Mark Eliyahu (; born 13 July 1982) is an Israeli musician. He plays the

kamancheh The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) (, , , ) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, and Uzbek music with slight variations in the structure of the instrument. Th ...

Early life

Eliyahu was born in 1982 in Soviet Dagestan and

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with his parents in 1989. At age 16, he was inspired by

Habil Aliyev Habil Aliyev (; 28 May 1927 – 8 September 2015) was a prominent Azerbaijani kamancheh player. His music is widely appreciated in the Middle East and Europe. Musical career Habil Aliyev's first international performance was in United Kingdom ...

's performance, a prominent

player, and moved to

Baku Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

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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 () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik. It is an art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific local modes. Mugham is a modal system. ...

singers

Alim Qasimov Alim Hamza oghlu Qasimov (; born August 14, 1957) is an Azerbaijani musician and one of the most major mugham singers in Azerbaijan. He was awarded the International Music Council-UNESCO Music Prize in 1999, one of the highest international priz ...

and his daughter

Farghana Qasimova Fargana Alim qizi Qasimova (; born August 6, 1979) is an Azerbaijani mugham singer in Azerbaijan. She is the daughter of famous mugham singer Alim Qasimov. She has twice received presidential awards for the promotion of Azerbaijani music, in 20 ...

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 performed 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 Russian emigrants to Israel {{bowed-musician-stub