Daniel Akiva (
Hebrew
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: דניאל עקיבא; born 1953, Haifa, Israel) is a musician (guitarist) and composer.
Akiva studied with
Haim Alexander
Haim Alexander (Hebrew: חיים אלכסנדר; August 9, 1915 – March 18, 2012) an Israeli composer.
Biography
Alexander was born in Berlin, Germany in 1915. In 1936, he emigrated to Palestine. He studied composition with Irma and Stefa ...
and Haim Asulin at the
Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance
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in
Jerusalem
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.
His compositional pieces are greatly influenced by the music of the
Jewish Shephardic musical traditions of his native country. His project activities during 1983 with the singer Avraham Perrera, who is considered influential within that tradition, developed through that year by his involvement with the
Kol Israel-Jerusalem Folklore music.
In 1987, the
Swiss Confederation gave him an award for performances and composition, providing the impetus for continued study which he undertook at the
Geneva
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Conservatory of Music, with studies of composition (
Jean Ballissa) and studies from the
lute
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More specifically, the term "lute" can ref ...
with
Jonathon Rubin. His work ''Mizmorim (psalms)'' won the
ACUM Prize in 1990.
Altogether his
repertoire
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Musicians often have a musical repertoire. The first known use of the word ''repertoire'' was in 1847. It is a l ...
includes works from the Renaissance through to the 20th century.
Recordings
( listings not complete)
* ''Sephardic Diwan'' with the soprano
Eti Kahn
* Meeting with Avraham Perera; Ciclos, guitar and lute solo
* ''Siniza i fumo'', for mezzo-soprano, recorder, flute, narrator, children's choir, guitar, and orchestra.
* Ciclos: Music of the Sephardic Jews
* ''Noches Noches''
* ''Mizmorim'' (psalms)
See also
*
Jewish music
*
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*Argentina
*Austria
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*Britain
*Canada
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*United States
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** :Jewish American musicians
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Music of Israel
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*
Porcupine Tree
*
Secular Jewish music
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References
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1953 births
Living people
Israeli guitarists
Musicians from Haifa
Israeli composers