Polina Shepherd

Polina Shepherd is a performer, composer, educator, cultural activist originally from Novosibirsk. When living in Tatarstan and studying at the State Academy, she played Russia′s first klezmer band after Perestroika, and toured the world with her vocal quartet Ashkenazim. Most recent collaborations: The Stranniki folk-cabaret with Psoy Korolenko and 150 Voices, a recorded collaboration between Polina, Lorin Sklamberg and choirs in the UK and the USA.