Ivri Lider
Encyclopedia
Ivri Lider is an Israeli pop rock
singer-songwriter
. He is one of the biggest-selling contemporary artists in Israeli music
, and has won the Male Singer of the Year honor from major Israeli national and local radio station
s since entering the Israeli music scene in the late 1990s. His sales stand at over 200,000 records.
.
A commission to compose music for Kisses and October for Anat Danieli's dance ensemble was followed by an invitation from Ohad Naharin
to compose the music for Kaamos, which Naharin choreographed for NDT
, a Dutch dance company. Lider subsequently composed the music for "Z\NA", for the Batsheva Dance Company
. At the same time, he signed a recording contract
with Helicon Records
and began work on his first album.
s, and the album went platinum, selling over 40,000 copies in Israel.
His second studio album
, Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at (Nothing Is Better Than Almost), was released two years later. Written entirely by Lider, who co-produced it with Nevo, the album included hit single
s such as "Hultzat Passim" (Striped Shirt), "Hakos Ha'khula" (The Blue Glass), and the title track, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at". The album went platinum.
Lider's second concert tour, Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at, ran for 150 shows, and he 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, Lider produced Sharon Haziz's third album, Panassim (Headlights),and wrote the title song, which features them singing together.
In January 2002 Lider spoke openly about his sexual orientation in a cover-story interview to the daily newspaper Ma'ariv
, which attracted a lot of attention. He later said, "On a personal level, I felt complete and happy with my life and who I am, and I didn’t see any reason to not talk about it. It seemed strange to have an interview and not to talk about it, about my boyfriend, about my life. On a less personal level, I felt it’s kind of my obligation. When you’re an artist and you’re doing well and you’re successful, you get a lot of love and appreciation and energy and good things from people, and I think you need to give it back. Maybe I can influence people and help younger people that struggle — help them to be able to change their views, and stuff like that."http://www.forward.com/articles/106379/ Lider refused to be drawn into the debate about the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
. He did, however, accept a booking to play at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
' "Fair Day" in Camperdown, Australia on Sunday, 21 February 2010.
January 2002 saw the release of Lider's third studio album, Ha'anashim Hachadashim (The New People). This time out, the production was a solo run for Lider, who came up with a 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 program organised by the Galei Zahal and Galgalatz
radio stations. Sales of Ha'anashim Hachadashim stand at over 30,000 copies.
During the same year, Lider collaborated with Idan Raichel
, who was at the time playing keyboards
in his band. Lider produced and arranged the song "Bo'i" (Come), which went on to become a major chart topper for Raichel. He also composed original music for a film that gay Israeli Eytan Fox
dircted, the Gal Uchovsky film Yossi & Jagger
.http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/music.php?ak=4276 The soundtrack included a cover of Rita
's hit "Bo" (Come), sung by Lider. 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, Lider 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. He also published a book of poems he had written over the last decade. During the summer, he toured with Electro Live, a show in which he featured new treatments of many of his hit songs - with special electronic arrangements accompanied by innovative video art
. Also in 2002, he received the Lyricist of the Year award from ACUM, Israeli's copyright collection society.
In 2004 Lider 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 Lider, as well as a remix of Lider'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, he 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 Lider 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 a 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 Lider's hits such as "Bo", "Mary La'Netzach", and "Hultzat Passim".
The album gave rise to a tour in which Lider 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. In the first show on the tour, which was held in Tel Aviv
on April 21, 2005, in front of thousands of fans, he was joined on stage by Rita, Berry Sakharof
, and Assaf Amdursky
. The show was recorded for the Live
album.
In October 2005 Lider received with the "Male Singer of the Year" award from all the major national and local radio stations.http://netbh.net/is/preview.php?folder=news&nid=5
Lider worked on a third soundtrack of another Fox-Uchovsky film, The Bubble
, in which he also appeared as himself singing the theme song of the movie, 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 a new Hebrew album and announced an upcoming 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.
For Israel's 2008 International Music Awards Lider recorded a quiet and melancholic version of Katy Perry's hit "I Kissed a Girl".
original score and ending credits "Song to a Siren"
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. He is one of the biggest-selling contemporary artists in Israeli music
Music of Israel
The music of Israel is a combination of Jewish and non-Jewish music traditions that have come together over the course of a century to create a distinctive musical culture. For more than 100 years, musicians have sought original stylistic elements that would define the emerging national spirit...
, and has won the Male Singer of the Year honor from major Israeli national and local radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
s since entering the Israeli music scene in the late 1990s. His sales stand at over 200,000 records.
Early life
Lider took his first musical steps while 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 Roxanne club in Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
.
A commission to compose music for Kisses and October for Anat Danieli's dance ensemble was followed by an invitation from Ohad Naharin
Ohad Naharin
Ohad Naharin is an Israeli contemporary dancer, choreographer and dance company artistic director.-Biography:...
to compose the music for Kaamos, which Naharin choreographed for NDT
NDT
NDT can refer to:* Nondestructive testing, a type of testing which does not damage or destroy the original object* The National Debate Tournament, a national championship of intercollegiate policy debate...
