Tamuz Nissim
Vocal, USA

About the participant

USA, New York City

Born 19/06/85

Vocalist Tamuz Nissim has been living and performing in NYC for the last five years. She performs alongside with some of the city's most acclaimed musicians in clubs like the Blue Note,Appel Room Lincoln Center, Jazz Forum, Mezzrow Jazz Club, The Bar 55, The Deer Head Inn, Cornelia Street and many more, gaining the love of music lovers and Jazz aficionados alike. Her discography includes, The Music Stays in a Dream (2013), Liquid Melodies (2017) and Echo of a Heartbeat (2018) and in 2020 Capturing Clouds. В арсенале Tamuz Nissim 4 альбома – The Music Stays in a Dream (2013), Liquid Melodies (2017), Echo of a Heartbeat (2018), Capturing Clouds (2020). Her albums met with rave reviews from the Jazz press - NYC Jazz Record, UK Vibe, JazzPRESS Poland , All About Jazz, Midwest Record, Jazz DaGama, Jazz Avenues, WTJU, Jazz Journal and many more. The CD Capturing Clouds charted at the top of Roots charts #6 and stay on the top for 12 weeks. It also Charted on NAAC charts for several weeks peaking on #12. Her CD Echo of a Heartbeat; charted on the JazzWeek Charts. She presented her music in several festivals worldwide including: Riga Ritmis (Latvia) , Atlanta Jazz Festival (USA ) River Fest (USA) Technopolis Jazz Festival, Tinos Jazz Festival, Preveza Jazz Festival, Mykonos Summer Nights Festival, Montofoli Festival, (Greece) Limassos Jazz Festival (Cyprus), Women Festival (Israel) FilmIsreal (Holland) and many more. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel Tamuz grew up in an artistic family; her mother is a dancer and a choreographer, and her father is a writer. Both play an instrument and have a great love for classical and jazz music. She started playing classical piano at the age of 6 and started to sing when she was 14 and was accepted to the Jazz music department of the Ironi Alef High School of the Arts. She was twice a recipient of the America-Israel Coltural Foundation Grant for young talents in the arts. At the age of 16 she performed at Tel Aviv Jazz Festival. She moved to the Netherlands in 2007 to study at the prestigious Royal Conservatoire of Den Haag; from there she received a Bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts, voice and a secondary subject, piano. In Holland she performed at many prestigious Jazz clubs and performed at the Amsterdam Israeli film Festival “Filmisreal” 2011. Her composition Shir was featured in the Record “Love, Live ,Listen 2 - The Hague playlist.” In 2013, she performed at Holon Women Festival in Israel, a project with singer Martha Mavroidi. In 2015, she was chosen as a finalist at Riga Jazz Stage international vocal competition and won, and then went onto perform at Riga Ritmis International Jazz Festival in 2016. In 2015, Nissim moved to New York City where she performs as a band leader and a guest singer and lyricist for live shows and studio recordings.