Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital has performed worldwide and collaborated with Giora Feidman and Richard Galliano. He was featured at the Tanglewood, Luzern, Spoleto and Ravenna summer festivals.
Avi is the first mandolin player to receive a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Soloist (2010). He has won many competitions and awards including Germany's ECHO Prize for his 2008 recording with the David Orlowsky Trio and the the Aviv Competition (2007), the national competition for Israeli soloists.
The New York Times describes Avi's playing as "exquisitely sensitive" and The Boston Globe says, "Avi Avital was an enthralling and sensitive soloist."
Grammy-nominated mandolinist Avi Avital has performed worldwide and collaborated with Giora Feidman and Richard Galliano. He was featured at the Tanglewood, Luzern, Spoleto and Ravenna summer festivals.
Avi is the first mandolin player to receive a Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Soloist (2010). He has won many competitions and awards including Germany's ECHO Prize for his 2008 recording with the David Orlowsky Trio and the the Aviv Competition (2007), the national competition for Israeli soloists.
The New York Times describes Avi's playing as "exquisitely sensitive" and The Boston Globe says, "Avi Avital was an enthralling and sensitive soloist."
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