, a Dutch dance company. Lider subsequently composed the music for "Z\NA", for the Batsheva Dance Company
Batsheva Dance Company
The Batsheva Dance Company is an internationally acclaimed dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was founded by Martha Graham and Baroness Batsheva De Rothschild in 1964....
. At the same time, he signed a recording contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with Helicon Records
Helicon Records
Helicon Records is a record label which was founded in Israel in 1985.Aside from being the label of many Israeli artists, Helicon is also the exclusive distributor of Snapper Music, EMI and Universal Music Group in Israel, which includes artists like Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Guns n'...
and began work on his first album.
Music 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 topperChart topper
Chart topper may refer to:*Record chart, a ranking of recorded music according to popularity during a given period of time**Billboard charts, a ranking of the relative popularity of songs or albums in the United States...
s, and the album went platinum, selling over 40,000 copies in Israel.
His second studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
, Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at (Nothing Is Better Than Almost), was released two years later. Written entirely by Lider, who co-produced it with Nevo, the album included hit single
Hit single
A hit single is a recorded song or instrumental released as a single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio...
s such as "Hultzat Passim" (Striped Shirt), "Hakos Ha'khula" (The Blue Glass), and the title track, "Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at". The album went platinum.
Lider's second concert tour, Yotter Tov Clum Mikim'at, ran for 150 shows, and he 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, Lider produced Sharon Haziz's third album, Panassim (Headlights),and wrote the title song, which features them singing together.
In January 2002 Lider spoke openly about his sexual orientation in a cover-story interview to the daily newspaper Ma'ariv
Maariv
Maariv is a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Israel. It is second in sales after Yedioth Ahronoth and third in readership after Yedioth Ahronoth and Israel HaYom. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Maariv saw its market share fall slightly...
, which attracted a lot of attention. He later said, "On a personal level, I felt complete and happy with my life and who I am, and I didn’t see any reason to not talk about it. It seemed strange to have an interview and not to talk about it, about my boyfriend, about my life. On a less personal level, I felt it’s kind of my obligation. When you’re an artist and you’re doing well and you’re successful, you get a lot of love and appreciation and energy and good things from people, and I think you need to give it back. Maybe I can influence people and help younger people that struggle — help them to be able to change their views, and stuff like that."http://www.forward.com/articles/106379/ Lider refused to be drawn into the debate about the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
Gay pride parade
Pride parades for the LGBT community are events celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender culture. The events also at times serve as demonstrations for legal rights such as same-sex marriage...
. He did, however, accept a booking to play at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
The Sydney Mardi Gras is an annual LGBTQI pride parade and festival in Sydney, Australia, and draws in thousands of visitors from around Australia and overseas...
' "Fair Day" in Camperdown, Australia on Sunday, 21 February 2010.
January 2002 saw the release of Lider's third studio album, Ha'anashim Hachadashim (The New People). This time out, the production was a solo run for Lider, who came up with a 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 program organised by the Galei Zahal and Galgalatz
Galgalatz
Galgalatz is a popular Israeli radio station operated by Israel Defense Forces Radio. This is the second of two Israel Defense Forces-operated stations, while the first one is Israel Defense Forces Radio/Galatz. The station was established in 1993 and broadcasts primarily nonstop pop music and...
radio stations. Sales of Ha'anashim Hachadashim stand at over 30,000 copies.
During the same year, Lider collaborated with Idan Raichel
Idan Raichel
Idan Raichel is an Israeli singer-songwriter and a musician, known for his Idan Raichel Project , distinctive for its fusion of electronics, traditional Hebrew texts, Middle Eastern and Ethiopian music. Prior to the Project, Raichel was a keyboardist, collaborating with artists such as Ivri Lider...
, who was at the time playing keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
in his band. Lider produced and arranged the song "Bo'i" (Come), which went on to become a major chart topper for Raichel. He also composed original music for a film that gay Israeli Eytan Fox
Eytan Fox
-Biography:Fox was born in New York City and moved with his family to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a leading professor of Jewish education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His mother, Sara Kaminker-Fox, was the head of the Jerusalem city...
dircted, the Gal Uchovsky film Yossi & Jagger
Yossi & Jagger
Yossi & Jagger is a 2002 Israeli romantic drama film directed by Eytan Fox about soldiers at the Israel – Lebanon border who try to find some peace and solace from the daily routine of war.-Plot:...
.http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/music.php?ak=4276 The soundtrack included a cover of Rita
Rita Kleinstein
Rita Yahan-Farouz is an Iranian-born Israeli pop singer and actress.-Early life:Rita Yahan-Farouz was born in Tehran, Iran. Her family emigrated to Israel in 1970.-Musical and acting career:-1980s:...
