Shefi Yishai
Israeli musician
Shefi Yishai (Hebrew: שפי ישי) is an Israeli composer and musical director for theater.
Yishai has released four albums starting with "Love and Hate". He worked on albums by David Broza and Yehuda Poliker as a session musician and producer and has performed with other musicians.
Works
Albums
1986: "Under the Closet", based on poems for children by Anda Amir Pinkerfeld, composed by Yishai and performed by Yehudit Tamir, Moti Dichne, Ya'akov Banai and Yishai.
First solo album, Love and Hate, released in 1991; Yishai composed music for a selection of poems by Israeli poets.
Second solo album, "A Man Would Not Talk About It", released in 2010
Music for theater
Sanjer, Closer, Cruel and Tender - Habima Theater.
Bracha - Beer Sheva Theater.
The Last Striptease, Night Play - Tsavta Theater.
Schneider & Schuster - Basel Theater (Switzerland)
The Concert, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Headlines News - Beit Lesin Theater
Revieue Lanoar / The Israeli Children theater
Nice Tony, Killer Joe, Blue Remembered Hills, Sky, Some Voices, Little Malcolm and his struggle against the eunuchs, Glengarry Glen Ross, Crime - The Han Theater
Brighton Beach Memoires - Haifa Theater
God, Crocodiles, Marriage Play, Moon of Alabama, Kol Nidrei - Herzliya Theater.
Perfect Days, The Last Summer - Beer Sheba Theater.
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