The star of young Israeli pianist’s Nitai Hershkovits (1988) started to shine out of the blue in 2012, when Avishai Cohen introduced him in his duo album Duende. In the meantime, he made another two albums with the popular bassist and gained enough self-confidence to go solo, showing interest for analogue electronic (presented on his debut album I Asked You A Question) as well as for acoustic solo recitals, like the one he will have in Belgrade.

Nitai studied jazz and classical music in Israel and was awarded the highest scholarship given by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) four years in a row. He recorded or performed with a number of artists, including Robert Sadin, Theo Bleckmann, Matt Penman, Mark Turner, Marcus Gilmore, Ben Monder, Jorge Rossy, Gilad Hekselman, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Daniel Zamir, Ilan Salem, Avi Lebovich, Georgia Anne Muldrow… He is a regular member in the groups of Oded Tzur and Ari Hoenig as well as the Time Grove trio with Eyal Talmudi (saxophone, clarinet) and Rejoicer (keys, drums programming). In 2016, he moved to New York and soon became very active in the club scene.