​​​Yuval Amihai is an Israeli born, New York City based jazz guitarist, composer, and educator.

 

Since moving to New York in 2018, he began performing in many of the city's most venerated jazz clubs and venues: Smalls Jazz Club, Mezzrow, and Ornithology Jazz Club. In 2022, Amihai released his 4th album as a leader, My 90's Summer to great reviews. Amihai recorded a live album from his monthly residency at Ornithology in January of 2025, to be released soon.

 

After moving to Paris at age 24, Amihai rapidly became a leading voice in the French jazz scene; he won several prestigious awards, including the Grand Prize the Best Composer Award of La Defense Jazz Festival National Jazz Competition, as well as the 1st Prize of the Jazz a Saint-Germain- des-Pres Competition in Paris. Amihai released three critically acclaimed records in France, Yuval Amihai Ensemble (2012), Longing (2015), and I Ain't Got Nothing but the Blues (2018). Amihai played regularly at Paris' most famous jazz venues such as Sunset/Sunside and Duc du Lombards, and toured with his bands internationally.