BESTER QUARTET - ABOUT BAND

photo: Leszek Wojtal

Bester Quartet is  phenomenon on the global music market. The group is made up of four superior instrumentalists, classically and jazz trained musicians.
The quartet’s trademark is performance of the music of a vast stylistic range that assimilates some selected elements borrowed from classical, jazz and vanguard music, including the best of achievements of the contemporary chamber music where improvisation constitutes a foundation to build some unique instrumental forms on.
The ensemble is a new edition of the legendary The Cracow Klezmer Band that was formed back in 1997 in Krakow, Poland as an initiative of Jaroslaw Bester – composer and accordionist.