* Open minded virtual personality , loves worldmusic, art, poetry, machinima, musical communication. Intrigued about possibilities of the Virtual Reality in Internet. ** Naftali Torok is a violinist with a charismatic stage presence and highly esteemed for her expressivity and fiery improvisations. Real or Virtual, she reaches the public in the heart with her violin and brings joy with her music. ** Born in The Netherlands, she was raised with classical music. During a study musicology at the University and the conservatory for classsical Violin, her interest in traditional folk music and world music blossomed into a professional level. Naftali specialized in the music of Eastern Europe, Greek music & Turkish classical music as well as different Jewish music styles. In RL she is a much sought-after teacher, performer and recording-artist among world music and mainstream pop acts in The Netherlands. She has toured extensively throughout Europe and still is playing balkan and gypsy-oriental music with the ensembles BALQANA (netherlands) & MEZZE (switzerland). With her International KlezmerStringtrio she produced the cd “BESSARABIAN GROOVE “ (iTunes & CDbaby.com) and a 2nd one is expected. ** In 2007 Naf started playing live virtual concerts in SL (SecondLife) what inspires her to find new musical bridges and establish international musical connections ! More recently Naf started new Xover-projects: recording compositions, based on worldmusic and improvisations in a mix of newage, ambient and electro-acoustical grooves. Direct results are contributions to 2 new CD's: "URBAN DESERTS" , a musical project of the avatar Nnoiz Papp (Germany) . This CD was completely realized with avatar-musicians from secondlife . (CD released 27/04/10) More recent is a Swiss/Dutch project about meditative music based on traditional folk grooves what resulted in 2 lovely cd’s : "THANK YOU" and “GOD IS LOVE” to sing & dance along! (CDbaby.com) A concert with Naftali is always a musical adventure! www.nafinfo.ml - nafslides.ml - natube.ml - naflive.ml