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| Avi Toledano official website |
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Singer-songwriter Avi Toledano was born in Morocco, and arrived in Israel at the age of 16. |
| In the same year he signed his first recording contract with EMI Records. |
| He was nominated several times by Israel radio stations as "Singer of the Year". |
| Until now, he has recorded 21 records, and several of his songs were at the top of the charts many times. |
| Avi received the "Kinor David", which is the Israeli equivalent of the Oscar, from the Yediot Aharonot newspaper. |
| His shows have taken him all over the world, with performances at Madison Square Garden in New York, the Olympia in Paris, and Tokyo's Music Festival of Songs. |
| He performed with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra in Canada, and the Symphony Orchestras of Haifa and Bat Yam in Israel. |
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| He has recorded in Japan, Spain, France, Germany and represented Israel in 1982 in England at the Eurovision Song cotest, taking second place with the song "Hora". |
| A year later, he composed and produced for Ofra Haza (with lyricist Ehud Manor) the song "Chai" which also took the second place award at Eurovision. |
| Toledano has staged several "one-man-shows" such as "La Boheme" based on Charles Aznavour's song "Identitiy Card" which was based on the story of his life. |
| He played the role of Marius in "Les Miserables", a Macintosh production in Tel Aviv. |
| He sang and composed the music for an album based on Hanoch Levin's work. |
| In 1990, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority Television produced a film on Avi Toledano's life in Morocco. The film was screened twice in two months on Israeli television, and caused great emotion in Israel and abroad. |
| He also recorded "Marocker" in Hebrew, based on ethnic Moroccan music. |
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| In 1994 a "Best of Avi Toledano" album was released with great success. |
| In 1995/6 he conducted a large-scale coast-to-coast tour of North America, including performances at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City and Palace Arts in Montreal Canada. |
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| Avi Toledano song words included on Hebrew Songs.com: |
| Dayenu |
| Eich Af Hazman |
| Hora |
| Od Nagia |
| Zohi Yafo |
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| Dances created to Avi Toledano songs or compositions on the Israeli Dances.com database |
 How do I buy Avi Toledano CDs online? |
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