Elyakum Shapirra (Hebrew: אליקום שפירא; 27 December 1926 – 3 February 2014) [1] was an Israeli conductor who appeared in a number of countries.

[5] Elyakum Shapirra was the first person to conduct Alexander Scriabin's Prometheus: The Poem of Fire in England with the coloured lighting that the composer called for.

This occurred on 4 May 1972 at the Royal Albert Hall with the London Symphony Orchestra.

[6] Shapirra conducted the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and soloist Georges Pludermacher in the posthumous world premiere of Jani Christou's Toccata for Piano and Orchestra (1962), on 23 April 1973 in Oxford.

[11] He also recorded other standard orchestral repertoire with various orchestras, as well as Israeli, Yemeni and Yiddish songs with popular singers.