Matti Caspi
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| Background information | |
| Born |
November 30, 1949 Kibbutz Hanita Upper Galilee, Israel |
| Genres | Jazz, Pop, rock, Brazilian-Latin, Middle eastern, gypsy |
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Singer-songwriter composer arranger |
| Instruments | Voice, Piano, Guitar |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Labels | NMC Music Limited |
| Associated acts | Ehud Manor, Yehudit Ravitz |
| Website | http://www.matticaspi.co.il/ |
Matti Caspi (Hebrew: מתי כספי) is an Israeli composer, musician, singer, arranger, and lyricist. Born in 1949, he is regarded as one of Israel’s top musicians.
His music style is difficult to classify. He is influenced by classical music, Brazilian and Latin music, Jazz, Rock and other genres. It is possible to hear all these influences in his music. Sasha Argov was one of the musicians who had a large influence on him; Caspi recorded 2 albums of his songs in cooperation with Argov.
Caspi was born in 1949 in Kibbutz Hanita in the Upper Galilee, and is of Romanian ancestry on his grandfather's side. He studied piano at the conservatory in Nahariya.
After his military service he married Galia Superstein, and in less than a year they divorced. In 1972 he met actress (Patty) Doreen Lubetzky, and three years later they got married. They had two children, Brit (born 1981) and Bar (born 1985).
In 1990, following marital difficulties, Caspi separated from his wife and met Raquel Wenger. The new couple emigrated to Canada. The two married in 1994 in California. They had two children, Suyan (born 1992) and Sean (born 1995). Caspi was granted a divorce by the Beverly Hills Rabbinical Court, although at the time the case was still pending in Israel. In 1997 Caspi returned to Israel and appeared in several concerts, including the Arad festival. In 2002, a Tel Aviv court determined that he was still legally married to Doreen at the time he married Raquel in 1994, and found him guilty of bigamy, and imposed a six months suspended sentence and a small fine. An appeal to the District Court failed, and in 2004 the original sentence was upheld.
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