Aviv Geffen
Aviv Geffen ( Hebrew אביב גפן; * May 10, 1973 in Ramat Gan ) is an Israeli pop musician.
Life
Geffen is the son of the Israeli poet Jonathan Geffen and on his mother's side a great-nephew of the former Israeli general and minister Moshe Dajan . He is committed to real peace in the Israel-Palestine conflict . Geffen is often referred to as a conscientious objector, but was actually exempted from military service for medical reasons. He is an avowed atheist .
For many young people in Israel, Geffen has been an idol since the early 1990s. In his lyrics, Geffen also addresses problems of violence, alcohol and other drugs . On November 4, 1995, he appeared in front of thousands of people at the peace rally in Tel Aviv at which Yitzchak Rabin was murdered after his peace speech. Geffen was only four meters away from the action at the time. Since then, he has described the moment of the attack as the "most dramatic moment of his life," which made him a peace activist. Geffen processed experiences like this in several songs, e. B. Liwkot lecha ( To cry for you ) . This song is now a synonym for this evening.
After a few solo records that were almost exclusively successful in Israel but made him a star there, he ventured into the international music market for the first time in 2004 together with Steven Wilson from Porcupine Tree as a member of the band Blackfield . In addition, Aviv Geffen occasionally works with the Israeli band project Metropolin . On August 28, 2009, the first English-language solo album Geffens, produced by Trevor Horn, was released in Germany. In January 2009 he already presented some songs from this album on a tour of Germany, including a. Black and White , Silence , It's Alright and October Song . In November 2009 Geffen toured again through major German cities, as well as Utrecht and Vienna. In 2010 he can be seen as a special guest with Nena on German stages.
Discography (solo)
- זה רק אור הירח (Ze Rak Or haJare'ach [It's Only The Moonlight], 1992)
- עכשיו מעונן (Achschaw Me'unan [It's Cloudy Now], 1993)
- III אביב גפן (Aviv Geffen III) (1994)
- שומקום (Shumakom [Nowhere], 1995)
- המכתב (haMichtav [The Letter], 1996)
- ירח מלא (Jare'ach Male [Full Moon], Best-Of-Album 1997)
- חלולים (Chalulim [Hollowed], 1998)
- לילות לבנים (Leilot Lewanim [White Nights], 1999)
- יומן מסע (Joman Masa [Journey], 2000)
- ממנטו מורי (Memento Mori, 2002)
- עם הזמן (In haZman [With the Time], 2006)
- Aviv Geffen (first album in English, 2009)
- פסיפס (Psefas [Mosaic], 2012)
- סדקים (Sdakim [Cracks], 2014)
Movies
- A kiss, a murder, a goodbye. Israel after the attack on Yitzhak Rabin. Documentary, Germany, Israel, 1995, 45 min., Script and direction: Esther Schapira and Georg M. Hafner , production: Hessischer Rundfunk , first broadcast: January 3, 1996, summary by 3sat , in which Geffen deals with the murder of Yitzhak Rabin .
Web links
- Official website of Aviv Geffen
- Aviv Geffen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Jordanian prince is thrilled: a visit to the Aviv Geffen concert . haGalil , February 26, 2002
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aviv Geffen: I stand for a new Judaism . Focus , September 2, 2009
- ↑ Video: "Stop the war." Israel's rock star Aviv Geffen in Germany . Spiegel Online , January 13, 2009, 2:53 min., Video report on the 2009 tour of Germany
- ↑ dradio.de
- ↑ myspace.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geffen, Aviv |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli pop musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ramat Gan |