Alec Sloutski (left), Dylan Vaughn (right)

Passionate Violin & Versatile Guitars

Original and Traditional Music
Klezmer to Hollywood

“The public was closely seated together as the duo opened their colourful concert with blues songs from the American mountains. Always in intense dialogue with each other, Dylan Vaughn and Alec Sloutski enthralled the public with music by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Django Reinhardt, Nirwana and Bessie Smith. With the lute music of John Dowland arranged for guitar and violin, the artists undertook an exquisitely elegant journey into the Elizabethan Age.”

— Sylter Spiegel magazine

Alec Sloutski, violin, an outstanding exponent of authentic klezmer music is also a fine musician in the swing tradition of Stephane Grappelli, playing sparkling swing, blues, and pull-your-heartstrings romantic ballads of the 30's and 40's.
And every song tells a story.

With Dylan Vaughn on steel string and classic guitars, dobro ukulele and vocals, Duo DA go straight for the heart.

Music - Traditional & Hollywood

Swing and Klezmer
Film Classics
Ragtime, Chicago and Country Blues,
Irish, Russian, Appalachian folk
Renaissance classics from Spain and England
Brazilian Bossa Nova and Choros

Duo Da has recorded and toured Scandinavia and northern Europe for over 20 years

Alec has also recorded extensively for Dylan's original music productions:
The Twits in London; and Crescend'O at Disneyland Paris .

About Duo DA

Alec Sloutski

Alec is from Kiev, Ukraine, one of Europe's finest music scenes, famous for great classical and jazz players.

He plays violin, piano, trumpet and guitar, and composes in classical, jazz and eastern European styles and arranges equally well in all those styles. He is also an outstanding improviser in jazz and in the Klezmer style of which he is a world class exponent having toured extensively with Giora Feidman.

He has performed worldwide with Ulrich Tukur, the Ukranian State Philharmonic Orchestra, Justus Franz and Mikis Theodorakis among others.

Dylan Vaughn

Dylan currently plays with: the Hamburger Symphoniker, Duo DA, Mardon & Vaughn, Trio Fantastik, The Cracks, Jochen Wiegandt, Dylan & Martin, D.C. Dylan & Christian, and Janice Harrington.

He met Alec Sloutski over 20 years ago when they both participated in a Hamburg benefit concert.
They've been friends ever since, playing music and writing for Duo DA.

Duo DA also play in the Trio Fantastik with Christian Seibold, and with the Philharmonic Clowns.

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