Avihu Medina

Avihu Medina
Born August 19, 1948
Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres Mediterranean Israeli music
Occupations Composer, arranger, songwriter, and singer
Website www.hebrewsongs.com/artists-avihumedina.htm

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

Medina is 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 Palestine from Yemen in 1939 when it was under the British Mandate.[1] He is Jewish, and his father was a cantor.[1]

He was born in Tel Aviv, and later grew up in Holon.[3] He was a tank commander in the Israel Defense Forces.[3]

He has composed more that 400 Mizrachi music songs.[4] Through 2007, he had released nine albums.[5] He is considered by some to be the best-known Oriental singer, and has composed many of Zohar Argov's songs.[6]

In 2005, he was voted the 123rd-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.[7]

He now lives in Petach Tikva.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Amy Horowitz. Mediterranean Israeli Music and the Politics of the Aesthetic. http://books.google.com/books?id=oDO9S_YJMusC&pg=PA250&dq=%22Avihu+Medina%22&hl=en&ei=KFAmTof-CpK50AG6rMTbCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Avihu%20Medina%22&f=false. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  2. ^ Rebecca L. Stein, Ted Swedenburg (2005). Palestine, Israel, and the politics of popular culture. http://books.google.com/books?id=f_xznHf9zFAC&pg=PA215&dq=%22Avihu+Medina%22&hl=en&ei=KFAmTof-CpK50AG6rMTbCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Avihu%20Medina%22&f=false. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d "אביהו מדינה". http://www.avihu-medina.co.il/eng/default.asp. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  4. ^ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi. Popular music and national culture in Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=kAxLAn6sOb4C&pg=PA222&dq=%22Avihu+Medina%22&hl=en&ei=KFAmTof-CpK50AG6rMTbCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Avihu%20Medina%22&f=false. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  5. ^ Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum (2007). Encyclopaedia Judaica. http://books.google.com/books?id=LDYOAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Avihu+Medina%22&dq=%22Avihu+Medina%22&hl=en&ei=KFAmTof-CpK50AG6rMTbCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&sqi=2&ved=0CFUQ6AEwBw. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  6. ^ Anton La Guardia (2003). War without end: Israelis, Palestinians, and the struggle for a promised land. http://books.google.com/books?id=EEDYWgq6WCMC&pg=PA242&dq=%22Avihu+Medina%22&hl=en&ei=KFAmTof-CpK50AG6rMTbCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&sqi=2&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22Avihu%20Medina%22&f=false. Retrieved July 20, 2011. 
  7. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 

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