ADI SAPPIR Biography

Adi is a celliest, singer and songwriter based in Melbourne Australia.

She is writing songs with a cello in her hand. Her musical style is intimate, lyrical and infused with her classical and cultural influences. Since coming to Australia, Adi has been exploring the possibilities of the cello and voice. Her second album Insomnia is an intimate conversation between cello and voice, accompanied by evocative lyrics in English and Hebrew. It expresses life, parenthood and relationships in the inner city of Melbourne.

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Adi received training from two of Israel’s leading cellists: Dr. David Sella - a former member of New York University music faculty, and Emanuel Gruber - principal cellist of the Israeli Chamber Orchestra.

She is also a graduate student of the musicology faculty at Bar- Ilan University, Tel-Aviv.

During her studies, Adi participated in a variety of music events and ensembles. She was a member of Ein Hod quintet, attended local music seminars, and travelled to Idyllwild, California and the Czech Republic for master classes and chamber music training.

Along with playing classical music, she has also played in rock bands and taken part in creating music for theatre productions for the colleges of performing arts: Beit Zvi and Nisan Nativ. Since arriving in Australia in 2001, Adi has played in baroque chamber ensembles and with R&B pianist Andy Cowan, all the time developing her special sound of East meeting West. On December 2003 Adi joined forces with seasoned musicians guitarist/singer Mark Ferrie and guitarist Andrew Pendlebury to form the Mercurials.

In the last couple of years Adi has been performing in festivals such as Port Fairy Music Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival and Apollo Bay Music Festival and in wineries, galleries and other venues as a part of The Mercurials, other ensembles and as a soloist.