ABOUT AYELET
“Gottlieb is one of those singers, like Rokia Traore or Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,
whose voice can convey great power and soul,
even when singing in a language unfamiliar to listeners”
Jon Garelick, Jazziz magazine
In Her Words
Described as an “intoxicating vocalist” (Vancouver Sun) with an “individually rigorous tone” (Ben Ratliff, New York Times), Ayelet Rose Gottlieb is an international performer, an explorer of sound, and a seeker of musical adventures.
Inspirations
She creates in sophisticated simplicity blending jazz, middle-eastern & Jewish music with contemporary composition and conceptual improvisation. She is inspired by poetry, nature, magic, science and the vulnerability of the human experience.
Collaborations
Ayelet’s innovative style as a composer and improviser has led her to fascinating collaborations. She has performed John Zorn’s music at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Improvised with vocal master Bobby McFerrin at Carnegie Hall; Sung her own compositions to erotic Biblical texts inside a cave in the Israeli desert, and performed with Mycale (a-cappella quartet) in a butchery in Austria and in a golden church in Ecuador.
A Journey In Music
Ayelet’s multilingual and multicultural approach is a constant thread through all of her work. Her latest recording, “13 Lunar Meditations: Summoning the Witches” is her eleventh album as bandleader or co-leader. Weaving together texts by women and girls from around the world, Ayelet composed a masterful song cycle that reflects upon the moon and our connection to it. Her musical story telling is both global and highly personal.
Previous recordings include “Two More Dreams,” an album of lullabies for all ages created with pianist Anat Fort; with the Pneuma quartet, Ayelet and three virtuoso clarinetists draw musical inspiration from poetry about the wind in “Who Has Seen the Wind?”; in “Roadsides” Ayelet connects her eastern and western roots, combining the sound of the oud with that of the euro-classical guitar and jazz piano; In “Shiv’a” ayelet reflects on the process of mourning in an instrumental composition for string quartet (ETHEL) and percussion (Satoshi Takeishi).
On A Personal Note
Jerusalem-born, mother of three, Ayelet has lived in twenty-four apartments, ten cities, five countries and four continents before finally making a home with her family in Montréal, Canada. In 2019, she founded her “Orchard of Pomegranates,” a platform for Vocal Intensives, private sessions, Listening Hours and self-produced concerts. Ayelet cultivates community and connection through her music, teaching, and facilitating. Orchard of Pomegranates: Vocal Intensive III will include workshops by nine guest faculty over three days. Teachers include acclaimed vocalists Jay Clayton, Jen Shyu and Clarice Assad.
