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Yoav Eshed

Yoav Eshed is an Israeli jazz guitarist and composer based in New York.

born 1989Jazz guitarLeading the Guitar Hearts quartetJazz arrangements of The Sixteenth Sheep

Born: 28 April 1989, Israel
Occupation: composer, musician
Education: Berklee College of Music

Yoav Eshed was born in 1989 in Israel

Yoav Eshed was born on April 28, 1989, in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, into a family of musicians. He began playing classical piano at age 3 and took up the guitar at 13.

He studied jazz with Amit Golan and guitar with Shai Chen. After his army service, he attended the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and won first place in its jazz competition. He then received a presidential scholarship to study at Berklee, and held America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships from 2008 to 2014.

In 2012 his group Trio Millionaires received Ministry of Culture support for jazz arrangements of the children's songbook The Sixteenth Sheep, with Tomer Sharon. In 2013 the trio recorded its debut album. He won jazz guitar competitions in the United States and was among 3 winners of a jazz guitar competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2014.

In 2015 he received the Guitar Achievement Award from Berklee after finishing his degree. He lives in New York, leads his quartet Guitar Hearts, and plays at festivals in Europe.

Milestones in Yoav Eshed's life

1989
Born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel.
2008
Began receiving America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships.
2012
Trio Millionaires received Ministry of Culture support for The Sixteenth Sheep project.
2012
Won first place in the Six String Theory jazz section.
2013
Won first place in the Made in New York Jazz Competition solo section.
2014
Was among the winners of the Montreux jazz guitar competition.
2015
Received Berklee's Guitar Achievement Award.