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Piris Eliyahu
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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
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