Aufwind was founded in 1984 in East-Berlin as a trio, first they created several programs of Yiddish song, from 1988 also Klezmer music Concerts in Germany, USA, Netherlands, Israel, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Rumania, Canada, France, Chile, Argentina, Switzerland, Turkey, Belgium, Slowakia and Portugal.

Band members:

Claudia Koch - vocals, violin, viola
Hardy Reich - vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo
Andreas Rohde - vocals, bandonion, guitar
Jan Hermerschmidt - clarinets, flute, vocals
Thomas Paffrath - bass (as guest)

"Freie Presse" wrote: The quintet from Prenzelberg (a district in East Berlin) have music in their blood; they gave a transfusion to the audience, who sometimes couldn‘t keep the rhythm from passing out of their ears and into their feet.

"Nordbayrischer Kurier" wrote: Mimic—vivid—dizzying. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.