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David D'Or ((ヘブライ語:דוד ד'אור); born David Nehaisi on October 2, 1965) is an Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter. A countertenor with a vocal range of more than four octaves, he is a three-time winner of the Israeli "Singer of the Year" and "Best Vocal Performer" awards. He was also chosen to represent Israel in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, at which he placed 11th in the semifinal.〔 〕 By February 2008, nine of his albums had gone platinum.〔 D'Or, who has been referred to as "Israel's most acclaimed modern singer", and "who has taken the musical scene by storm", performs a wide variety of music, including pop, rock, dance, folk, klezmer, Yemenite prayers, holy music, ancient chants, classical, opera, and baroque arias (in the original Italian).〔〔〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 ==Heritage and early life== D'Or was born in Holon, Israel.〔 He is a descendant of Arab Lybians, His great-grandfather was a prominent Libyan rabbi, and his father brought the family from Libya to Israel.〔〔 When he was young, D'Or's parents encouraged him to become a lawyer or a doctor, but he simply loved to sing. When he reached the age at which his voice began to change, he worked to retain his ability to sing notes in a high range. To his surprise he was successful, and he then proceeded to develop his lower vocal range. For a while he was quite shy about singing using his high range, as it was unusual in Israel—which he explains used to be "quite a machoistic country—for someone to sing with such a high voice, and he had no one to imitate as no Israeli men sang in such a high voice, but he says that now it is "part of me."〔〔 〕 "()t was like using () part of me," he said. "I could sing low and I could sing high; ()t's like using only one hand...you have two hands, and you're using only your right hand."〔 During his three years of military service, D'Or served as a singer in the Israeli Military Band, and in 1985–86 he was in the Israeli Army Central Command troops entertainment group, and took part in the record ''Be'sha'araikh Yerikho''.〔〔 〕 Though thankful for the opportunity, and sensitive to Israel's need to have an army to defend itself, D'Or felt that music and the army didn't mesh well together, and viewed his years in the army as a difficult period in terms of his musical development.〔 〕 After D'Or completed his army service, he and two of his Military Band colleagues (Benny Nadler and Rivi Ben-Basht) formed a trio named ''HaShlishiya'' (the "Threesome"), but it disbanded after just one single. A few months later he formed another group, named ''Kav 4'' ("Fourth Chord"), but it disbanded before completing its inaugural album.〔(David D'Or Biography, ''Mooma''(Hebrew), accessed 7/11/09 )〕 At the same time he was invited by the Israeli National Theater ("Habima Theater") to be in various performances, among them "Blood Marriage," "Cabaret," "Cry the Beloved Country (music by Kurt Weill)," and "Tartuffe (music by Giya Kancheli)."〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=esctoday.com )〕 D’Or performed at the Habima Theater for four years, during which time he received outstanding reviews, such as ''Maarivs review of Cry the Beloved Country: "D'or's outstanding voice is meant for great parts. His voice and presence embraces the audience, who showed their appreciation by a lengthy standing ovation".〔 He was at the same time professionally trained, and tutored by Soprano Miriam Melzer, from 1987–90 at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, from which he graduated.〔 In 1991, D'Or was accepted into and enrolled in the Classical Music Department of the Jerusalem Conservatory.〔〔 That year D'Or also began his musical career as a classical tenor. Zubin Mehta, Music Director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, heard D'Or sing and invited him to perform as soloist in "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff, performing in a series of concerts all over the country.〔〔〔 ''Yediot Achronot'' reviewed his performance, writing: "David D’Or is a contra tenor with tone, colour and exceptional style well beyond other soloists".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David D'Or」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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