's hit "Bo" (Come), sung by Lider. 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, Lider 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. He also published a book of poems he had written over the last decade. During the summer, he toured with Electro Live, a show in which he featured new treatments of many of his hit songs - with special electronic arrangements accompanied by innovative video art
Video art
Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and comprises video and/or audio data. . Video art came into existence during the 1960s and 1970s, is still widely practiced and has given rise to the widespread use of video installations...
. Also in 2002, he received the Lyricist of the Year award from ACUM, Israeli's copyright collection society.
In 2004 Lider composed music for another Fox-Uchovsky film, Walk on Water
Walk on Water (film)
Walk on Water is an Israeli film released in 2004. It stars Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, and Caroline Peters. It was directed by New York-born Israeli director Eytan Fox. The screenplay was written by Gal Uchovsky...
, the soundtrack of which included a rendition of the classic Esther and Avi Ofarim hit "Cinderella Rockefeller" sung by Rita and Lider, as well as a remix of Lider'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, he 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 Lider 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 a 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 Lider's hits such as "Bo", "Mary La'Netzach", and "Hultzat Passim".
The album gave rise to a tour in which Lider 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. In the first show on the tour, which was held in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
on April 21, 2005, in front of thousands of fans, he was joined on stage by Rita, Berry Sakharof
Berry Sakharof
Berry Sakharof is an Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer.-Biography:Sakharof was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1957. His family immigrated to Israel when he was 3 years old.-Start of career:...
, and Assaf Amdursky
Assaf Amdursky
-Music career:Amdursky began his career in Israel with the band "Taarovet Escot", and together they released one album in 1991. In 1994, he wrote and composed most of the songs in his first solo album, titled "Assaf Amdusrky", which was released in 1994. In it he played guitar, keyboards,...
. The show was recorded for the Live
Live CD (Ivri Lider album)
Live CD is the first live album by Israeli pop rock artist Ivri Lider. It was released on February 2006 and recorded at the Trade Fairs & Convention Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, during one of his concerts. The DVD edition, entitled "Live DVD", includes 21 tracks, while the CD includes only 15...
album.
In October 2005 Lider received with the "Male Singer of the Year" award from all the major national and local radio stations.http://netbh.net/is/preview.php?folder=news&nid=5
Lider worked on a third soundtrack of another Fox-Uchovsky film, The Bubble
The Bubble (2006 film)
The Bubble is a 2006 romantic drama directed by Eytan Fox telling the story of two men who fall in love, one Israeli and one Palestinian...
, in which he also appeared as himself singing the theme song of the movie, 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 a new Hebrew album and announced an upcoming English album. The music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
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.
For Israel's 2008 International Music Awards Lider recorded a quiet and melancholic version of Katy Perry's hit "I Kissed a Girl".
Albums
| Year | Album | 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 Thing | Gold |
| 2005 | Ivri Lider vs. Henree - Fight Ivri Lider vs. Henree - Fight (album) -Ivri Lider vs. Henree - Fight:Released in 2005, this 8-song disc was part a bonus CD included with Ivri Lider's CD "It's Not The Same." The CD has since become available for individual distribution through music download mediums, such as Amazon and Itunes; as well as an option for hard copy... |
|
| 2006 | Live CD Live CD (Ivri Lider album) Live CD is the first live album by Israeli pop rock artist Ivri Lider. It was released on February 2006 and recorded at the Trade Fairs & Convention Center in Tel Aviv, Israel, during one of his concerts. The DVD edition, entitled "Live DVD", includes 21 tracks, while the CD includes only 15... |
Gold |
| 2008 | Be'ketzev Ahid Be'tnuot Shel Ha'goof: The Steady Rhythm of Body Movements | Gold |
| Total sales: 200,000+ |
Movie soundtracks
- Yossi & JaggerYossi & JaggerYossi & Jagger is a 2002 Israeli romantic drama film directed by Eytan Fox about soldiers at the Israel – Lebanon border who try to find some peace and solace from the daily routine of war.-Plot:...
(2002) - original score and theme song "Bo" (Let's) - Walk on WaterWalk on Water (film)Walk on Water is an Israeli film released in 2004. It stars Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, and Caroline Peters. It was directed by New York-born Israeli director Eytan Fox. The screenplay was written by Gal Uchovsky...
(2004) - original score and theme song "Cinderella Rockafella" duet with Rita - The BubbleThe Bubble (2006 film)The Bubble is a 2006 romantic drama directed by Eytan Fox telling the story of two men who fall in love, one Israeli and one Palestinian...
(2006) - original score and theme song "The Man I Love"
original score and ending credits "Song to a Siren"
Group members since 2005
- Ivri Lider
- Yehonatan Sason Fridge
- Amir Rosiano
- Barak Kram
- Adiel Alexander Goldestein
- Roni Arditti
- Ariel Tuchman
- Yogev Mazouz
- Assaf AmdurskyAssaf Amdursky-Music career:Amdursky began his career in Israel with the band "Taarovet Escot", and together they released one album in 1991. In 1994, he wrote and composed most of the songs in his first solo album, titled "Assaf Amdusrky", which was released in 1994. In it he played guitar, keyboards,...