YARON DEUTSCH (TEL AVIV, 1978) IS A GUITARIST MAINLY KNOWN FOR HIS WORK IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY (CLASSICAL) MUSIC. HE IS THE FOUNDER AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER QUARTET NIKEL AND A FREQUENT GUEST IN EUROPE’S FINEST GROUPS & ORCHESTRAS DEDICATED TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. MOST OFTEN HE PLAYS WITH THE ACCLAIMED KLANGFORUM WIEN & MUSIKFABRIK ENSEMBLES. AS A SOLOIST HE PERFORMED WITH THE ISRAELI PHILHARMONIC, LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, LUXEMBOURG PHILHARMONIC, LUZERNER SINFONIEORCHESTER, SINFONICA NAZIONALE DELLA RAI (TURIN), SWR SYMPHONIEORCHESTER & THE VIENNA RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; PLAYING UNDER CONDUCTORS SYLVAIN CAMBERLING, TITUS ENGEL, PETER EÖTVÖS, ZUBIN MEHTA, EMILIO POMÀRICO, PETER RUNDEL AND ILAN VOLKOV TO NAME A FEW. RECORDINGS FEATURING HIS PLAYING ARE AVAILABLE ON COL LEGNO, KAIROS, NEOS, SUB ROSA AND WERGO LABELS. APART FROM HIS PERFORMATIVE ACTIVITIES, HE IS A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC BASEL (HOCHSCHULE FÜR MUSIK FHNW / SONIC SPACE BASEL) AND GUITAR TUTOR AT THE DARMSTADT INTERNATIONAL SUMMER COURSES. AS WELL HE CURATES THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER MUSIC IN TEL AVIV – “TZLIL MEUDCAN” (IN HEBREW: “UPDATED TONE”).