Guri Agmon

Head of harmony and ear-training department

One of the Rimon founding five, Guri Agmon is an accomplished saxophonist and clarinetist, composer, arranger and producer.

Guri has studied with Phil Woods and Dave Liebman and he holds a Master's degree in composition.
He composed original music for the theater. His arrangements were commissioned and recorded by most of the orchestras in Israel and by many popular singers. He is the conductor and musical director of the Holon Big Band. He has performed as saxophone soloist with the Israel Camerata and as a sax player with all the orchestras in the country. He is active as a composer, arranger and sax player in many jazz combos.

He is one of the founders of the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and has acted as its academic director. He is a senior lecturer at Rimon, as well as a member of the management and the academic committee. He took part in establishing the jazz and multi-disciplinary music department at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and has acted as Head of the department.

EMAIL ADDRESS: guri.agmon@gmail.com