“Music offers us a direct pathway to our shared humanity. As a child, raised in a Northern Israeli Kibbutz, I was practicing Bach’s solo cello Suites while the sound of the Muezzin singing the Muslim call to prayer in the nearby Arab village flowed through the window overlooking the Jordan Valley. In the afternoons, my parents would play Argentinian Tangos and French Chanson. It all became music to me – magical and beautiful.  In our increasingly polarized American society, where many are surrounded by their insulated social media bubble, music has the visceral, instinctual power to unite and bring us closer to each other. I have dedicated my artistic life to make it a reality.  Now, more than ever, we all need to be soldiers of love.”