Friday, March 10th, 2022, 7:30 pm
Piano on Park Live presents:
Tal Mashiach (Guitar)
feat. Dana Herz (voice)
About:
After years of recording and performing around the world with the greatest jazz musicians, double bassist Tal Mashiach returns to his original musical home—the guitar. Fragments from his personal and intimate yet worldly, transcontinental and timeless journey come together in the album Tiyul (which in Hebrew can mean both a short hike as well as a long journey to remote places and countries).
The past year forced all of us to return under the strangest circumstances to the most intimate place of all—home. To rediscover our own home. Tal Mashiach’s most intimate and familiar place is the home where he grew up in the forest-surrounded, mountain village of Harashim in the north of Israel. Leaving New York to return to his childhood home, he was permitted to carry on board only one instrument; the choice was obvious and its fruits lay here before you.
The works of music were written over the past ten years in different places around the world: London, New York, Brazil, Argentina and Israel. Some were written during quiet moments when the music flows of its own accord and some during bustling life moments in order to create a tranquil place in his heart. Either way, the oeuvre expresses an unfolding of the beauty around us. Through the continents, music styles and range of experiences, Tal Mashiach literally carries his home on his back; the guitar, like a deep-rooted anchor, connects all the varying music styles and landscapes.
The intimate dialogue between Mashiach and the guitar reached its full potential during the making of the album. The recording, mixing and mastering took place during seven days of complete isolation from the external world in a mountain cabin in the woods, just Mashiach and his guitar (with the exception of two pieces, one featuring Mashiach’s first teacher, Oded Shoub, and another featuring his grandmother with a string trio).
Born in Jerusalem to a family of musicians, Dana Herz began her musical studies at the age of eight with the flute, and gradually gravitated towards singing, playing piano, and songwriting. While her initial training was classical, she eventually found her creative home in different musical styles, primarily combining Jazz, R&B and folkloric styles of Middle Eastern music.
Dana studied at The High School for Music and Dance In Jerusalem , and received a scholarship to study in The Excellent Musician Program at The Center for Jazz Studies under The Israeli Conservatory, where she began her Academic education. She then returned to Opera studies temporarily at The Buchmann – Mehta School of Music, before receiving a full scholarship to continue her Jazz studies at The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, where she received her BFA Degree in Jazz Performance Magna Cum Laude.
Dana is currently leading her own band and is in the midst of recording her debut album. She has performed in some of the most prestigious venues and festivals in Europe, Israel, and the US, such as WOMAD Festival UK, The Troubador London, Barbi in Tel Aviv, Le Poisson Rouge NYC, Musig Im Pflegidach in Switzerland, The Hamilton in Washington DC, Harvard University, Yale University and the Sunset Sunside in Paris.
In 2017, Dana worked as a backing vocalist and keyboardist with international singer Shakira, performing for her album release shows, as well as recording backing vocal tracks that were used for Shakira’s El Dorado World Tour.