Mark Eliyahu ( he, מארק אליהו; born 13 July 1982) is an

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musician. He plays the

kamancheh The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) ( fa, کمانچه, az, kamança, hy, Քամանչա, ku, کەمانچە ,kemançe) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, a ...

Early life

Eliyahu was born in 1982 in Soviet Dagestan and

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

with his parents in 1989. At age 16, he was inspired by Habil Aliyev's performance, a prominent

player, and moved to

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

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to learn kamancheh under the guidance of renowned player Adalat Vazirov. Eliyahu's father was a composer, and his mother played the violin.

Musical career

In 1999, Eliyahu participated in ''The Spirit of the East'' – a concert and album directed and composed by his father, Peretz Eliyahu, with the participation of the

mugham Mugham ( az, Muğam) or Mughamat ( az, Muğamat) is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik. It is a highly complex art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific ...

singers

Alim Qasimov Alim Hamza oghlu Qasimov ( az, Alim Həmzə oğlu Qasımov; born August 14, 1957) is an Azerbaijani musician and one of the foremost mugham singers in Azerbaijan. He was awarded the International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of ...

and his daughter Farghana Qasimova and other artists. On that year he also performed as a soloist with the

Israel Chamber Orchestra Israel Chamber Orchestra (abbreviation ICO, Hebrewהתזמורת הקאמרית הישראלית (''Hatizmoret hakamerit'') is an Israeli orchestra based in Tel Aviv. Primary funding comes from the Israel Ministry of Education and the Tel Aviv-Yafo ...

of Ramat Gan in an Israeli festival. In 2004, he recorded his first solo album ''Voices of Judea'' and performed with his ensemble throughout Europe and Israel. In 2019, Mark Eliyahu visited Azerbaijan for the second time and gave a live concer

In 2020, he composed and played the theme music for Tehran (TV series), ''Tehran'', the Emmy award-winning Israeli political espionage series. Eliyahu's work has gained some popularity among Iranian listeners, especially those who attend his concerts in Turkey.

Filmography

References

1982 births Living people People from Dagestan Israeli musicians {{bowed-musician-stub