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Amos Hoffman

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Amos Hoffman is an Israeli Jazz Guitarist known worldwide as a pioneer in fusing the rhythms and melodic themes of the Middle East with Modern Jazz. Hoffman started playing guitar at the age of 6, and oud a few years later. He studied guitar privately, and later attended the prestigious Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem. His search for new musical experiences led him first to Amsterdam, and then to New York City, where he played jazz with both established musicians and up and coming talents like Jason Lindler, bassists and fellow Israelis Omer Avital and Avishai Cohen, and Chilean vocalist Claudia Acuna. Hoffman has recorded 4 solo albums, The Dreamer (1999), Na’ama (2006), Evolution (2008) and Carving (2010). Hoffman has performed at venues both small and large, in Israel and around the world. He has also contributed on dozens of recordings for artists in Israel (Idan Reichel and Nurit Galron) and worldwide including Avishai Cohen, Kiko Berenguer (Spain), and Jan Mlynarski (Poland). He was featured in Mezzo TV’s (France) Jazzmix Tel Aviv broadcast, and headlined at festivals in Israel, Turkey, Spain and France. Earlier this year, Amos was awarded one of Israel’s most prestigious prizes – The Landau Prize for Arts and Sciences for outstanding achievement in the field of Jazz for the year 2013. Amos Hoffman’s Jewish/Middle Eastern inspired Jazz, is a thrilling exploration of culture, a journey on a spice caravan who’s ultimate destination is an underground jazz club in the wee hours of the morning. Featuring melodic and rhythmic Eastern influences combined with a completely American sense of groove, Hoffman is a pioneer of the genre. Now based in Columbia, S.C., Hoffman looks forward to sharing his unique musical worldview with American audiences.