Avi Randall is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser from Amherst, MA. Avi focuses on the intersection of different musical genres and the ways that dance is incorporated in music from around the world. Avi grew up straddling the worlds of traditional New England contra dance, jazz, European classical, (and others,) and aims to progress and combine these traditions. As a bandleader, Avi started the group “Saltare”, which won the New England Conservatory’s Entrepreneurial Grant to release their debut album and tour New England in November 2023. They explore music from America to the Middle East, and interpret it through a mixture of original compositions, dance rhythms, virtuosity, and improvisation.