Pianist Nitai Hershkovits will give a solo performance on the occasion of his entrancing solo album Call on the Old Wise. In this largely improvised solo rendering, the pianist draws from broad influences, ranging from his extensive work in jazz contexts and cutting-edge contemporary explorations to his background in classical music. This immaculate balance of idioms gives rise to an abundance of colours and timbres. Played with a light touch, these improvisations unfold like compositions being created in real-time.
Call on the Old Wise was recorded in Lugano by Manfred Eicher, founder of the high quality label ECM Records. The album follows after Nitai’s contributions in Oded Tzur’s quartet on the acclaimed recordings Here Be Dragons (2020) and Isabela (2022). As a pianist he made name as a band member of star bassist Avishai Cohen, with whom he has performed on our stage. He also played here in the ensembles of Ari Hoenig, Oded Tzur and Or Bareket. And he performed here as a keyboardist in the electric formation Apifera.
Nitai Hershkovits piano