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.
Contact me through the green button above and let's get to work.
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
Endorse Eyal Sela23 Reviews - 2 Repeat Clients
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We had a wonderful experience working with Eyal Sela! From the very beginning, the communication was smooth, and his professionalism truly stood out. Eyal is not only incredibly talented but also brings a unique and soulful touch to everything he plays. His musicality, creativity, and sensitivity elevated our project to a new level.
It was a real pleasure to collaborate with such a gifted artist, and we hope to work together again in the future. Highly recommended! 
check_circleVerifiedwas looking for a flute and clarinet player for a simple session, but when I saw Eyal Sela—whom I know to be a phenomenal musician—I decided to compose something extra special to match his incredible skills!
He was friendly, professional, and sounded wonderful.
Thank you, Eyal!
check_circleVerifiedBrilliant flutist and quick and efficient turnaround. Highly recommended!
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Eya 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.
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
