​                                                                             Yonatan Dvir is an Israeli-Italian                                                                                               conductor, composer, orchestrator, and                                                                                 arranger based in Los Angeles, CA.                                                                                           Recently, he has worked as guest                                                                                             conductor with the Rochester                                                                                                   Philharmonic Orchestra and the                                                                                               Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, as                                                                                   lead orchestrator for projects such as                                                                                     Red Bull Symphonic X Asake, and as                                                                                       assistant to the National Symphony                                                                                         Orchestra in Santiago, Chile.

 

                                                                             In 2025, Yonatan was also an associate                                                                                   conductor with the Cabrillo Festival                                                                                         Orchestra, as well as a                                                                                                                 Conducting Fellow at OAcademy under                                                                                 the guidance of Carlos Miguel Prieto. In 2022, he was a conducting fellow with the Chamber Orchestra of Belgrade. 

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Along his work as an orchestral conductor, Yonatan is an active orchestrator and arranger. Recent engagements include Jon Batiste, Ledisi, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, and music preparation services for the Philadelphia Orchestra and RISE 2026. 

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In his time at Eastman, he has collaborated and performed with, the Eastman Film and Media Ensemble, OSSIA New Music Ensemble, the Eastman Chamber Orchestra, and other independent performances.

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As a composer, he has had several works premiered with ensembles such as the Jasper Quartet (May 2022), projects like NPR's 'From the Top' (2024), the Temple University New Music Ensemble (2019-2022), and Contemplum’s SoundPrints concert series (2020-2022). He has also participated in masterclasses with Samuel Adler, and George Tsontakis.​

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Yonatan is a recent graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he earned a Master's Degree in Orchestral Conducting. During that time he served as assistant conductor to the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman Philharmonia. Yonatan holds a Bachelor in Music Composition from Temple University, which he obtained in December 2022. Additionally, he is the recipient of the Milan Conservatory prize in piano studies (2017) – where he studied trombone performance and composition - and the Frances G. Lumsden memorial scholarship (2020). 

 

Among his mentors are Anthony Parnther, Neil Varon, and Tito Muñoz.