Music theorist and musicologist who specializes in the theory of 18th-century classical music and in the intersection of music and other arts in the first half of the 20th century. His research combines classical analytical approaches with advanced and innovative quantitative data studies. Yoel is a viola player in the Carmel Quartet, one of Israel's most prominent chamber ensembles, with whom he presents the narrated concert series "Strings and More". He earned a BA in mathematics and computer science, and a master's degree and doctorate in musicology at the Hebrew University under the guidance of Prof. Naphtali Wagner, with post-doctoral training in the department of evolutionary biology at Princeton University. In the years 2012-2023 he was a faculty member and head of the music department at Bar-Ilan University and in 2023 he joined the faculty of the Hebrew University, and was appointed head of the Jewish Music Research Center. His book, How Sonata Forms was published by Oxford University Press (2022), and he has published articles in prominent journals in theory and musicology, including Music Theory Spectrum, Journal of Music Theory, Music Theory and Analysis, Music and Letters, and Journal of Musicology. He has won several prestigious awards and scholarships, including the outstanding publication award from the Society for Music Theory (2023), the David Kraehenbuehl Award from the Journal of Music Theory (2017), a Fulbright post-doctoral scholarship, and a Tikva scholarship for studies at Princeton University. During his doctoral studies, was awarded a Rothenstreich scholarship and was a Hoffman Fellow for social leadership.