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"…The reality we’re living contradicts in many ways the concept of dialogue: the social reality is being divided constantly while the modern way of life keep pushing the individual to a more isolated way of living. Pre-concepts, fear, the absence of vision in modern politics and both social and economical injustice becomes our bars of our isolation, and the communication system of the 21st century is used, unfortunately, so many times in a banal way, transmitting codes of fear, violence and abuse relying on concepts of ratings and commercial trickery. But, fortunately, there is also a higher sort of communication that grows today that can carry the metaphor of a bridge: a bridge between me and myself, between others, between past and future and between the world and me… and me. This bridge is all what my music is about…” (Yuval Avital, Lifegate Radio, Italy, August 2006)

Born in Jerusalem, 1977.

Composer, director of musical and multi-media projects and a soloist classical guitar player, performing both traditional and contemporary repertoire.

Yuval’s work embodies a rare variety of styles and genres, combining Eastern and Western approaches and using traditional and contemporary concepts. His work is being created through unique bridge between ancient and contemporary avant-guard music; basic and complex. The encounter between rooted traditional modal music, world music and atonal post dodecaphonic music forms an innovative musical language that reflects a deep invisible connection between diverse cultures. This encounter brings also into a clash, but also gives a possibility of listening, dialogue and unity between them.

Yuval’s collaborations and multi-cultural musical projects involve great masters from all over the globe, as suggested in the festival he had created and directs in Italy since 2006, titled “Trialogo festival”.

Yuval’s original Multi media works joins together cultures, traditions beliefs together with innovation and originality. His activity includes numerous concerts and performances, participation in international festivals and in concert tours, live and recorded Radio and TV broadcasts stretched all over the globe- from Denmark to the Philippines, from Kazakhstan to Portugal, From China to Canada.

"A great closing concert for a great festival, again with great international musical masters…after four month of unusual success in front of the enchanted audience of the 20 concerts held in Biella, Turin, Milan, Mestre and Venice, TV and radio national broadcasts, gathering 25 leading international artists to join him, Yuval Avital's Trialogo festival reach its end…" (Amadeus Magazine, Italy 22.10.2006)

"After a huge success of its first concert tour last month, and after a truly emotional concert last night in Biella, the Jerusalem-born guitarist and composer Yuval Avital wants to repeat his success with the most heterogenic ensemble you might imagine…" (Il Giornale, Italy, 29.07.2006)

" The opening on Tuesday was with the virtuoso musician Yuval Avital heading an international ensemble of musicians, actors and dancers presenting an evening of three-dimensional art. Avital, who spends most of his time in Italy... is discovering new and diverse forms of creative communication." (The Jerusalem post, Israel, 17.08.2006)