Omri Abramov is an Israeli Saxophone & EWI player, composer and producer. He appeared on stage and on studio recordings with Idan Raichel, NOA, Dennis Chambers, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Shai Maestro, Pete Lockett, Odean Pope, Roland Guerin, Per Mathisen, Project RnL, Ester Rada and more.
Omri is the saxophone player and musical producer of the Iranian – Israeli group Sistanagila, leader of the NYC-Berlin trio ‘Hovercraft’, and co-leader of the jazz-fusion band ‘Niogi’. In addition, Omri takes part in numerous projects as a sideman and co-producer. Currently based in Berlin, Germany and frequently touring Europe, USA and Israel with various jazz, avant-garde and electronic-music acts.
Graduate of ICM (Israeli Conservatory of Music) in jazz performance and winner of the IACF 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 his army service, Omri played in jazz festivals and shows all over Israel, including repeated appearances in the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival and the Red Sea Jazz Festival. After finishing his army service he quickly joined the successful Idan Raichel Project, playing more than 300 shows and recording a triple album with the project over the course of 5 years. Throughout that time, Omri also co-founded the jazz-fusion band Niogi with keyboardist Dr. Guy Shkolnik. The band released its debut album in 2016 which was followed by a vast European tour and hailed by jazz critics as a new sound in jazz fusion.
Since mid 2017 Omri is the Creative Director and a Musical Mentor at the Berlin based music school “Bands” – Rock Academy for amateur musicians.
In 2018 Omri joined as a Saxophone player and producer for Sistanagila, an ethnic-jazz group with a message of peace, consisting of Iranian and Israeli musicians. He produced 2 tracks on their album ‘Urub’ and during lockdown in 2020 produced, recorded and mixed a full-length HD stream show of the band. The band is touring Europe extensively and in 2019 performed more than 60 shows around Germany. In March 2021 Omri released the debut EP of his NYC trio ‘Hovercraft’.
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“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”
