​Solo strolling violin
in the San Francisco Bay Area

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Elegant, intimate, and versatile, solo violin music will make your  celebration one to remember. Request your favorite from Merav's musical menu of timeless melodies for the perfect accompaniment to your special occasion.

Call me now at: (510) 982-6124.

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Music for every occasion

Weddings

​The perfect elegant touch to your wedding. Choose from the classics in her extensive repertoire, or request an arrangement of that song that is only yours.

Restaurants & Country Clubs

For Valentine’s Day dinner or Mother’s Day brunch, what better way to celebrate the ones we love than serenading them with their favorite song? Merav can provide music for ambience, or take requests at each table. 

Dinner parties

A beautiful addition to your holiday dinner party or anniversary celebration. From Christmas songs to Irish fiddle, you'll find music to entertain every guest​.

Retirement Homes

Residents will stroll down memory lane and share stories with their friends as they listen to the songs that bring it all back.

​It's a nice backdrop to what we're trying to do here. She is super talented, she plays lots of requests and the customers are getting used to having her. Everyone's real excited about it; they think she's fantastic.

- KEN BAKER, CHEF AND OWNER OF PACHAMAMA'S RESTAURANT

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Listen to samples

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Music of the Night

The Swallow's Tail

About Merav

Photo by Richard Lopez

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Merav began her violin studies at age six with Lydia Mordokovitch and at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance in Israel. She received a B.A. from Smith College, majoring in music and Jewish studies, and a Master of Music in violin performance from the Cincinnati Conservatory. As a professional musician Merav played with the Kansas City Symphony and toured Europe with the Camerata Lawrence. She also performed with her own ensembles, the Meadowlark String Quartet and Trio Fontana, and as solo strolling violinist.
 
Merav holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from the University of California Berkeley, specializing in Jewish music and Women and Gender Studies. In addition to playing violin, Merav is a lecturer in music at UC Berkeley, and tutors bar and bat mitzvah students in Hebrew and Torah chanting. 

Merav lives in Walnut Creek, where she and her daughter enjoy dancing and making miniatures together.

​Call Merav at: (510) 982-6124