Music like Matti Caspi

Matti Caspi (Hebrew: מתי כספי‎) is an Israeli composer, musician, singer, 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.

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Biography

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.

In 1990 Caspi left his first wife and children and re-married in 1994 in California, after being granted a divorce by the Beverly Hills Rabbinical Court while the case was still pending in Israel.