Born on July 13, 1982 in Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR, Mark Eliyahu is an
Israeli folk musician who specializes in playin the kamancha (an Iranian bowed
string instrument) and the baghlama (a Turkish stringed instrument). Born in
Dagestan, his family relocated to Israel in 1989. At the age of 16, inspired by
a performance by kamancheh player Habil Aliyev, he move Baku, Azerbaijan to
study the kamancheh under Adalat Vazirov. He began his professional career in
the late 1990s, appearing in The Spirit of the East (1999), concert recording
directed by his father Peretz Eliyahu. ...