Omri Abramov is an accomplished Israeli Saxophonist, EWI player, composer and producer. He is the leader of the NYC trio Hovercraft, co-leader of the Berlin based Folk-Jazz group Big Berry and the Electro-Fusion trio Not Inspired Try Tomorrow.  He is the saxophone player and musical producer of the Iranian-Israeli band Sistanagila, and the former co-leader of the Jazz-Fusion band Niogi.

Omri has appeared on stage and on studio recordings with highly acclaimed artists such as Dennis Chambers, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Idan Raichel, Shai Maestro, Pete Lockett, Per Mathisen and more. He is the Sax & EWI player in the international band of legendary singer Noa, Tenor and Flute player of Omer Klein's 'The Poetics' and takes part in numerous bands as a sideman and co-producer.

Currently based in Berlin, Germany, Omri is frequently touring Europe, USA, and Israel with various jazz, world-music and electronic-music acts.

 

A graduate of ICM (Israeli Conservatory of Music) in jazz performance and winner of the AICF scholarship for years 2007-2011 with excellence, Omri received an ‘Outstanding Musician’ status by the IDF which allowed him to maintain his music career throughout his military service. During this time he joined the Idan Raichel Project, in which he was a part of in the years 2009-2014, and did over 300 shows and numerous recordings. Playing in arenas and concert halls and was introduced in depth to the world of pop music, world music and horn-section playing. 

In the years to follow Omri co-founded the band Niogi with pianist, composer and highly acclaimed music educator Dr. Guy Shkolnik. The band has toured extensively all over Europe, and was often regarded as a new sound in Jazz Fusion. During their mutual work Omri has studied deeply the art of counterpoint and voice leading, as well as sound synthesis and music production, and mastering his skills on the EWI. Today he is regarded by many as one of the most prominent EWI players in the global music scene. Creating patches and sounds for various plug-in companies and interviewed often about his diverse in depth usage of instruments and gear in different musical acts.

Omri Abramov is an official artist of numerous cutting-edge musical gear and software companies such as Aodyo, Audio Modeling, CloudVocal, Modalics, ReedGeek, Kirlin Cable, Oleg Products, Fiberreed, Darkglass Electronics and Geller Ebonit.

In the years 2018-2022 Omri was acting as the musical director and head mentor in BANDS, a rock academy for non-professional musicians, mentoring and guiding multiple bands and musicians and getting them to a performance level as a band.

FROM THE PRESS

"A Musician of extremely sharp ears, always attentive to all musical directions"

Wolfgang Sandner, Frankfurter Allgemeine

“In Abramov's powerful arrangements, aside from the affective improvisations on the tenor sax, it's the dense, intuitive flow of energy between the three musicians that form the blazing core of HOVERCRAFT”

Michael Scheiner, Jazzzeitung

"Omri Abramov enchants with his soprano saxophone. You can feel sadness, joy... heart-melting." 

Astrid Wagner, ECHO Magazine

“Omri Abramov on the soprano sax is a revelation” 

Recklinghausen Zeitung

"A recent discovery... Truly remarkable use of synths and sound programming" 

Patrick Spanko, SKjazz

"You can fall in love with synths again"

CONCERTO Magazine