Born in Tel Aviv, Yuval began playing the trumpet at age 12. After serving in the IDF Army Band he proceeded to study at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel-Aviv University, where he graduated magna cum laude, and subsequently received his M.Mus degree at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Throughout his studies, Yuval was a recipient of various scholarships and won awards. Upon his return to Israel in 2008, he served as Principal Trumpet in the Israel Kibbutz Orchestra and the Israel Camerata Jerusalem, and joined the Israel Brass Quintet.

Yuval Sahpiro appeared as soloist as well as performing with most of the orchestras in Israel, including Chamber, Jazz, Contemporary and Baroque ensembles, broadcasts on radio and television shows. During 2005-2013, he participated in the "West-Eastern Divan" Orchestra, under Maestro Daniel Barenboim.

Since October 2013, Yuval is a member of of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra trumpet section.

Watch an interview with Yuval <a href="http://members.ipo.co.il/en/interviews/27"><strong>here</strong></a>

Yoel Abadi is a horn player in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the chairman of the management of the orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with the IPO under the baton of Zubin Mehta in concerts in Israel and abroad.

As a chamber music performer, Yoel has recorded five albums with the Kaprizma Ensemble which include pieces written especially for him. He has been a guest artist in numerous festivals including the Rolandseck Festival (Germany), the St. Petersburg Festival (Russia) and the Jerusalem International Chamber Music Festival, where he has performed alongside Daniel Barenboim, who subsequently invited him to join the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra. Moreover Yoel has performed at the Jerusalem Early Music Workshop where he has played the natural horn alongside prominent artists in the field of early music.

Taking a keen interest in the training of young musicians, Yoel Abadi is on the faculty of the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music at Tel Aviv University.  His students have continued their studies at some of the finest academic institutions in the world and have been accepted to orchestras in Israel and abroad. In addition, Yoel is one of the founders of the Israel Horn Day and has furthermore taught at the Italian Brass Week.

Yoel Abadi studied in Israel with James Madison Cox. He continued his studies in the United States with William VerMeulen at Rice University. Yoel also attended the Early Music Institute at Indiana University where he studied natural horn with Richard Seraphinoff. For over ten consecutive years he was a recipient of America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships.

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<p data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">Principal trombone player of the Israel Philharmonic since 2012 and a member of the orchestra since 2008, Nir Erez is also the trombone professor in both Tel Aviv’s Bachmann-Mehta Music Academy and the Jerusalem Academy of music member of the Israel Philharmonic Brass Quartet.</p>
<p data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">Started his trombone studies in 1998 at the age of 10, under the instruction of Nachman Yariv and Vladimir Flaxman in his home town of Lod, Nir has studied over the years with the finest musicians and trombone players in the world, including Daniele Morandini (La Scala), Ian Bousfield (Former Wiener Philharmonic), Joseph Alessi (New York), Micha Davis (Israel), Michel Becquet (France), Ralph Sauer (Los Angeles), Jay Friedman (Chicago), Andrea Bandini (Geneva) and more.</p>
<p data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">He is the winner of the Audience Choice Award in the Aviv Competition for brass (2010) and has also been awarded excellence scholarships by the American-Israel Culture Fund between the years 2002-2012.</p>
<p data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">Frequent participant in international brass workshops, chamber music festivals and ensembles, Nir has been invited to play as guest principal player in Teatro La Scala in Milan, and with Maestro Claudio Abbado and his Orchestra Mozart in Luzern Festival, with which he recorded for the Deutsche Gramophone Label.</p>
<p data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">His activities as a teacher include masterclasses abroad, in places such as Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Athens and more.</p>
<p data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">Nir’s Approach towards playing and teaching is very much inspired by his recent fascination for Yoga, and the attempt to combine the two worlds of body and spirit.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;" data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">for more information, please visit his website at <a class="wcag-underline" href="http://www.nirerez.com/" data-wcag-dynamic-font="true" data-wcag-org-font-size="15">www.nirerez.com</a></p>

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