is an expert on the Sandouri (hammered dulcimer), and has used it in many genres including, Klezmer, Greek, Turkish, Arabic, and Balkan. She also plays saxophone, flute, and piano, and sings folk songs in Greek and Turkish.