I have played with top International musicians, including India Arie, Alicia Keys and The Idan Raichel Project, and at the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. I’m a session musician and specialize in a wide variety of wind instruments - Flute, Clarinet, Indian Bansuri, Irish Penny Whistle, Turkish Clarinet, Egyptian Ney Flute and Saxophone.
* I have recorded for innumerable projects and albums, including the song "Feker Libi", which represented Israel in the 2020 Eurovision
* I have been a member of The Idan Raichel Project (Israel) for the past 15 years, during which time we won the 2014 MTV Role Model Award
* I recorded for Netta Barzilai, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2019
I offer to play for you any and all of the wind instruments I play, in any combination you choose, at the highest level possible.
A musician’s skills, both on the stage, but especially in the studio, are measured differently during these times, so I offer you my abilities and skills in any individual or any combination of the wind instruments in which I specialize – Flute, Clarinet, Indian Bansuri, Penny Whistle, Turkish Clarinet, Egyptian Ney Flute and Saxophone.
Send me an email through 'Contact' button above and I'll get back to you asap.
Credits
- Idan Raichel Project
- MTV Role Model Reward
- India Arie
- Alicia Keys
- 1994 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
- Andreas Scholl
- Deep Forest/Oliver Shanti
- Yair Dalal
- Avishai Cohen
- Adel Salameh
- Benaia Barabi
- Etti Ankri
- Norwegian Project - Mantra for Peace
- Ross Daly
- Omar Faruk Tekbilek
- Eden Hason
- Shem Tov Levy
- Din Din Aviv
- Rita
- Dikla
- Shlomit Aharon
- Netta Barzilai
- Eldad Zitrin
19 Reviews - 1 Repeat Client
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check_circleVerifiedBrilliant flutist and quick and efficient turnaround. Highly recommended!
check_circleVerifiedEya is awesome, he really controls the winds. He gave real life to my sound with his breath
check_circleVerifiedBeautiful playing by Eyal! A+++
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Was great working with Eyal
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Professional quality work delivered in a timely and pleasant manner. I’ll be back..
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I asked Eyal to play flute on three songs. On all three, besides excellent articulation and intonation, Eyal captured the essence and mood of the songs. A pleasure to work with!
check_circleVerifiedEyal is a pro. I HIGHLY recommend him.
check_circleVerifiedEyal did an excellent job on my project. He is an outstanding woodwind player who gave me recordings with a perfect sound, and he is also very professional and great to work with. I look forward to working with him again on future projects!
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Eyal once again did a fantastic job. This time he recorded a clarinet trio for me.
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It was pleasant working with Eyal.
Highly recommended. 
check_circleVerifiedEyal is so versatile with styles, and his tone is amazing.
check_circleVerifiedAmazing flutist !!! Great communication! Top notch experience! Highly recommended !!!
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Eyal's sound is phenomenal. He took the song into another level. I am honestly grateful.
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Funky fresh flute! Love Eyal!!!
My name is Idan Raichel, I am one of the leading song writers and music producers in the Israeli music scene and also worldwide. I have received numerous music awards, including the 2014 MTV Role Model Award introduced by Alicia Keys.
I have known Eyal for almost twenty years, both as a performer in my group, The Idan Raichel Project, and as a session recording musician.
Eyal plays a wide array of wind instruments and he masters many musical languages.
He has over the years also developed a unique style of his own.
He plays each of his instruments at the highest level.
a true master!
My name is Amit Ben Atar. I am a musical producer, have been working in the music industry for many years and I have a recording studio.
I write music for theaters and movies and I produce albums for singers.
I have been working with Eyal for many years.
Eyal is the best woodwind multi-instrumentalist I have ever worked with over the years.
He has a special sense, understanding and ability to interpret each sound to the right genre.
I highly recommend Eyals’ services. Eyal is also very fine and gentlemanly
and for me it’s always an uplifting experience to do recordings with him.
Eyal is a virtuoso woodwind player and musician of the highest levels. I am a singer-songwriter, and he had recorded clarinet and flute for my debut album. Not only is he a master of his instruments technically, but he has the rare ability and talent of playing with an expressive feel, touch and emotion. He also improvises beautiful melodies and makes the improvisation magically connected and intertwined with the style and the feel of the music. Very professional, and a pleasure to work with.
Working as a musical producer and composer for more than 20 years, I can honestly say that for me, Eyal is the essence of a great musician - soulful, childlike, honest and virtuoso.
my highest recommendations
My name is Stav Beger, i'm a producer & Songwriter from Israel.
I worked with Eyal, and i seriously recommend him for ANYTHING! he's the best flute player i have ever worked with, and brings amazing layers to any song we worked on!
Interview with Eyal Sela
Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?
A: 33 years.
Q: How would you describe your style?
A: In addition to my being a classical musician, I have learned in-depth a multitude of musical cultures, such as Indian, Balkan, Arabic and Irish, and have developed a unique musical language/style of my own, which I integrate in my playing.
Q: What type of music do you usually work on?
A: Pop, classic, world, jazz, blues, movie soundtracks.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: I have many strong musical skills and I am sure that finding the strongest of them is not so important; what is much more important, I believe, is to listen to the tracks I have uploaded to my SoundBetter profile and they will point you to the right direction of my skills :) .
Q: What do you bring to a song?
A: Polished and professional playing, colors from different musical cultures, a wide variety of sounds and abilities I have developed over the past 32 years as a world-wide performer and session musician.
Q: What's your typical work process?
A: I listen intently to the track as well as to the client's wishes and then I offer my input and play for the client different samples which I offer so that the client can hear a wide array of options that may be suitable from which she/he can choose. Sometimes the client has very specific requests (sheet music, charts, classical music) which are to be followed exactly.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: I record on the wide variety of instruments in which I specialize for leading artists and singers both in the Israeli and world-wide pop industries and for movie soundtracks.
- Eyal Sela, 4 flute samples
- Eyal Sela, Bansuri (Indian bamboo flute), medium-tempo, Bansuri up-tempo track
- Eyal Sela, Clarinet medium-tempo, Clarinet up-tempo, Soprano saxophone medium-tempo, Soprano saxophone up-tempo track
- Eyal Sela, Ney Flute slow-tempo, Penny Whistle slow-tempo, Penny Whistle medium-tempo, Penny Whistle up-tempo, Turkish Clarinet- slow-tempo track
- DAW: Pro Tools
- Audio interface: Focusrite Scarlett 18i8
- Microphones: Mxl 990 large and small diaphragm
- EZM-V4140-EM "Ezioni" Boutique Microphone for Wind Instruments
