Voice,guitar
SKU:
OT.28104
Composed by
Daniel Akiva. Sephardic
Anthology for voice and
guitar. Classical,Jewish.
Performance score. OR-TAV
Music Publications
#28104. Published by
OR-TAV Music Publications
(OT.28104).
ISBN
9789655051100. 8.27 x
11.69
inches.
Daniel
Akiva
Alma i Vida i
Korason
Sephardic
Anthology for voice and
guitar
The 18
songs of the collection
Alma i Vida i Korason
include romansas,
cantigas, life cycle
songs and original music
composed to poems by
Avner Perez, a journey in
Ladino song from the
Middle Ages through the
21st century. Alma i Vida
i Korason was recently
recorded by Sivan
Goldman, soprano and
Daniel Akiva, guitar,
together with a special
series of short videos
filmed at the Ralli
Museum in Caesarea,
Israel. For further
information, please visit
the YouTube and Spotify
channels of the
composer.
Contents:
1. A la una
Naci yo
2. Kisa Agora
el Amor
3. Durme
Durme Mi Andjeliko
4.
Morena me Yaman
5. La
Serena
6. Durme Durme
Mi Alma Donzeya
7.
Noches Noches
8. Mama
Yo no Tengo Visto
9.
Ya Abasha La Novia
10. Esta Noche
11. Ya
Viene El Kativo
12.
Komo La Roza
13. Ay
Linda Amiga
14. El
Prisionero
15.
Kantiga de Kune Para
Selanik
16. Puncha
Puncha
17. Durme
Hermozo Hiziko
18.
Sirkiji
Daniel
Akiva is a composer,
performer, and educator
whose performances on
guitar and lute have
earned international
acclaim. Mr. Akiva
graduated from the Rubin
Academy of Music in
Jerusalem in 1981, where
he studied classical
guitar with Haim Asulin
and composition with Haim
Alexander. In 1987 he
completed his studies of
lute with Jonathan Rubin
and composition with Jean
Ballisa at the Geneva
Conservatorium in
Switzerland. In 1986 he
founded the Music
Department at the WIZO
High School for the Arts
in Haifa which he headed
for over thirty years. As
part of his work at WIZO
High School, he developed
a method for teaching
free improvisation which
has been incorporated
into the music program at
the school. He also
served as the Artistic
Director of the Guitar
Gems Festival from
2006-2018.
Mr. Akiva
has performed in concerts
as a guitarist and
lutenist and given master
classes in Israel,
Europe, Russia, the
United States, and Latin
America. Daniel
Akiva’s
compositional output
includes works for solo
instruments, chamber
ensembles, choir, voice
and guitar, piano, and
chamber orchestra. His
works have been recorded
on twelve CDs, the latest
of which, Malchut, was
issued by OR-TAV in 2014.
Akiva's work Psalms for
guitar solo was awarded
the ACUM prize for
composition in 1990, and
his string quartet Ciclos
was awarded the ACUM
prize for composition in
2002. In 2006 his CD
Hope, recorded with
Laurel Zucker (flute) and
Ronit Widmann-Levy
(soprano) was awarded the
Amazon prize. In 2017
Akiva was awarded the
Prime Minister's Prize
for composers in
Israel.
A native of
Haifa whose family has
lived in Israel for over
five hundred years, he
was steeped in the
Sephardic
(Jewish-Spanish)
tradition from his youth.
A large part of his
oeuvre has been devoted
to a dialogue with the
music of the Sephardic
Jews. Daniel Akiva has
also maintained a
creative dialogue
throughout the years with
poets and writers Amnon
Shemesh, Rivka Miriam,
and Avner Perez.
105
pages, softcover.