Geila Zilkha

Geila Zilkha (ギラ･ジルカ, Gira Jiruka, born August 15, 1969[1]) is a half Israeli-half Japanese jazz singer, choral director, and educator. Born and raised in Kobe, Japan.

Biography

A 1987 graduate of Canadian Academy, an international school in Kobe, A 1991 graduate of Berklee College of Music,[2] Zilkha moved back to Japan to pursue a vocal career. She was a survivor of the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995, and between 1996 and 1999, she was a DJ for the show JAL Tokyo Balcony. She was also a guest vocalist on several dance-pop singles (usually credited simply as Geila), including My Summer Love, featured in the game Dance Dance Revolution. She continues to live in Tokyo and teaches as a Jazz Vocal Instructor at Senzoku Music College in Yokohama, and has released two solo albums "all Me" in 2010 and "appearance" in 2011.

In 2001, she formed a gospel-style choir in Tokyo, called the Geila&Voissalot Choir. This group performed at the Apollo Theater in NewYork as an invited guest for Halem Hallelujah in March 2009. Voissalot choir remains as a group without her direction. This group has three albums released. "Crystal Aspiration" "With Your Life" and "Rose".

In 2005-2006, she sang a song, Return to Love (Jazz Version), that was featured in an anime called SoltyRei.[3] It can be found as song number 10 on the SoltyRei Original Soundtrack Vol 2 CD. In 2012, she sang the songs, In a Moment's Time and Hitomi no Kioku, for the video game, Skullgirls

Discography

References

  1. ↑ http://www.d4.dion.ne.jp/~warapon/data00/birth-0815.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.berklee.edu/alumni/an_list.cgi
  3. ↑ CD Japan


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