Ivri Lider
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Ivri Lider (Template:Lang-he, born February 10, 1974) is an Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter. He is considered one of the biggest selling contemporary artists in Israeli music, who has won the "Male Singer of the Year" honor on major Israeli national and local radio stations since his breakthrough into the Israeli music scene in the late 90's. Many of his singles topped the Israeli Singles Chart and his sales stand at over 200,000 albums.
Biography
Born in 1974, Lider took his first musical steps whilst still in high school, when he joined a group called Kach Ossot Kullan ("Everyone Does It This Way"), whose gigs included a performance at the legendary "Roxanne" club in Tel Aviv.
A commission to compose music for "Kisses" and "October" for Anat Danieli's dance ensemble was followed by an invitation from Ohad Naharrin to compose the music for "Kaamos" which Naharrin choreographed for "NDT", the renowned Dutch dance company. Ivri subsequently composed the music for "Z\NA", for the Batsheva Dance Company, considered his greatest achievement in composing music for dance companies. In parallel, Ivri signed a recording contract with Helicon Records and began work on his first album.
In January 2002 Ivri Lider came to a major decision in his personal life, and decided to speak honestly and openly about his sexual orientation. He gave a cover-story interview to Gal Ochovsky, of the daily newspaper Ma'ariv, which attracted a lot of attention. While openly gay he still refuses to push for Israeli acceptance of the gay lifestyle and refuses to be drawn into the debate over the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade.[1]
Career
His self-penned debut album, "Melattef Umeshakker" ("Caressing And Lying"), produced by Yo'ad Nevo, was released in 1997. The singles "Leonardo" and "Tamid Ahava" ("Always Love") were chart toppers and the album went platinum, selling over 40,000 copies in Israel.
His second studio album, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at" ("Better Nothing Than Almost"), was released two years later. Written entirely by Ivri, who also co-produced it with Nevo, the album included hit singles such as "Hultzat Passim" ("Striped Shirt"), "Hakos Ha'khula" ("The Blue Glass") and the title track, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at". The album has gone platinum.
Ivri's second concert tour, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at", ran for 150 shows and won many prestigious awards including "Performer of the Year", awarded at the Israeli Music Industry's "Tamuz 2000" ceremony.
The success of his first two albums and his tours, established Lider as an important singer-songwriter of the younger generation.
In 2001, Ivri produced Sharon Haziz's third album, "Panassim" ("Headlights"),and wrote the title song, which features them singing together.
January 2002 saw the release of Ivri's third studio album, "Ha'anashim Hachadashim" ("The New People"). This time out, the production was a "solo run" for Ivri, who came up with an excellent new electronic sound. "Ha'anashim Hachadashim" produced a number of hits including "Batei Kaffe" ("Coffee Houses"), "Al Kav Hamayim" ("On The Water Line") and a moving rendition of Ehud Manor's "Geshem Acharon" ("Last Rain") that was especially recorded for the "Shirutron", the annual fundraising programme organised by the "Galei Zahal" and "Galgalatz" radio stations. Sales of "Ha'anashim Hachadashim" stand at over 30,000 copies.
During the same year, Ivri collaborated with Idan Raichel, who was at the time playing keyboards in Ivri's band. Ivri produced and arranged the song "Bo'i" ("Come") which went on to become a major chart topper for Raichel. Ivri a;sp composed original music for the Eytan Fox - Gal Uchovsky film "Yossi & Jagger". The soundtrack included a cover of Rita's hit "Bo" ("Come") sung by Ivri. This new interpretation received positive reviews and became one of 2003's most popular tracks on the radio.
In addition to his "Ha'anashim Hachadashim" performance, Ivri also collaborated with the actress Meital Duhan. Their show "Love and Sex During the Days of Awe" combined music, theatre and recitation that were especially put together for this show. Ivri also published a book of poems he had written over the last decade. During the summer, Ivri toured with "Electro Live", a show in which he featured new treatments of many of his hits songs - with special "electronic" arrangements accompanied by innovative video art. And to round out an amazing year, he received the "Lyricist of the Year" award from ACUM, Israeli's copyright collection society.
