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Israeli pianist, Nadav Berkovits releases his debut album, Waking the Heart. Nadav is a pianist and composer who is based in Jerusalem, Israel. Born to a musical family, Nadav was exposed from a young age to jazz, classical, and Afro-Cuban music, as well as Israeli and Middle Eastern music. Nadav is exploring the combination of all these traditions in his upcoming debut album, creating a fresh, colorful fusion of cultures and sounds within in his compositions. With Waking the Heart, Nadav exposes a variety of musical influences--from straight-ahead jazz to North African rhythms and Afro-Cuban music--which were influenced by his musical journey to Cuba. The album features some of the best Israeli jazz musicians on the scene, including Itamar Borochov on trumpet, Yuval Drabkin on tenor sax, Omri Bar Giora on guitar, Oz Yehiely on bass, and Shai Yuval on drums, while Nadav sets the direction on piano. Nadav explains: “For me, Waking the Heart was a spiritual journey started back in 2018 when I traveled to Cuba where I was exposed to a new world of culture and music. This experience led me to dig deep within myself and begin to compose my own music. Some of the tunes were written in Havana and some of them in India, Sinai (Egypt) and Jerusalem. In 2020, when Covid-19 started and everything stopped, I had the opportunity to get in the studio with some of my best friends and best musicians around. I really hope Waking the Heart will inspire you to join me on this musical journey.”