Piris Eliyahu

Piris Eliyahu Hebrew פרץ אליהו Is An Israeli Tar Player Composer And Music Researcher. He Was Born In 1960 In Derbent Dagestan. Upon Concluding His Bachelor And Master Degrees At The Rostov Music Academy Russia He Returned To Dagestan Where He Taught At The Academy Of Music At The National Pedagogical University Of Makhachkala Capital Of Dagestan. There He Established And Directed An Orchestra Of Eastern Classical Instruments. In Israel He Teaches At The School Of Ethnic Music At Bar-Ilan University And At The Centre Of Music And Dance Of The East In Jerusalem. Likewise He Founded And Directs The Dam Ensemble At The Confederation House. Piris Eliyahu Studied Tar With Rami Azizov In Azerbaijan And Composition With Alexander Bakshi In Russia And Sergiu Natra In Israel. He Has Composed Choral Orchestral And Other Musical Works. Most Of The Compositions He Has Written In Israel Were Commissioned And Performed By Ensembles Such As Musica Nova Shesh Besh The Israel Chamber Orchestra Of Ramat-Gan The Efroni Choir The Hemiola Choir Etc. He Also Composed The Music For Ehud Yaari TV Documentary "The Khuzar Kingdom" For "The Last Village" Documentary By Gil Lesnik And Soril Eliyahu And For The Play "Simple Prayers" By Aliza Elyon Israeli. For Many Years Eliyahu Researched The Music Of Eastern Jewry With An Emphasis On The Northern Caucasus. This Research Continued Following His Immigration To Israel In The Framework Of The Centre For The Study Of Jewish Music Of The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem. In 1989 He Won A Research Grant From The Memorial Fund For Jewish Culture New York . His Book "Music Of The Mountain Jews" With CD Was Published In 1999 By The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem. read less