Avihu Medina
Israeli singer
Avihu Medina (Hebrew: אביהו מדינה; born August 19, 1948, in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli composer, arranger, songwriter, and singer of Mizrahi music.
Biography
Medina was born in Tel Aviv. He was the third son of Aaron and Leah Medina. His mother's family immigrated from Yemen in 1906 and she was born in Jerusalem, and his father immigrated from Yemen in 1939 when it was under the British Mandate. He is Jewish, and his father was a cantor.
As a teenager he lived on Kibbutz Kissufim. He served as a tank commander in the Israel Defense Forces. In the 1980s he established a diamond polishing business.
Avihu is a resident of Petah Tikva.
Music career
Avihu has composed more than 401 Mizrachi music songs.
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