SINGERS OF ISRAEL. No. 1. At the gates of summer, IsraelValley makes you re-discover the music of the Hebrew State. More Israeli than Esther Ofarim, (almost) impossible to find!
Esther Ofarim (80 years old) will be in concert in Israel during the summer of 2021. Many fans of the singer, who currently lives in Germany (despite many years living in Germany, the singer still does not have German nationality), will attend the 3 concerts planned. Of course, IsraelValley will be there.
IN SUMMARY. WHO IS SHE ? She married Abraham (Abi) Reichstadt. She has a role in Exodus d’Otto Preminger and collaborates with Frank Sinatra then. She represented the Suisse at 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second with the song ” You’re leaving. She sang at Royal Albert Hall and was received by the queen Elizabeth II.
In the late 1950s, Esther Zaied got to knowAbraham Reichstadt. They publish together in Israel folk songs by taking the common name of “Ofarim”. They married in 1961 and took as their stage name “Esther & Abi Ofarim”. She is also an actress and appears in the film Exodus under the name of Esther Reichstadt. After Esther’s participation in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest, where she finished second for the Suisse with the title Do not go, the couple acquired international fame. In Germany, Esther first released solo Melody of a night and Tomorrow it will all be over. They released many records together in various languages and became one of the most popular duets.
In 1964, the couple participated in the Deutsche Schlager-Festspiele in Baden-Baden. They achieve great success with Tomorrow it will all be over. Several other successes followed with Abi in production in 1966.
The couple was successful until 1969. They appear together for the last time on . On , Esther and Abi Ofarim divorce.
Their careers take very different paths. Abi sets up a promotion company in Munich. Esther retired then returned with an album in 1972 which relaunched her thereafter. In 1995, she was invited to sing by Udo Lindenberg to sing on his album Cosmos.
MOST. The israeli music is a reflection of the history of the settlement in Israel : to an original liturgical fund Semitic former has been grafted an influenced of the arabic music surrounding area, but also traditional music from all parts of the world where the Jewish diaspora had spread, especially in Eastern Europe. Thus, at the jewish music added the Hebrew music (composed of Sephardic Judeo-Arab music and Arab-Andalusian music as well as Ashkenazi music or klezmer).
In the 1920s, composers Mordechai Zeira, Emmanuel Amiran and Yedidya Admon, played an important role in shaping the new Israeli culture, drawing inspiration from their predecessors in the Diaspora. They have powerful in Russian melodies, Hasidic and liturgical poems of synagogues combined with Mediterranean and Eastern rhythm.
The composer Joel Engel, who emigrated from the USSR in 1924 (the Fourth Aliyah), who made a great contribution to the music of the country. Among the well-known songs he composed: the children’s songs “Nomi Nomi my child” and “Jurassic” (“Rain from the sky, the sound of many drops of water”). Finally, the youth was marked by Anglo-Saxon music.
Other composers like Nahum Nadri with an oriental influence, David Zahavi who gives the melody of the song Eli, Eli from Hannah Szenes or Matityahou Shelem who writes for the Kibbutz festivities.
During the war of independence, singers brought their support and wrote music, like that Believe that a day will come who will become famous.
After independence, Zionist songs remain popular. But many new singers share the music scene: Moshe Wilensky and Sasha Argov, then Naomi Shemer, Yair Rosenblum, Dubi Zeltzer, Mooney Amarilio, Nachum Heiman, John Zarai, Nurit Hirsch, Uzi Hitman, Yoram Tehrlev, Rachel Shapiro, Nathan Yonatan and Ehud Manor.
Public singing performances have also become very common in Israel. As well as military groups, young soldiers who influenced Israeli music until the 1980s. In addition, musicals and singing competitions are growing in popularity.
MOST. In Hebrew : Esther Ofarim), born Esther Zaied the at Safed.
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