Irith Gabriely, the Queen of Jewish Soul, was born in Haifa, Israel. After studying Music [Clarinet, Piano, and Conducting] and Philosophy from 1968 to 1972 at the University of Tel Aviv, she played first clarinet in the Symphony Orchestra of the Darmstadt State Theater. Her musical expression is completely authentic thanks to her Jewish origin. As well, she plays her instrument with virtuousity and clarity. Since 1986, she has successfully played many recitals with her Colalaila Quartet. With this ensemble, she won the first prize at the Klezmer Festival 1991 in Zafat, Israel. She received a further special award with Colalaila at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998.

Since 1990, she has been successfully performing with the pianist and composer Peter Przystaniak. Their programs together don't know any stylistic borders. Their repertoire contains Classical works, Klezmer, Jazz, and their own compositions.

Since 1997, with the organist Hans-Joachim Dumeier, she has worked on a program for Klezmer clarinet and organ. This program has explored a completely new area by combining Classical concert music, Jewish composers and Klezmer music in a very fascinating and exciting way, thus leading to a Jewish-Christian musical dialog.