In 2004 Ivri composed music for another Fox - Uchovsky film, Walk on Water, the soundtrack of which included a rendition of the classic Esther and Avi Ofarim hit "Cinderella Rockefeller" sung by Rita and Ivri, as well as a remix of Ivri's "Mary La'Netzach" ("Mary Forever"). During 2004 Lider collaborated with Gilad Shmueli, co produced Gilad Seggev's debut album "Achshav Tov" ("Its OK Now"), and began working on his fourth album.
Right after he finished working on his new tracks, he decided to perform them to a live audience before actually putting them on the record, taking part in the festival of "Ha'Psanter Me'are'ach" ("The Piano Presents"). Singing his new songs accompanied only by a piano, Ivri gave the audience a unique and intimate experience - an appetizer before the songs were arranged, produced and recorded for the album.
"Ze Lo Otto Davar" ("It's Not The Same Thing") was released in February 2005 and immediately became a success. The album had Ivri deciding to use the computer as a recording device only, and created a clean and completely different sound. An orchestra of 40 musicians played the stringed instruments that can be heard throughout the album. The result was apparent early on when the first single to be released, "Zachiti Le'ehov" ("I Was Blessed To Have Loved"), became an major hit.
This was followed by "Nissim" (a common name in Israel), "Lehavin Et Hamayim" ("Understanding The Water") and the album's title track. Sales of "Ze Lo Otto Davar" are in excess of 30,000. The album was also released in a limited double CD pack together with a bonus CD called "Fight!", including electronic versions of some of Ivri's hits such as "Bo", "Mary La"Netzach" and "Hultzat Passim".
The album gave rise to a tour in which Ivri was accompanied by nine musicians including a string quartet. The tour conveyed the atmosphere of the album, and included new arrangements of some of his hits. The first show on the tour, which was held in Tel Aviv on April 21, 2005, in front of thousands of fans, had Ivri joined on stage by Rita, Berry Sakharof and Assaf Amdursky. The show was recorded for the live album.
October 2005 saw Ivri walk away with the "Male Singer of the Year" award from all the major national and local radio stations.
Ivri worked on a 3rd soundtrack of another Fox-Uchovsky film, called "The Bubble", in which Ivri also appears as himself singing the theme song of the movie, giving a heartwarming rendition of the Gershwin classic, "The Man I Love". The film released in 2006 in Israel, and 2007 in the U.S.
In 2008 Lider launched both a new Hebrew and English album. The music video for his English-language song Jesse has gotten a lot of airtime on LOGO TV and Out Magazine recognized him as a member of the "Out 100" for 2007.[2]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Israel Certificate |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Melatef V'meshaker: Caressing And Lying | Platinum |
| 1999 | Yoter Tov Klum Me'kimat: Better Nothing Than Almost | Platinum |
| 2002 | Ha'anashim Ha'chadashim: The New People | Gold |
| 2005 | It's Not The Same | Gold |
| 2005 | Ivri Lider vs. Henree - Fight | |
| 2006 | Live CD | Gold |
| 2008 | Be'ketzev Ahid Be'tnuot Shel Ha'goof: The Steady Rhythm Of Body Movements | Gold |
| Total sales: 200,000+ |
Movie Soundtracks
- "Yossi and Jagger" (2002) - original Score and theme song "Bo" (Let's)
- "Walk On Water" (2004) - original Score and theme song "Cinderella Rockafella" Duet with Rita
- "The Bubble" (2006) - original Score and theme song "The Man I Love"
External links
References
- ^ MICHAL LANDO (November 9, 2006). "Gay icon Ivri Lider shows Americans a new side of Israel" (HTML). jpost. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
- ^ "Interview with Ivri Lider : Superstar Israeli Musician" (HTML). hunkdujour. 2007/12. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
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