Yoav Eshed

 Yoav Eshed  (born April 28, 1989) is a jazz guitarist and composer based in Brooklyn, New York.

Yoav started to play the piano at the age of 3 and displayed prodigious abilities playing Haydn, Bach and Mendelssohn. He picked up the guitar at the age of 13 and found his unique way of playing the guitar with a pianist approach.

Early life
Born in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, to a family of musicians including his great uncle, a gifted musician and cantor who perished in the Holocaust. He began studying piano at the young age of 3 and picked up the guitar at the age of 13.

Yoav studied jazz with Amit Golan and guitar with Shai Chen. After completing four years of army service, Yoav attended Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and won 1st place in Israel's annual jazz competition. He then received a presidential scholarship for his undergraduate studies at Berklee. In addition, Yoav won the America-Israel Cultural Foundation jazz study scholarships between 2008–2014.

Career in Israel
In 2012, Trio Millionaires, led by Yoav Eshed, received the support of the Ministry of Culture for their musical arrangement of well-known Israeli children's songbook, The Sixteenth Sheep, collaborating with singer and comedian Tomer Sharon. The trio recorded and released their debut album digitally on Bandcamp.

Career in the United States
Yoav is based in New York City and active in Europe and the jazz scene of New York, playing for various bands and leading his band, Guitar Hearts.

As of 2024, Yoav is working as a sideman for leading NYC jazz musicians, leading ‘Trio Millionaires’, as well as septet ‘Greenpoint’.

Awards and honors

 * 1st place prize at the international competition in Montana – 'Six String Theory' jazz category.
 * 1st place prize at Rimon Jazz Annual Competition.
 * International Jazz Guitar Competition in Montreux Jazz Festival - the following year he was invited to play at the festival.
 * Guitar Achievement Award of Berklee.
 * 1st place in Best Solo Performance of Made In NY Jazz Competition.

Discography
As a band leader: As sideman:
 * Introducing Trio Millionaires (2013)
 * Two Words (2018)
 * August (2020)
 * A Way Out (2021)
 * Guitar Hearts (2024)
 * Clemens Grassman - Midnight Apple (2018)
 * Fima Chupakin - Water (2019)
 * Aaron Bahr Septet - Places (Real and Imagined) (2020)
 * Steven Terry - Compositions (2020)
 * Ari Hoenig - Golden Treasures (2022)
 * David Sirkis - When It All Starts (2023)
 * Lau Noah - A Dos (2024)