Gil Dor ( he, גיל דור, born December 12, 1952) is an Israeli guitar player mostly known for his long term collaboration as

accompanist Accompaniment is the part (music), musical part which provides the rhythmic and/or harmony (music), harmonic support for the melody or main themes of a song or instrumental piece. There are many different styles and types of accompaniment in ...

, arranger, producer and co-composer with international concert and recording artist

Achinoam Nini Achinoam Nini ( he, אחינועם ניני, Aẖinóʿam Nini; born ), also known professionally as Noa (), is an Israeli singer-songwriter, percussionist, poet, composer, and human rights activist working internationally. She is accompanied by ...

, also known as Noa.

Early life and education

Dor grew up in

Holon Holon ( he, חוֹלוֹן ) is a city on the central coastal strip of Israel, south of Tel Aviv. Holon is part of the metropolitan Gush Dan area. In it had a population of . Holon has the second-largest industrial zone in Israel, after Haifa. ...

. His parents were both amateur

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s, and favored his approach to music very early in life. After taking piano lessons with his brother Yuval (who played in

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), he started studying

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at eleven years old, first as a self-taught musician, and later with the Israeli classical guitar master Menashe Bakish, with whom he studied for eight years. When he finished his army service in 1974, he went to

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with his wife Neta, and attended

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

. In 1975, Dor moved to New York City where he studied at

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and worked until 1981.

Music career

In 1981, Dor moved back to Israel, and soon became a working

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as well as an active

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guitarist in the national scene. He also played with Israeli rock star

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. In 1985 co-founded the Rimon school of music, was elected dean of curriculum and taught there while continuing his activity as session musician, jazz artist, and composer for video and theater. During the summer of 1986 and 1987 he toured with guitarist

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in Europe. In October 1989 Gil met Noa who came to study at the

Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music Rimon School of Music is a contemporary music school in Ramat Hasharon, Israel. It is Israel's largest independent professional school for advanced study of jazz, R&B, bebop, rock, and pop music. Many of its graduates have become well-known music ...

. From that moment, Dor's concert and recording activities have been deeply linked to hers.Noa
– official website

Instrumentation

* Acoustic guitar custom built for him by

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with 0.12 phosphor bronze strings ( D'Addario or

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) *

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L-5 electric jazz guitar * Manne semi-acoustic guitar

Discography

With Achinoam Nini

* Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor Live (July 1991) * Achinoam Nini and Gil Dor (September 1993) * Noa (March 1994) * Calling (May 1996) * Achinoam Nini (April 1997) * Achinoam Nini & the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (April 1998) * Blue Touches Blue (March 2000) * First Collection (March 2001) * Now (September 2002) * Noa Gold (October 2003) * Noa Live – DVD/Double CD with the Solis Quartet (October 2005) * Genes & Jeans (April 2008) * There Must Be Another Way (2009)

References

External links

* http://www.noasmusic.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Dor, Gil 1952 births Israeli guitarists People from Tel Aviv People from Holon Living people Queens College, City University of New York alumni Berklee College of Music alumni