Yuval Ron is an international composer and record producer.  He has done field recordings in the Sinai desert with the Bedouins and produced the record One Truth – “a window into the divine passion and poetry of Sufism” with the Sufi master musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek.  In 2003 he released the album One – “a desert voyage to the experience of oneness featuring the celebrated Israeli musician, Yair Dalal, Persian singer, Azam Ali, and the Moroccan voice of Haim Louk. 

Dedicated to fostering understanding of Middle Eastern cultures and religions, Yuval’s latest CD entitled Under the Olive Tree unites together the sacred musical traditions of Judaism, Sufism (Islamic mystical tradition) and the Christian Armenian Church.  The music imparts the ancient and deep inter-cultural connection between these three traditions and the musical influences they share with sounds originating from Turkey, Morocco, Israel, Iran, Armenia, and Yemen.  A recipient of multiple grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the American Composers Forum and the California Council for the Humanities, Yuval has worked with the Moscow Symphony, the LAJS Symphony, and the New Hampshire Philharmonic. 

In a review, History professor Dr. Mark LeVine wrote: “the audience was clearly mesmerized by the combination of cultures and styles that were blended together in the show, and saw the unity of the various Mediterranean peoples in the band as a symbol of what seems could be achieved on a much larger scale if only the love behind the music could penetrate the larger cultures."

He is the producer and host of the world music concert series “The International Underground” world music concert series at the UCLA Hammer Museum and a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Cum-Laude.