I am an award-winning interdisciplinary guitarist, composer, producer, and educator from Jerusalem, Israel. Currently based in Cambridge, MA, I aspire to create deeply rooted, fresh, and idiosyncratic contemporary music.

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I perform and record extensively in New England and beyond. My work has been supported by organizations such as J Arts Boston, Mass Cultural Council, St. Botolph Club Foundation, and The Friends of Mount Auburn. I am part of a team of consultants for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as it envisions its first ever Jewish art gallery. I have taught at numerous schools, including Berklee College of Music. I am a Staff Guitarist at Berklee, and run a thriving private guitar and banjo studio at the Cambridge Music Consortium.

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Growing up in Jerusalem, I was immersed in the sounds of jazz, contemporary music, and a wide variety of world music including Middle-Eastern, North-African, and Ethiopian music. In 2016 I produced, arranged, and played on The Captain by Amy McKnight, which Haaretz called "one of the best and most expressive indie albums of the year".

 

After moving to the U.S. in 2017 to attend Berklee College of Music, I fell in love with American roots music. I dedicated years to an intensive study with some of the greatest living folk musicians, including the Grammy nominated Alice Gerrard and Bruce Molsky, blues master Paul Rishell, and Boston guitar legend Kevin Barry (Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash). My debut EP, Invisible Treasure (2021, Nine Athens Records) blended re-imagined interpretations of American folk music with original compositions. I continue to explore American folk music in a collaborative trio with vocalist/bassist Hazel Royer and guitarist Kevin Barry. Our debut album will be released by Nine Athens Records in fall 2023.

 

In 2021 I circled back to my own roots and formed Convivencia (Co-existence), a contemporary Ladino (Jewish-Sephardic) music ensemble bringing together musicians from Israel, Iran, Greece, Cyprus, and the U.S. I am very proud of the music and the peaceful mission of this ensemble. I believe that when ancient songs meet a modern interpretive approach, the creative possibilities are boundless.

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I am currently pushing my creative work forward in a new and exciting direction, composing music for dance in collaboration with celebrated New England dancers and choreographers Rachel Linsky and Liz Walker.

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Please find my selected resume below:

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Teaching:

Berklee College of Music

Cambridge Music Consortium

Club Passim School Of Music

Concord Conservatory of Music

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Awards:

2023 Cultural Sector Recovery Grant, Mass Cultural Council

2023 Cultural Council Grant, Cambridge Cultural Council

2023 Cultural Council Grant, Somerville Cultural Council

2022 - 2023 Community Creative Fellow, J Arts Boston

2022 - 2024 Traditional Arts Apprentice in Blues Music (under Paul Rishell), Mass Cultural Council

2022 Emerging Artist Award, St. Botolph Club Foundation

2022 Artist-in-Residence, Mt. Auburn Cemetery

2021 Recording Grant, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Israel

2021 Iguana Grant, Club Passim

2010 Best Young Jazz Band, Red Sea Jazz Festival, Eilat, Israel

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Education:

2022 - 2024 Master of Music in Music Education, Bard College (current student)

2017 - 2020 Bachelor of Music, Berklee College of Music, Summa Cum Laude

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Scholarships:

2022 - 2024 Presidential Scholarship, MA in Music Education, Longy Conservatory of Bard College

2019 - 2020 Professional Music Department Achievement Award, Berklee College of Music

2018 - 2019 Fletcher Bright Endowed Scholarship in American Roots Music, Berklee College of Music

2017 - 2020 World Tour Scholarship, Berklee College of Music

 

Performances and Lectures:

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Mass MOCA

Berklee College of Music, Boston

Harvard University, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Harvard University, Smith Student Center

Harvard University, Holden Chapel

Boston University Hillel

J Arts Boston

Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP), Boston

Longfellow House Museum, Cambridge

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge

Boston Art and Music Soul Festival (BAMS Fest)

Somerville Public Library

Mosesian Center for the Arts, Watertown

ArtBeat Festival, Somerville Arts Council

Temple Isaiah, Lexington

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Cambridge

Union Baptist Church, Cambridge

The 'Quin House, Boston

St. Botolph Club, Boston

Atwoods Tavern, Cambridge

The Burren, Somerville

Boston City Winery

Club Passim, Cambridge

Sofar Sounds Boston

Scorpio, Jamaica Plain

GreyFox Bluegrass Festival, NY

Gallery P339, Brooklyn

Sofar Sounds New York

Rockwood Music Hall, NYC

Pete's Candy Store, NYC

Folk Alliance International

Lawnya Vawnya Festival, Canada

Ossipee Valley Music Festival, ME

Acousticool, CT

Red Sea Jazz Festival, Eilat, Israel

Animix International Animation Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel

Indie City Festival, Jerusalem, Israel

Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem Academy of Music & Dance

The Khan Theatre, Jerusalem, Israel

Levontin 7, Tel Aviv, Israel

Shablul Jazz Club, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ozen Bar, Tel Aviv, Israel

Yellow Submarine, Jerusalem, Israel

Mazkeka, Jerusalem, Israel

Hamiffal, Jerusalem, Israel

Nocturno, Jerusalem, Israel

Hamarakia, Jerusalem, Israel

Matat Gallery of Art, Matat, Israel

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