Yuval Ron
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Yuval Ron is an Oscar
-winning Israeli Jewish musician currently also under consideration for a Grammy award. He won the 2007 Academy Award for Short Film for writing the music for West Bank Story
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He has an eponymous band, the Yuval Ron Ensemble which plays world music, combining Jewish, Sufi, and Armenian music. Yuval's primary instrument is the oud
. His albums include Seeker of Truth, One
, and Under the Olive Tree.
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
-winning Israeli Jewish musician currently also under consideration for a Grammy award. He won the 2007 Academy Award for Short Film for writing the music for West Bank Story
West Bank Story
West Bank Story is a comedy/musical short film, directed by Ari Sandel, co-written by Sandel and Kim Ray, produced by Pascal Vaguelsy, Amy Kim, Ashley Jordan, Ravi Malhotra, Bill Boland and featuring choreography by Ramon Del Barrio. The film is a parody of the classic musical film West Side Story,...
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He has an eponymous band, the Yuval Ron Ensemble which plays world music, combining Jewish, Sufi, and Armenian music. Yuval's primary instrument is the oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
. His albums include Seeker of Truth, One
One (Yuval Ron album)
One is a project by Israeli composer Yuval Ron, who teams together with Turkish virtuoso Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yair Dalal, singer Azam Ali and many others...
, and Under the Olive Tree.