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Artist
Svika Pick
12+ albums
israelipopIsraelEurovision Song Contestisraeli pop
about
Svika (Henryk) Pick, born in Wroclaw Poland, comes from a long line of musicians, some of them well-known composers and musicians. When your grandfather is the director of the music conservatory and one of your uncles is a Professor of music it is difficult to "escape" your musical destiny. And indeed, it was already at the age of 5 that little Svika began his formal music studies which, as an outstanding pupil, he completed with distinction. However, from the beginning, despite the classical music he studied, Svika had other music playing in his head - Pop and Rock. While his formal studies in the mornings included Tchaikovsky and Bach, in the evenings his hands were on the guitar and keyboards, and at 15 he already appeared on stage as a full-fledged member of many Rock bands. As guitarist, keyboard player and singer he was a member of some of the most successful and admired groups such as "Telestar", "Fat and Thin" and "Chocolate". His leap into public awareness however, occurred when he was chosen - from among many contestants - to play the lead part of Claude, as both actor and singer - in the musical "Hair". His tall (190 cm) and somewhat ascetic figure, adorned with long hair and cloaked in hippie-style lace and velvet, astonished the audience, the Israeli media and the entertainment world, creating an image of a character "from somewhere else". And indeed, at the beginning of the 1970's, on the backdrop of the Israeli singers and their singing style - Svika was reall
