The results have been two successful CDs, The Burning Bush and Water from the Rock, appearances at festivals throughout the country, in addition to performing at places not usually connected to Jewish music, such as the Pargod Theater in Jerusalem and Cafe Bardat in Tel Aviv. I guess it is so because it comes from a happy place. Consisting of a few streets, Nahlaot resembles a Jewish village with funky old homes, many synagogues, and small stores. For me, it symbolized two types of music - the one that filled my house and music from the synagogue. Nahlaot is a place of becoming, where life revolves around the synagogue.
Every neighbor participates in some way.
I started to sing in shul, and then learned the special melodies to read the Torah. These experiences lead one's soul to the deepest levels of understanding, and helped give birth to many of my songs. Here I wrote the instrumental work The Orchestra, and set to music the poems of my favorite writers, Yehuda Amihai and S.Y. Agnon. Amihai is a poet whose words dwell in holiness, and I consider the literature of Agnon as a long poem. They led me to what I do today - setting words and music to texts which speak to me.