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==Early life== |
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| ⚫ | Poliker was born in [[Kiryat Haim]], a suburb of [[Haifa]], [[Israel]]. Poliker is the son of [[Holocaust survivor]]s deported to [[Auschwitz]] from [[Thessaloniki|Salonika]], [[Greece]].<ref>[http://www.polikerart.com/ About the art of Yehuda Poliker]</ref> |
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==Music career== |
==Music career== |
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Poliker's music combines [[Rock music|rock]] with Greek and other [[Mediterranean]] musical styles. He plays [[guitar]], [[bouzouki]], and [[bağlama]] and was a member of the 1980s Israeli rock band ''Benzeen''. |
Poliker's music combines [[Rock music|rock]] with Greek and other [[Mediterranean]] musical styles. He plays [[guitar]], [[bouzouki]], and [[bağlama]] and was a member of the 1980s Israeli rock band ''Benzeen''. In 2002 he was nominated for the Tammuz Award of Israel's Best Male Artist, along with [[David D'or]], [[Arkadi Duchin]], Yuval Gabay, and [[Shlomi Shabat]], but lost out to D'Or.<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/98483737.html?dids=98483737:98483737&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+6%2C+2002&author=DANY+ZACK&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=09&desc=Poliker+sweeps+up+Tammuz+nominations Poliker sweeps up Tammuz nominations]</ref>Poliker has composed songs for some of Israel's leading vocalists, among them [[Arik Einstein]], [[Chava Alberstein]], [[Dana International]] and [[Riki Gal]].<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1128770.html The composer does it best, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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In 2002 he was nominated for the Tammuz Award of Israel's Best Male Artist, along with [[David D'or]], [[Arkadi Duchin]], Yuval Gabay, and [[Shlomi Shabat]], but lost out to D'Or.<ref>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/98483737.html?dids=98483737:98483737&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+6%2C+2002&author=DANY+ZACK&pub=Jerusalem+Post&edition=&startpage=09&desc=Poliker+sweeps+up+Tammuz+nominations Poliker sweeps up Tammuz nominations]</ref> |
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In 1988, Poliker recorded ''Afar Ve'avak'' (Dust and Ashes) together with Ya'akov Gilad. It was the first Israeli pop music album on the theme of the Holocaust, in this case, a blend of Greek music, pop and rock.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=XpyWdndrVAgC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=poliker+film&source=bl&ots=taaIpONl0k&sig=WQeVJn-JaDsz9DxObTkhYv-GtqU&hl=en&ei=dcICS5quAp_SjAf3-cy1AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=poliker%20film&f=false ''Identity politics on the Israeli screen,'' Yosefa Loshitzky]</ref> |
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Poliker has composed songs for some of Israel's leading vocalists, among them [[Arik Einstein]], [[Chava Alberstein]], [[Dana International]] and [[Riki Gal]].<ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1128770.html The composer does it best, [[Haaretz]]]</ref> |
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==Film == |
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Poliker's father, Jacko, tells the story of his escape from Auschwitz in the 1988 film "Because of That War" (''Biglal Hamilhamah Hahi''), which features music by his son. The film includes interviews with Yehuda Poliker and Ya'akov Gilad, whose Polish Jewish parents also survived Auschwitz.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=XpyWdndrVAgC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=poliker+film&source=bl&ots=taaIpONl0k&sig=WQeVJn-JaDsz9DxObTkhYv-GtqU&hl=en&ei=dcICS5quAp_SjAf3-cy1AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CBoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=poliker%20film&f=false ''Identity politics on the Israeli screen,'' Yosefa Loshitzky]</ref> |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 15:54, 17 November 2009
Yehuda Poliker (born December 25, 1950) is an Israeli singer, songwriter, musician, and painter.
Early life
Poliker was born in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa, Israel. Poliker is the son of Holocaust survivors deported to Auschwitz from Salonika, Greece.[1]
Music career
Poliker's music combines rock with Greek and other Mediterranean musical styles. He plays guitar, bouzouki, and bağlama and was a member of the 1980s Israeli rock band Benzeen. In 2002 he was nominated for the Tammuz Award of Israel's Best Male Artist, along with David D'or, Arkadi Duchin, Yuval Gabay, and Shlomi Shabat, but lost out to D'Or.[2]Poliker has composed songs for some of Israel's leading vocalists, among them Arik Einstein, Chava Alberstein, Dana International and Riki Gal.[3]
In 1988, Poliker recorded Afar Ve'avak (Dust and Ashes) together with Ya'akov Gilad. It was the first Israeli pop music album on the theme of the Holocaust, in this case, a blend of Greek music, pop and rock.[4]
Film
Poliker's father, Jacko, tells the story of his escape from Auschwitz in the 1988 film "Because of That War" (Biglal Hamilhamah Hahi), which features music by his son. The film includes interviews with Yehuda Poliker and Ya'akov Gilad, whose Polish Jewish parents also survived Auschwitz.[5]
References
External links
- A Page about Yehuda Poliker Template:Fr icon
- Because of That War (1988). Directed by Orna Ben-Dor Niv
- Watch Yehuda Poliker singing with Haris Alexiou at a concert in Israel (1991)