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Stephan Dudash Music

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Welcome To Stephan Dudash Music

Welcome and thanks for stopping by! We hope you'll browse around the new website and check out the music, videos, and lesson information.

Gypsy Jazz virtuoso Stephan Dudash is a gifted and versatile Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Composer and Singer living in Nashville Tennessee. Inspired by French Violinist Stephane Grappelli and the French Gypsy Jazz style of Guitarist Django Reinhart, Dudash sings, plays 5 String Viola, Mandolin, and Acoustic Guitar. 

Stephan has 3 solo albums to his credit Manjo Django, Violins and Roses and GypsyQuest. Dudash has performed and toured with Olivia Newton-John, The McCarter Sisters, Patty Loveless, Janie Fricke, Shania Twain, Bada Bing Bada Boom, Nashville Mandolin Ensemble and most recently guitar virtuoso, John Jorgensen. Stephan Dudash's enchanting new CD GypsyQuest  is available now on itunes and CDBaby! 

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The Art of Swing Violin

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WHAT THE FANS AND CRITICS ARE SAYING!

“Stephan Dudash (viola) cuts a remarkable figure, infused the musical dialogue with inspired moments of purely instrumental joy and surprising originality, without losing a certain Southern touch which is only to be expected from a Nashville musician.  Dudash engaged with John Jorgenson in spectacular sound duels. Their mixture of jazz, rock and funk worked the audience into a state of emotional frenzy. So enthusiastic was the audience that they wouldn’t allow the musicians to leave the stage. In spite of the late hours, the band expressed their gratitude by playing four encores. ” - Uschi Oettl — Django Reinhardt Festival, Bavaria Germany
“Stephan Dudash takes you through a musical journey that leads you emotionally from song to song with unwavering depth and intensity. Stephan’s lively, fun personality shines through in his originals “Gypsy Girl”, “Stephan’s Samba”, “Dee Bop”, and on many other tunes. His sentimental side soars with such songs as “Paradise”, “ My Viola Gently Weeps”, and “Smiles”, and on two of his songs he tastefully weaves some wonderful vocals. Stephan is a true master of his instrument and as a songwriter as shown throughout his CD.  “Gypsy Quest” meets its destination as Stephan’s gypsy soul bleeds through. I highly recommend it.” - Angela Pregeant McKinney — Ardmore Music
“BadaBing BadaBoom, the outfit that was swingin' hard before the current swing craze kicked in. Songwriter Eddie Mugavero's considerable musical muscle is matched by his deliciously twisted sense of humor. [These are] an unfairly gifted cast of singers & players . . . Taking nothing away from the rest of the troupe . . . five-string violist Stephan Dudash will scare the daylights out of you.” - Rusty Russel — Music Row Magazine
“Stephan Dudash is a virtuoso viola player,  His music and his voice are captivating and GypsyQuest is without a doubt his finest work to date!” - Jules Delgado — Angelica Arts & Entertainment

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The Master Instruction Book & CD now available!

NEW RELEASE!

GET THE BOOK, EXPERIENCE THE FUN OF REALLY SWINGIN'. 

"The Art Of Swing Violin" is the culmination of over 30 years of studying, performing, recording and teaching Swing Violin! This Book and CD package is a significant leap…

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New CD Released - Get Your Copy

GYPSY QUEST - The New CD from Stephan Dudash

One look at the CD album cover and one wonders, " is the music on the CD as awe inspiring and dramatic as the artwork is depicting", and the answer is…

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Youtube Compilation Video

I had a great time at Douglas Corner Cafe tonight ( 9-18 ), backing up good friend, Sandy Mason. What an endearing songstress, along with her ggod friend, Richard Leigh, ( Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue! ).  I…

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What kind of Instrument do I Play? 5-String Viola

 MY 5-STRING VIOLA 

First thing folks, is that I don't play a fiddle/violin. I play a 5-string viola, which I had built for me by a world-class viola maker, David Burgess, from Ann Arbor, Michigan. One of my teachers used…

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The Making of GypsyQuest The New CD!

THE NEW CD IS FINALLY HERE! 

One look at the CD album cover and one wonders, " is the music on the CD as awe inspiring and dramatic as the artrwork is depicting", and the answer is an emphatic, Yes…

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