Avi Amon

Adjunct Instructor

AVI AMON is a Turkish-American composer, sound artist, and educator working across theater and film. This past summer, Avi premiered MOTHER/ROAD, a multimedia music-theater piece exploring grief and memory, at The Shed. Other recent highlights include WELL, I'LL LET YOU GO (Studio Seaview), DANGER & OPPORTUNITY (2025 Drama Desk Award), EMPTY RIDE (The Old Globe), THE FOLLOWING EVENING with 600 Highwaymen (PAC NYC), and two musicals: THE LESSON, directed by Raja Feather Kelly (Ars Nova), and THROUGH THE SUNKEN LANDS (Kennedy Center). Avi's theater work - music, songs, and sound design - has also been produced by Arena Stage, Edinburgh Fringe, Lookingglass, New York Theatre Workshop, Page 73, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Signature Theatre, The Public, Target Margin, and Waterwell. His film scores have been featured at Cannes, Tribeca, the Venice Biennale, DOC NYC, Slamdance, and SXSW, and on Disney, HBO, and Hulu. A MacDowell Fellow, Avi has received support from NYSCA, the Jonathan Larson Grant, The Shed Open Call, Berkeley Rep's Ground Floor, the Dramatists Guild, Mercury Store, New Music USA, and the O'Neill, among others. He is the Music Director at the 52nd Street Project and teaches at NYU. Avi’s scores for the documentary film, EVERYTHING YOU HAVE IS YOURS, and the critically acclaimed play, WELL, I’LL LET YOU GO, are available to stream everywhere. www.aviamon.com