Jazz Vepsers: Yotam Ishay and Harshitha Krishnan

Yotam Ishay is an award-winning composer and pianist from Afula, Israel. His compositions express a unique dialect through blending various influences such as classical Impressionist music, Middle-Eastern music, and Jazz.

He collaborated with renowned and Grammy-winning artists such as Zakir Hussain, Michael League and Bill Laurence of Snarky Puppy, Javier Limón, Berklee Indian Ensemble, and Shreya Goshal. Music from his debut album "Opus 1" was placed in Netflix shows, and his solo piano album "SEED" was covered by the Japanese magazine "JAZZ LIFE" and the French magazine "Djolo." Yotam has also been active in the classical composition field and is a twice finalist of the International A. Dvorak Composition Competition in Prague, the Czech Republic.

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