Sasha Margolis' love for connecting with audiences of all kinds has led to a unique and dynamic career combining writing with performances as a violinist, singer, and actor. Author of The Tsimbalist, he has also written theatrical works (including the Tale of Monish, recently performed at The National Yiddish Book Center), short stories (including The Fallen Cone, recognized by the Sean O'Faolain International Competition), songs, and nonfiction pieces on music (for Opera America Magazine, among others.) He has recited Shakespeare on CBS Sunday Morning, portrayed a strolling violinist on ABC's Lost, and played the violin for real at the wedding of NBA star Grant Hill. As a classical violinist he has performed throughout the United States and in Italy and Japan, and has earned plaudits from the Washington Post for his "incisive, vibrato-rich tone." He is also fiddler, singer, and chief talker for the eclectic Jewish music band, Big Galute (http://www.biggalute.com.) It was his excitement about the Eastern European Klezmer music the band often plays that led him to write The Tsimbalist. His blogging and writing can be found on his blog here at Goodreads, or at http://www.TheTsimbalist.com.
