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An Andres Segovia Award winner (Musica en Compostela, Spain 2006), Nadav Lev was hailed by Classical Guitar Magazine
as “A talented and engagingly musical performer...his stage presence is entirely gracious and personable...”
His 2008 Carnegie Hall debut was described by the magazine as “...sensitive and nuanced performance...” and his debut
album as “a CD to savour and delight in. His playing is of the utmost authority...a sheer delight...”
Nadav is performing throughout the US, Israel and Europe, in venues such as New York's Lincoln Center. An Israel native, he was the only
guitarist to recently win the America-Israel Cultural Foundation prestigious Abroad Studies award, in addition to numerous awards and prizes.
He is appearing frequently on TV and radio in the US and Israel, and his compositions were performed in different venues, including the
International Asian Music Festival. Lev holds a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with David Starobin
and David Leisner, and has attended master classes with world renowned guitarists Pepe Romero, Manuel Barrueco, Alvaro Pierri and David Russell.
He holds a Bachelor in composition from the Rubin Academy in Tel-Aviv, where he studied with Ruben Seroussi and Yizhak Sadai.
Nadav currently resides in New York City.