Combining the sophistication of classical music with the emotional power and broad reach of pop

has been a lifelong pursuit for Bernard Weinstock. As a child, he was drawn equally to the Tschaikovsky and Beethoven albums in his parents'

record collection as to the lyrical Israeli popular music of the 1970s. A transformative experience

was listening to Rick Wakeman's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" at age 11; hearing the

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