A New Album Rali Margalit, the cellist and composer, presents a rich and varied new album, Horses, published by the Magda label.

In Horses, Rali Margalit presents a strong, original and refreshing voice, finding its place in the crossroads between Classical and Ethnic music.

The album, which is mostly instrumental, includes two compositions to poems by women poets, Three Windows - a children's song by Lea Goldberg, and Little Woman, by Dalia Ravikovich. Three of the compositions in the album are danced to on stages in Israel and abroad: Batsheva's Lament - a flamenco piece for the Compas troupe, Neurotic Waltz, written for Ov by Renana Raz and Ofer Amram and
The Sister-in-law's Waltz written for the Kibbutz Dance Company.
The album includes new compositions as well, such as Rain in the Desert, The Wind Hunter and Horses, the main piece
which also gives the album its title.

Margalit started her musical career as a classical cellist, being a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. She performs with leading World Music groups and musicians in Israel and all over the world. Her debut album as a composer - Five Works came out three years ago and ever since she has been composing and performing her original material. Margalit's work is unique in that she is a woman composer of ethnic music in a field where most artists are male. In addition, Margalit's musical approach is regarded as unique, since her compositions are not based on existing musical structures and traditions, but stems directly from extra-musical sources of inspiration, mainly from Hebrew prose as well as poetry.

Margalit's work is a rich fabric consisting of a whole palette of cultural influences, from a typically Israeli childhood in a kibbutz to Middle Eastern cultures and the Classical Music she grew on all her life.

Rali Margalit plays the cello and the Cell-hu a unique instrument, single of its kind, which combines traditional instruments such as the Asian tar and advanced technologies. The Cell-hu was built especially for Margalit by the Australian instrument maker Peter Biffin.

Margalit's musical group includes Elad Gabbay, an oud player and singer, the scion of a family of piyyut singers and an artist by his own merit who expresses the Oriental influences in Margalit's music in a meaningful and rich way; Hagit Rosmarin, one of the leading flutists in Israel and Lev Alman, the percussion artist. The group was formed two years ago and has performed in Israel and abroad.
The album features guest artists Michael Meltzer, the recorder virtuoso and the wonderful singers Ilana Eliah and Lianne Aharoni.

The album's producer is Yvonne Kahan, "Olamale".