Arkadi Duchin ( he, ארקדי דוכין, russian: Аркадий Духин, Arkadiy Dukhin; born 1 June 1963) is an

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singer-songwriter and

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Biography

Arkadi Duchin was born in

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, Belarus. He immigrated to Israel at the age of 15. He is married to Sima, with whom he has a daughter. He lives in

Givatayim Givatayim ( he, גִּבְעָתַיִים, lit. "two hills") is a city in Israel east of Tel Aviv. It is part of the metropolitan area known as Gush Dan. Givatayim was established in 1922 by pioneers of the Second Aliyah. In it had a population o ...

Music career

Duchin sang in the rock band HaChaverim Shel Natasha ( The Friends of Natasha). The band, which he formed in 1986 with Micha Shitrit, made five albums, including the 1994 album ''Radio Blah Blah,'' before its breakup in 1996.

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, Eran Zur, and Meir Banai joined in the song "Lisa" on "''Radio Blah-Blah''". After

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, Duchin and

Etti Ankri Esther "Etti" Ankri ( he, אתי אנקרי, also spelled "Eti" or "Etty," and "Ankari"; born 1963) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. She is a former ''Female Singer of the Year'' in Israel, and has also performed in the United States, England, an ...

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, and other Israeli singers recorded the title song "Yesh Od Tikvah" ("Our Hope Endures"), for which D'Or wrote the music and lyrics, on the CD ''Yesh Od Tikvah/You've Got a Friend''. The CD, released by Hed Arzi in 2002, benefitted Israeli terror victims, with all proceeds going to "NATAL": the "Israel

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for Victims of Terror and War". In 2002, he was nominated for the Tamuz Award of Israel's Best Male Artist, along with

David D'or David D'Or ( he, דוד ד'אור; born David Nehaisi on October 2, 1965) is an Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter. A countertenor with a vocal range of more than four octaves, he is a three-time winner of the Israeli "Singer of the Year" a ...

Shlomi Shabat Shlomi Shabat ( he, שלומי שבת; born August 30, 1954) is an Israeli vocalist and musician. He is of Turkish Eastern Sephardim, Eastern Sephardic Jewish origin. Early life Shabat was born in Yehud, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish ...

, Yuval Gabay, and

Yehuda Poliker Yehuda Leon Poliker ( he, יהודה ליאון פוליקר; born December 25, 1950) is an Israeli singer, songwriter, musician, and painter. Poliker first became known in the 1980s as the lead vocalist for the band Benzene. In 1985, after Benz ...

, but lost out to D'Or. Duchin sang a duet with David D'Or on D'Or's CD, ''Kmo HaRuach'' (''"Like the Wind"''), which was released on 27 March 2006. In 2009, Duchin released a children's album, ''Friends of Arkasha''.Friends of Arkasha
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Culinary and media career

In 2004, Duchin opened a restaurant on Frishman Street in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, which closed a year later. He hosted a cooking show on Israel's Russian language television channel in which Israeli singers were invited to cook a meal.

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Biography

Music career

Culinary and media career

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