Tali Rubinstein

Just like most kids, Tali began playing the recorder in 2nd grade. Unlike most, she never stopped. A student of Bracha Kol, Tali was professionally trained in classical baroque and renaissance music from a young age. She studied in prestigious music institutions in Israel (Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, Rimon School, The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music) and received scholarships and prizes (AICF Scholarships 1994-2006, 2nd prize at the International Recorder Festival Contest in Utrecht, Gilad Shein Memorial Scholarship). Tali later received a full tuition scholarship to attend Berklee College (Boston), and became the first recorder player ever to study there. She was chosen to represent Berklee at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.​, and upon graduation, received the W.S. Kenney award for outstanding achievement.

In recent years, Tali has been collaborating with multiple Grammy Award winning producer Javier Limón (Spain) on several projects, including: “Tal y Tali” (together with pianist Tal Even-Tzur), “Promesas De Tierra” (with musicians from Palestine, Spain, and Israel), and on the 2015 Latin Grammy Award winning album “Entre 20 Aguas” (alongside Chick Corea, Dhafer Youssef, Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdéz and Alejandro Sanz). In fall 2017 Tali joined the “Flamenco Legends” tour curated by Limón, with Paco de Lucia’s original band. Currently, Tali is a member of OQ Original Quartet, together with Layth Sidiq (Iraq), Shilpa Ananth (India), and Limón, signed by the prestigious IMG Artists.

Tali has collaborated with world-renowned musicians: Latin superstar Alejandro Sanz (in the 14th annual Latin Grammys), Anat Cohen, Tomatito, Mariza, Alain Mallet (former member of Paul Simon's band) Emil Zrihan, Jamey Haddad, Shedrick Mitchell (formerly Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin’s pianist), El Piraña, Diego del Morao, Josemi Carmona, Alain Pérez, Farruco, Antonio Serrano and others. Israeli leading artists she has played with include Idan Raichel, David Broza, Yoni Rechter, Dan Toren, Dana Berger, Miri Mesika, Ariel Horowitz, Shimon Buskila, Ilanit, Mark Eliyahu, Ilay Botner, Lea Shabbat, Kobi Aflalo, Dudu Fisher, and Knessiat Hasechel.

Tali has toured as soloist in the US, Canada, Israel, The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, France, Denmark, Taiwan, The Philippines, Chile, Uruguay, Poland, and Japan. Major festivals she performed in include: Israel Festival (Jerusalem), Tri-C Jazz Festival (Cleveland), First Night Festival (Boston), International Recorder Festival (Utrecht), Asian Recorder Festival (Hsinchu), Méditerranée Festival (Ashdod), Copenhagen World Music Festival, Festival Músicas del Mundo (Santiago), Festival Jazz a la Calle (Mercedes), Taichung Jazz Festival, Sopot Jazz Festival, and Taoyuan Jazz and Beer Festival. She has performed as soloist with The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (Philippines), and the Orchestra of Saint Luke's (”Link Up” concert series at the Carnegie Hall). Currently, Tali is working on her third album, as singer-songwriter, which is produced by Limón,

Awards

- America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships 1994-2006 - Second prize at the seventh International Recorder Festival Contest 2004 in Utrecht, The Netherlands - Gilad Shein Memorial Scholarship, Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music - Full tuition scholarship, Berklee College of Music - The W.S. Kenney award for outstanding achievement (Berklee College)