Yoav Talmi OQ (Hebrew: יואב תלמי; born April 28, 1943, is an Israeli conductor and composer.Yoav Talmi was born in Kibbutz, Merhavia Talmi studied composition and orchestral direction first in Israel, at the Rubin Academy of Music, later renamed The Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv, and then in the United States of America, at the Juilliard School.Yoav Talmi is married to Er'ella, flutist and author of children's books and adult novels.Talmi served as music director of the San Diego Symphony from 1987 to 1996, and made several recordings with them for the Naxos label.Talmi's compositions include the official march of the Israeli Army, Tsahal Tso'ed, an Elegy for Strings, Timpani and Accordion ("Dachau Reflections").