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Yonatan Kretzmer
Saxophone
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Yoni Kretzmer was born in Jerusalem in 1982. He began playing the saxophone
at age 14.
Yoni studied in Israel with Erez Barnoi and Stephen Horenstein. He subsequently
moved to Paris where he studies at the American School of Modern Music with Peter
Giron and Rick Margitza and performed in various clubs.
Upon his return to Israel, Yoni led many groups (Quartet, Zork, Far From Home
a.o.) and has played with local and visiting artists such as: Albert Beger, Assif
Tsahar, Harold Rubin. Ido Bukel man, Daniel Sarid, Evan Parker, Yuval Mesner,
Slava Ganelin, Vladimir Volkov, Mike Pride, Jason Ajemian, a.o.
Yoni has released 4 albums under has performed in Israels major festivals and
has studied in NY with esteemed saxophonist Ellery Eskelin.
Yoni's main interests are synthesizing free improvised music and written chamber
music. The latter led him to found the New Dilemma chamber group comprised of
strings, tenor saxophone, and drums. The first concert of New Dilemma was described
by one of Israel's foremost jazz critic's as the "borderline between modern
classical music, composed until the last note, and the highly emotional free
jazz of Kretzmer."
Contact:
yonikretz@gmail.com
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Temperamental Trio
Raw and the Cooked
KCR 06, 2006
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Wight Night in
Tel Aviv
June 2006 -
KCR 11, 2007
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ReComp
February 2008 -
KCR 14
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Joelle Leandre
Live in Israel
KCR 17, 2008
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Gunter Baby Sommer
Live in Jerusalem,
KCR 19, 2009
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