My heartfelt gratitude to bassist Yosef Gutman for reaching out and inviting me to make an album together. I was not familiar with Yosef’s work before he wrote to me, but was immediately moved by his album Upside Down Mountain and also fell in love with his collaborative album with pianist Omri Mor. For our own collaboration, the two of us were joined by three other wonderful musicians, the beautiful pianist Yonathan Avishai (whose album Joys And Solitudes I recommend highly), cellist Yoed Nir (known also for his work with the amazing Regina Spektor), and an incredible young guitarist named Itay Sher.
While I can often be found switching a lot between different instruments, for this album I played only my first instrument, the violin. It was a real joy to explore the depths of this one instrument within the rich context of all the lovely sounds being made by these new friends. And this project served as a very welcome and much needed break from working on my next solo album, which has been in development for a couple years now. More on that when the time comes! For now, please enjoy River Of Eden, and thanks again to Yosef and team.