Yuval Ron is an international composer and record producer. He has done field recordings in the Sinai desert with the Bedouins and produced the record One Truth with Turkish master musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek on World Class Records. His One, on Magda Records, features Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yair Dalal, Azam Ali, Pejman Hadadi, Nahil Azzam and Haim Louk.
A recipient of multiple grants from National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Composers Forum and the California Council for the Humanities, Yuval has worked with the Moscow Symphony, the LAJS Symphony, and the New Hampshire Philharmonic.
In 1998 he released his first solo recording In Between the Heartbeat on Simulacra Records, followed by the CD In the Shallows in 2001. He produced the double album Masada – the Musical Saga starring Davis Gains and provided the ethnic music cues for Helen of Troy (US Network).
Yuval Ron is the producer & host of the world music concert series “The International Underground” at the UCLA Hammer Museum. He is also a noted lecturer and leader of workshops who taught at numerous schools in the US and abroad, including Berkeley College of Music, MIT, UCSD, SCUN, UCSC, Boston Center for the Arts, Santa Monica College, Emerson College, Dean Junior College, Camera obscura and the Sam Spiegel Jerusalem Film School.
Yuval Ron Ensemble Najwa Gibran – voice; Maya Haddi – voice; Norik Manoukian – duduk, zurna, shvi (t1ure), chrinet; Virginie Alumyan – kanun; Jamie Papish – percussion; David Martinelli – percussion; Carolyne Aycaguer-Ron – keyboards; Yuval Ron – ud, saz & musical director.
In 2021, Yuval Ron released Nefesh, an album of Jewish sacred music arranged for the Middle Eastern ud (oud).
Discography:
In Between The Heartbeat (Simulacra Records, 1998)
One (Magda, 2003)
Proteus – A 19th Century Vision – Original Soundtrack Recording (Yuval Ron Music, 2004)
Futuristic Worlds Under Construction (2004)
Seeker of Truth (2009)
Under the Olive Tree (2012)
Nefesh (Yuval Ron Music, 2021)
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.