Avihu Medina
| Avihu Medina | |
|---|---|
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| Background information | |
| Born |
August 19, 1948 Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Genres | Mediterranean Israeli music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger, songwriter, and singer |
| Website |
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Avihu Medina (Hebrew: אביהו מדינה, born August 19, 1948, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli composer, arranger, songwriter, and singer of Mediterranean Israeli music.[1][2]
Biography
Avihu Medina was born in Tel Aviv. He was the third son of Aaron and Leah Medina.[3] His mother's family immigrated in 1906 and she was born in Jerusalem, and his father immigrated to Israel from Yemen in 1939 when it was under the British Mandate.[1] He is Jewish, and his father was a cantor.[1]
As a teenager he lived on Kibbutz Kissufim.[4] He served as a tank commander in the Israel Defense Forces.[3]In the 1980s he established a diamond polishing business. [5]
Avihu is a resident of Petah Tikva.[3]
Music career
Avihu has composed more that 401 Mizrachi music songs.[6] Through 2007, he had released nine albums.[7] He is considered by some to be the best-known Oriental singer, and has composed many of Zohar Argov's songs.[8]
References
- 1 2 3 Amy Horowitz. Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Rebecca L. Stein, Ted Swedenburg (2005). Palestine, Israel, and the politics of popular culture. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "אביהו מדינה". Archived from the original on January 18, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Zohar Argov's flower that launched a million cassettes, Haaretz
- ↑ Zohar Argov's flower that launched a million cassettes, Haaretz]
- ↑ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi. Popular music and national culture in Israel. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- ↑ Anton La Guardia (2003). War without end: Israelis, Palestinians, and the struggle for a promised land. Retrieved July 20, 2011.