The songwriter and composer Avihu Medina won the Israel Prize for Hebrew song
Medina, who has written masterpieces such as "The Flower in the Gardens" and "Praise of Jerusalem," announced his victory today.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Bitton, announced: "I was excited to call Avihu Medina and inform him of his winning of the Israel Prize for Hebrew Song for the year 1952, of his extensive work and his great contribution to the Israeli cultural world."
Sagi Ben Nun and Uri Sela
15/03/2022
Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 14:28 Updated: 14:38
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The songwriter, musician and singer Avihu Medina is the recipient of the Israel Prize for Hebrew Singing for the year 2002 - this was reported today (Tuesday). Minister of Education Dr. Yifat Shasha-Bitton announced: "B, for his extensive work and his great contribution to the Israeli cultural world.
The awarding of the prize to Avihu Medina expresses the belonging and connection of all the shades of Hebrew and Israeli art.
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The committee noted in its reasoning that "the award is given to a country that has led to a significant breakthrough in Israeli music, for its excellent and high-quality work and its stubborn and long-standing struggle."
The committee also stated that "Avihu believed that freedom of expression, creativity and freedom of occupation are the kind of rights and freedoms that must be fought for in order to establish a sense of belonging and partnership for every cultural stream in the emerging Israeli democratic society." Traditional and cultural Jewish roots. "
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Almost from the beginning of his career, Avihu Medina had two hats: the first, a songwriter and composer, and later also a gifted singer, who signed, among other things, temporary works such as "The Innocent Jacob" (better known as "Fear Not Israel"), "The Flower in the Gardens" "," Praise of Jerusalem "," The years have passed "and more and more.
The second, a prominent fighter in the struggle for "Eastern", Mediterranean music and its place in Israeli society.
Medina was born in Tel Aviv, in the Shabazi neighborhood, about three months after the declaration of independence in 1948.
The third of eight brothers.
His family was from deportees from Spain, from the region of Medellin del Campo near Madrid, and from there the family name also stuck to it.
Medina himself testifies that he was "born an adult" and when his father remarried after his mother died, he left home and moved to Kibbutz Kissufim.
Unfortunately, he continued to experience exclusion and what he felt was racism as well.
Over the years Medina has collaborated with all the great singers of Mediterranean music, including Zohar Argov of course, for whom he has written some of the most famous songs he has performed.
He then began to sing his works himself as well.
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