ABOUT YOTAM SILBERSTEIN:
As a young musician in Tel Aviv, Yotam Silberstein was quickly recognized as a prodigy and was invited to perform with many of the nationโs top musicians. At 21, he performed at Italyโs renowned Umbria Jazz Festival, released a critically acclaimed debut album and set out on an extensive tour of Europe.
Upon receiving a scholarship to the prestigious New School, Yotam Silberstein moved to New York in 2005. He was a finalist in the Thelonious MonkInternational Jazz Guitar Competition in 2005 with one critic noting: โYotamโs tones are exquisitely old school but his playing fresh, fiery and bursting with joyful exuberance, and musically he is one heavy cat.โ Jazz Times noted that Yotam has โmade an impact on the scene with his precision bebop lines and fleet fingered improvisationโ. All About Jazz saw a resemblance between his 2009 release, โNext Pageโ and โthe heyday of Blue Note Recordsโ, adding that Yotam is โforging his own path with skills and style.โ...
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ABOUT YOTAM SILBERSTEIN:
As a young musician in Tel Aviv, Yotam Silberstein was quickly recognized as a prodigy and was invited to perform with many of the nationโs top musicians. At 21, he performed at Italyโs renowned Umbria Jazz Festival, released a critically acclaimed debut album and set out on an extensive tour of Europe.
Upon receiving a scholarship to the prestigious New School, Yotam Silberstein moved to New York in 2005. He was a finalist in the Thelonious MonkInternational Jazz Guitar Competition in 2005 with one critic noting: โYotamโs tones are exquisitely old school but his playing fresh, fiery and bursting with joyful exuberance, and musically he is one heavy cat.โ Jazz Times noted that Yotam has โmade an impact on the scene with his precision bebop lines and fleet fingered improvisationโ. All About Jazz saw a resemblance between his 2009 release, โNext Pageโ and โthe heyday of Blue Note Recordsโ, adding that Yotam is โforging his own path with skills and style.โ
As artistically gifted as he is technically proficient, Silberstein is featured on a wide variety of critically acclaimed releases including โResonanceโ and โBrasilโ on the Jazz Legacy Productions label, John Patitucciโs new trio album โIrmaos De Feโ and Monty Alexanderโs Grammy-nominated โHarlem-Kingston Express Live!โ among countless others.
Yotam has earned his place among the jazz elite by collaborating with such luminaries as James Moody, The Heath Brothers, Roy Hargrove, George Coleman, David Sanborn, Marcus Miller, Paquito Dโrivera, Christian McBride, John Patitucci, and many others.
This versatile guitaristโs wheelhouse runs the sonic spectrum, including Brazilian, world music, blues and bebop. Silbersteinโs showmanship wowed the Kennedy Centerโs 2011 production, โElla!โ which featured Dee Dee Bridgewater, Al Jarreau, Dr. Billy Taylor and Janis Siegel. His performance earned him a return invitation for a special appearance at the KC Jazz Club. In Addition Yotam has applied his talent to composing music for film and in 2015 he received the Sundance Time Warner award for film scoring.
Yotam Silberstein has toured as a leader in major clubs and jazz festivals in Europe, Japan, South America, Asia and the US and has received high praise for his performances. Having performed with the worldโs premier talent, Yotam has honed his craft with precision, finesse and the innate artistic touch. Both the critics and his fans await the release of his new album โThe Villageโ on Jazz & People in January . DownBeat magazine calls this โhis most fully realized recording to date,โ and says that Yotam โburns brightly alongside colleagues Goldberg, Rogers and Hutchinson.โ
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