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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.

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Interview

Tali Rubinstein: Plastic Art

Read "Tali Rubinstein: Plastic Art" reviewed by Scott Krane


Recorder player, Tali Rubinstein, studied early music from the Baroque and Renaissance periods for many years, mostly as a teenager. The Israeli-American virtuoso learned under Bracha Kol, a recorder player and operatic vocalist based in Israel. If asked back then whether she was interested in playing jazz, Rubinstein would have looked at you with some interest but not-yet-formed dedication. Fate had another way. “When I was 20, I went to study classical music and math at Tel Aviv ...

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David Broza: En Casa Limon

Read "En Casa Limon" reviewed by Phillip Woolever


Imitation is often said to be the highest form of flattery, but independent inspiration forged into similar styling is a much higher art. That's the case here with guitarist David Broza, whose admiration for flamenco icons led to a marvelous album holding many delights. After living in Spain during some of his teenage years, Broza's focus over the decades on Spanish guitar comprised various formative influences from folk, blues and acoustic rock, recently melded even tighter with the ...

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David Broza: En Casa Limon

Read "En Casa Limon" reviewed by Kyle Simpler


If any instrument captures the spirit of Spain, it is the guitar. Performers such as Tomatito and Paco De Lucia have helped bring flamenco guitar to a global audience, and both have recorded albums at the Casa Limón Studios in Madrid. This studio has a certain mystique about it, and is where David Broza recorded En Casa Limón . Broza has a well-established career as a singer-songwriter, but this album highlights his talent as a musician. Broza was ...

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Alain Mallet Mutt Slang 2: A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage

Read "A Wake of Sorrows Engulfed in Rage" reviewed by Paul Rauch


The art of jazz would seem to be a mystery to most, and at the same time, a language understood by many. In the entirety of its history, it has served as a central location for idiomatic change, a virtual jumping off point for explorative ventures into both new and traditional world forms. The wide lens of the music of pianist/composer Alain Mallet mirrors in a way, the large embrace of all humankind necessary globally to build a meaningful dialog ...

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Primary Instrument

Recorder

Location

New York City

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

A Wake of Sorrows...

Origin Records
2020

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En Casa Limon

S-Curve Records
2020

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Tal y Tali

Casa Limón
2014

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Lullaby

Unknown label
2013

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