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What (who) is Greek music in Israel - definition
Greek music in Israel
![[[Glykeria]] during a concert held in [[Rishon Le-Zion]], September 2013](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Glykeria 02.jpg?width=200 "[[Glykeria]] during a concert held in [[Rishon Le-Zion]], September 2013")
Greek music in Israel is very popular and Greek musicians often visit Israel while on world tours.The Greek pillar of Israeli music Popular Greek singers who have performed in Israel include Manolis Angelopoulos, Eleftheria Arvanitaki, George Dalaras, Haris Alexiou, Glykeria, Nikos Vertis and Natassa Theodoridou.
Music of Israel
![Rock musician [[Berry Sakharof]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Berry Sakharof.JPG?width=200 "Rock musician [[Berry Sakharof]].")
![Yemenite singer [[Bracha Zefira]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brachazafira.jpg?width=200 "Yemenite singer [[Bracha Zefira]]")
![Israeli folk singer [[Chava Alberstein]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chava Alberstein tight composition.jpg?width=200 "Israeli folk singer [[Chava Alberstein]].")
![West-Eastern Divan Orchestra]], a project bringing together Israeli and Arab musicians.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Diván Este-Oeste 2005.jpg?width=200 "West-Eastern Divan Orchestra]], a project bringing together Israeli and Arab musicians.")
![A book of Hebrew songs by [[Hanina Karchevsky]], published 1927](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HaninaSongster.jpg?width=200 "A book of Hebrew songs by [[Hanina Karchevsky]], published 1927")
![[[Jewish Brigade]] soldiers dancing the Hora](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HoraIsraeliDance.jpg?width=200 "[[Jewish Brigade]] soldiers dancing the Hora")
![[[Ivri Lider]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivri concert.jpg?width=200 "[[Ivri Lider]]")
![Kobi Oz of [[Teapacks]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kobioz.jpg?width=200 "Kobi Oz of [[Teapacks]]")
![Israeli poet [[Nathan Alterman]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Natan Alterman.jpg?width=200 "Israeli poet [[Nathan Alterman]]")
![[[Esther Ofarim]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ofarim Esther 66.jpg?width=200 "[[Esther Ofarim]]")
![Singer [[Yardena Arazi]], who started her career in the ''Lehakot Tsva'iyot''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yardena Arazi.jpg?width=200 "Singer [[Yardena Arazi]], who started her career in the ''Lehakot Tsva'iyot''.")
![[[Zohar Argov]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zohar Argov (1980s).jpg?width=200 "[[Zohar Argov]]")
OVERVIEW OF MUSIC TRADITIONS IN ISRAEL
Shiny Shoe Music; Israeli folk; Israeli folk songs; Israeli music; Music in Israel; Israeli folk music; Israeli classical music; Israeli Arab music; Israeli pop and dance music; Music education in Israel
The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For almost 150 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements that would define the emerging national spirit.
Music of Greece
![[[Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù]], the first theatre and [[opera]] house of modern Greece and the place where the first Greek opera, [[Spyridon Xyndas]]' "The Parliamentary Candidate" based on an exclusively Greek [[libretto]] was performed.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Corfu Town Hall R01.jpg?width=200 "[[Nobile Teatro di San Giacomo di Corfù]], the first theatre and [[opera]] house of modern Greece and the place where the first Greek opera, [[Spyridon Xyndas]]' \"The Parliamentary Candidate\" based on an exclusively Greek [[libretto]] was performed.")
![[[Cretan lyra]]s](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cretan lyre.jpg?width=200 "[[Cretan lyra]]s")
![[[Dionysis Savvopoulos]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dionysis Savvopoulos 2008 Heraklion concert.jpg?width=200 "[[Dionysis Savvopoulos]]")
![[[Haris Alexiou]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haris Alexiou 2080202 (cropped).JPG?width=200 "[[Haris Alexiou]]")
![Different types of [[laouto]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Laghouto.jpg?width=200 "Different types of [[laouto]]")
![[[Mikis Theodorakis]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikis Theodorakis Fabrik 070004.jpg?width=200 "[[Mikis Theodorakis]]")
![[[Rotting Christ]] on stage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rotting ChristRockwave2015.jpg?width=200 "[[Rotting Christ]] on stage")
![Smyrna-style rebetiko trio: [[Dimitrios Semsis]], [[Agapios Tomboulis]], [[Roza Eskenazi]] (Athens 1932)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Semsis Eskenazi Tomboulis.jpg?width=200 "Smyrna-style rebetiko trio: [[Dimitrios Semsis]], [[Agapios Tomboulis]], [[Roza Eskenazi]] (Athens 1932)")
![[[Nikos Skalkottas]] (1904–1949) drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek folk tradition.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Skalkottas.png?width=200 "[[Nikos Skalkottas]] (1904–1949) drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek folk tradition.")
![[[Sofia Vembo]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sofia Vempo.jpg?width=200 "[[Sofia Vembo]]")
![[[Spyridon Samaras]] (1861–1917)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spyros Samaras.jpg?width=200 "[[Spyridon Samaras]] (1861–1917)")
![Vangelis Papathanassiou (Vangelis)]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VangelisElGrecopremiereDE2.jpg?width=200 "Vangelis Papathanassiou (Vangelis)]]")
![Greek playing [[tambouras]], 18th-century painting](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vrakoforos Tabouras.jpg?width=200 "Greek playing [[tambouras]], 18th-century painting")
OVERVIEW OF MUSICAL TRADITIONS IN GREECE
Greek music; Greek Music; Greek guitarists; Amanes; Music of greece; List of Greeks in music; Amané; Amanédhes; Rum music; Greek music in Turkey; Popular music in Greece
The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history. Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music, with more eastern sounds.
