An Evening with Yoni Avi Battat

Join us for an unforgettable live concert with multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer Yoni Avi Battat.

Battat's music bridges Jewish traditions from across the globe with contemporary improvisation. Drawing on his roots in Iraqi and Eastern European Jewish heritage, Battat weaves together sounds of the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, blending them seamlessly with jazz, classical, and folk influences.

This performance will draw largely from his 2022 album, Fragments and focus on music and sounds of Middle Eastern life.

With Battat on oud and through his warm and expressive voice, Yoni takes audiences on a journey through centuries of migration, memory, and re-imagined tradition.

His performances are both celebratory and contemplative—rich with stories of resilience, joy, and cultural connection. Come experience a night of music that transcends borders and invites us into a shared space of beauty and belonging.

Yoni's ensemble features:

Yoni Avi Battat, oud/vocals

Eylem Basaldi, violin

Jim Grippo, qanun

Janie Cowan, bass

Jamie Papish, percussion

Sponsored by the HUC Jewish Language Project, with co-sponsors Pico Union Project, USC Casden Institute, Kultur Mercado, IKAR, Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music , JIMENA, American Sephardi Federation, Sephardic Mizrahi Q Network, and SAMi Sephardic American Mizrahi Initiative. for an unforgettable live concert with multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer Yoni Avi Battat..

Sample Yoni's music with tracks "Adon Olam," and "Vapor".

Yoni Avi Battat - Live in Concert