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Biography
Mark Eliyahu (Hebrew: מארק אליהו; born 13 July 1982, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR) is an Israeli musician. He plays the kamancheh.
Early life
Eliyahu was born in 1982 in Dagestan and emigrated to Israel with his parents in 1989. At age 16, he was inspired by Habil Aliyev's performance, a prominent kamancheh player, and moved to Baku, Azerbaijan to learn kamancheh under guidance of Adalat Vazirov.
Eliyahu on the beginning of his career
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 Azerbaijani mugham singers Alim Qasimov and his daughter Farghana Qasimova and other artists. On that year he also performed as a soloist with the Israel Chamber Orchestra 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.
