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 Moog for the first time was stunning and opened his mind to the complexities possible within Read more on Last.fm