Daniel Hoffman (violinist)

Daniel Warren Hoffman (Hebrew: דניאל הופמן) was an American-Israeli klezmer violinist, composer, and documentary film producer. He first heard klezmer music played on the piano by his father. Hoffman was the founder of the klezmer-jazz fusion ensemble, the Klez-X and co-founder of Davka and Trio Carpion. He also performed with Di Tsaytmashin, Harel Shachal and the Ottomans, and with Ute Lemper in Songs for Eternity.