Tal Yahalom
Genre-Blending Guitarist
Award-winning Israeli guitarist weaving post-bop, classical, and South American influences into innovative chamber jazz.
About
Tal Yahalom is an Israeli-born guitarist and composer based in Brooklyn since 2014. He won the 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival National Guitar Competition and was a semifinalist at the 2019 Herbie Hancock Institute International Guitar Competition. His music explores hard bop, alternative rock, free improvisation, and impressionistic classical music.
Music Style
Yahalom pursues unconventional guitar techniques both acoustically and through effects, seeking balance between composition and improvisation. His work spans post-bop, classical, and South American guitar traditions with engaging storytelling and attentive interplay.
Background
- Hometown
- Jerusalem, Israel
- Instruments
- guitar
- Active
- 2010s-present
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Notable Collaborations
Upcoming Events
Tal Yahalom's next NYC show is Sunday, July 19 at Bar LunAtico.