Ruti Machnai

Classically trained cellist Ruti Machnai began her musical journey at the age of 8, exploring music at the highest establishments in Israel. With an extensive orchestral & chamber music experience she moved to the US in 97' to complete her degree in Cello Performance with Prof. Laurence Lesser at the new England conservatory of Music after which she became a member of The prestigious New World Symphony Orchestra in Miami. She participated in numerous acknowledged Summer programs such as The Tanglewood Music Festival, The Verbier Music Academy Festival, The Shleswig Holstein Music Festival and The New Direction Cello Festival. In the past 12 years Ruti became involved in the fields of music production, developing a unique genre of songwriting- a cross between Classical, New Age/ Acid Jazz, Lounge, Trip hop & Dance music. Her productions evolved by adding her own sultry vocals which led her to publish 2 solo albums- "Nocturnal Miniatures" and, "Its Just a Little Dream"- on which she produced and performed all the vocals & instruments. in 2014 Ruti established and branded herself as RutiCelli expressing a new meaningful connection with the cello as a songwriter, producer and performer. In 2018 Ruti relocated to Los Angeles from Miami, to work with 2 LA based collaborations: 1. Ferm & Celli- An improvisational duo with guitarist extraordinaire Fernando Perdomo. Together they opened for Jean Luc Ponty at The Canyon Club (Los Angeles) and release their debut album "The Conversations" in February 2017. 2. "Into The Frequency"- A project based on Ruti's original material expanded into a duo collaboration by adding Dave Schulz, Keyboardist & songwriter (Berlin, goo goo dolls) with whom Ruti plans to release & perform their material. Their music is about self contemplation, the attempt to evolve and celebrate life. Other credits include recording for Grammy winner record producer Tom Polce, Producer Colin Leibich (Plastic Dog Recording), Dave Kerzner (Sound of Contact), Mixing engineers Bob Rosa (Maria Carey/ Gloria Estefan), Oszy Carmona (Frank Farian) singer/ songwriters Robbie Gennet (Broan Earthning Music) & Jim Camacho (The Goods). Ruti is the Musical director at The RutiCelli Music LLC where she teaches cello, sound programming, composition and improvisation