Nitsan Bernstein (b. 1984), is a Hebrew-Gypsy cabaret singer, song-writer and performer. Born and raised in Jerusalem, a cosmopolitan city and a cultural melting pot, she was inspired by the sights, sounds and fragrances that swirled around her from east to west. Nitsan’s undeniable need for drama and attention were apparent since childhood, and so were her attraction to a diversity of art forms.

When she then decided to officially embark on the route towards her calling as a DIVA, she enrolled in the jazz singing studies at the Jerusalem Music Academy. Throughout her studies she experimented in improvisation and writing, seeking a way of combining her beloved Oriental and Balkan music with her theatrical aspirations. She recorded and performed jazz, rock and Balkan music with various artists and ensembles such as Omri Mor, Jean Claude Jones, Jess Koren, Shachar Elnatan, Tal Ronen, Israel Bright and Emil Aybinder and performed in theater productions such as “Hasimta Theater” in Tel Aviv-Jaffa and “Hazira HaBenTchumit” in Jerusalem. All that while Nitsan had been creating her own provocative and extravagant songs which are characterized by humor and satire, and putting together a seven piece ensemble titled "Nitsan Bernstein and the Hebrew Cabaret".

“...The performance stretched the limits of the slightly old-fashioned word ‘jazz’ (if we’re to be truthful) to its cheekiest and coolest regions. The praiseworthy execution makes for a brilliant performance, one that causes the audience to keep their eyes glued to the stage so as not to miss a moment of it. I haven’t seen anything like this, certainly not here, especially not here.”

Sha’anan Street (lead singer of Israel’s leading rap group,"Hadag Nachash"), 
Time Out Magazine, 18 November 2010.

In this mesmerising travelling show she played different roles and sang her original songs. The joy and amusement that the show provoked in the audience encouraged Nitsan to conquer the next stage and find inspiration in the birthplace of cabaret: Berlin.

In 2013 she gathered her belongings and moved to Berlin, a city infused by the history of cabaret and a  present of colourful, cultural and artistic diversity - just what she needed!

While accommodating to her new life, falling in love, moving in and out apartments and having all sorts of odd experiences, she wrote songs dealing with her new life as a stranger in the big city. She then gathered around her musicians from all over the world to record her debut album: "HEBREW ACCENT", produced by Roland Satterwhite. Alongside musical collaborations, Nitsan immersed herself also in the visual aspect of the album, collaborating with photographers Zoe Grindea and Ariel Efron and designer Yael Zilberfeld.

All that while, she was still performing with additional, other ensembles of jazz, klezmer, Balkan and Oriental music on stages all across Germany (Mr. Zarko, Sistanagila, Silodka, Christian Dawid, Ilya Shneyveys, Roland Satterwhite, Damir Bacikin, Eyal Lovett and more).

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In 2015 she co-founded “The Third Generation Cabaret" along with Dr. Ittai Rosenbaum and director Indre Bogdan. Their show currently runs as a trio with cellist Anton Peisakhov, plays regularly in several venues in Berlin and performed in the Berlin ID Festival 2016.

And this is only the beginning...