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Stories behind the songs, releases and projects from Yuvi Gerstein.
Why is my new song in Persian?
Twenty years ago, Maureen Nehedar and I were students in Jerusalem playing Persian music together, she in classical opera, me on jazz guitar. Then life pulle...
Spirala - New track by Yuvi Gerstein & Lior Soltz
Spirala is an original track in collaboration with pianist and composer Lior Soltz. This first collaboration began with a simple piano recording that capture...
Inside Cells: Discussing the Album’s Themes and Influences
Yuvi Gerstein’s debut album Cells has been out for a few weeks, and the response has been far more personal than expected. Listeners have been reaching out w...
Introducing Cells — The Debut Album from Yuvi Gerstein
Humbled, excited, anxious, this is what it feels like to release my debut album, 'Cells' finally with nothing but my original songs, music production and har...
Thinking makes you anxious - Yuvi Gerstein (Story behind the song)
Back in 2013, during the final year of my mother Tsiona’s life, I wrote an instrumental piece that began with the sound of her oxygen machine. Its harsh, mec...
From a Digital Closet to the Light: Cells – Releasing September 12, 2025
“Loose for over a decade in a digital drawer, Cells—Yuvi Gerstein’s long-awaited new album—arrives September 12, 2025. Eleven songs span singer-songwriter in...
Yuvi Gerstein and Kermesse collaborate on a new track - "Pinto"
Excited to share a new collaboration with one of my favorite downtempo artists, Kermesse. I've been following their project for the past few years, an...
Stray Dogs by Yuvi Gerstein Feat. Roy Young just released
I wrote Stray Dogs after a trip to Eastern Europe, inspired by the calm stray dogs living in bus and train stations. Today the song is out, performed by the ...
Interview with Yuvi Gerstein at the Slick Studios
Interview with Yuvi Gerstein at The Slick studio in Florentin, Tel Aviv. Yuvi talks about his journey from guitarist to music producer, the unique sound of I...
“Cells” – A Personal Song About Loss, Love, and courage
“Cells” is the most personal song I’ve ever written. It was born out of grief after losing my mother, Tsiona, to cancer. Just piano, strings, and vocals—raw ...
Experience the Fusion of Innovation and Performance: Sponj Live on GRIDI
Step into a sonic universe where light, rhythm, and technology converge. In this new video, Yuvi Gerstein and Tom Iddan (aka Tito the Wize) of electronic duo...
New single "Sofia" by Yuvi Gerstein release inspired by a trip to Bulgaria
12 years ago, I visited Sofia, and shortly after, this song was born. But only now, as I dust off my digital drawers, I feel ready to share it with the worl...