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Sagiv Cohen

Sagiv Cohen is an Israeli singer, songwriter and composer of Mizrahi music, born in 1975.

born 1975Mizrahi music singingThe song "Omalala-La"Writing Gali Atari's 2008 albumAlbums with Daklon

Born: 20 February 1975, Pardes Hanna-Karkur
Occupation: singer, songwriter, composer

Sagiv Cohen was born in 1975 in Pardes Hanna-Karkur

Sagiv Cohen was born on 20 February 1975 in Zichron Yaakov and grew up in Pardes Hanna. After his military service he studied at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. While studying, he toured for 4 years with the gospel jazz band of Iris and Ofer Portugali.

In 2001 he took part in Israel's Eurovision selection with his song "Omalala-La" and finished sixth. In 2002 he was the house singer for a season of Shimon Parnas's Channel 2 show. His debut album, "Hakhi Od Rega", came out in 2004, followed by albums in 2005, 2009 and 2011.

He wrote and composed the whole of Gali Atari's 2008 album "Bein HaEsh UVein HaMayim", which included their duet "MeHamerhakim". In 2013 he received an ACUM award for composers. In 2016 he released an album with Daklon of covers of Ahuva Ozeri's songs.

Cohen married in 1999 and had 2 children. He remarried in 2010 and had 3 more children. He lives in Pardes Hanna.