Yair Avidor plays renaissance and baroque lutes, early guitars and the theorbo (chitarone).

He enjoys giving solo recitals, playing chamber music and accompanying singers.

He has played basso continuo with many distinguished orchestras and ensembles such as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the OAE, Israeli Opera and Scottish Opera

Yair plays in Nigel Kennedy's Band, and has performed in many prestigious concert venues, such as the Konzerthaus inVienna, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

Yair Avidor was born in sunny Tel Aviv, where he grew up, and where he started playing the classical guitar at the age of 10.

His subsequent interest in the lute and early music compelled him to move to colder and damper climes in order to further his studies.

He studied at the Hochschule fur Kunste, Bremen with Stephen Stubbs, was a Fodella Scholarship holder at the Civica Scuola di Musica in Milan and completed his Masters at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London.