Yehudit Ravitz
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| Background information | |
| Born | December 29, 1956 |
| Origin | Be'er Sheva, Israel |
| Genres | Pop rock, Rock Jazz |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Helicon NMC Music |
Yehudit Ravitz (Hebrew: יהודית רביץ; born December 29, 1956) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and a music producer. She is one of the most successful and famous Israeli rock musicians. As of 2012, she had released 12 solo albums and has been performing for more than 30 years.
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[edit] Music career
Ravitz was born in Be’er Sheva. She was accepted to the Combat Engineering Corps military band by Ehud Manor. While serving the army, she joined the Israeli rock group "Sheshet".
In 1977, She was asked to sing a solo number at the Pre-Eurovision contest that year. She was given the song "Forgiveness", a composition to the song of the Israeli poet Leah Goldberg. Ravitz reached 6th place at the festival, but her performance was considered the most memorable item of the program, and the song became "Song of The Year" in 1977. Due to her success, she left the band 'sheshet' and began her own career. At the same year, She participated in "a beautiful tropical country", a tribute concert for Brazilian music, produced by Matti Caspi. In 1978 she joined Gidi Gov, Yoni Rechter and David Broza in a collaboration for 'The 16 sheep' (written by Yehonatan Geffen). The group's music album is one of the most popular children music for over 3 decades.
Ravitz is considered as one of the onliest Israeli female rock musicians. In 1987, she released the album "Coming from love", a rock piece which is considered as one of the most successful music albums in Israel. In 1998, she had produced the album 'Antarctica' to the singer korin elal. The album was considered as one of the top rock albums in Israel, at that time.
In 1992 she co-produced Israeli contratenor David D'Or's hit song "Yad Anuga" ("Gentle Hand", or "Tender Hand"), which was released as a 12-inch single by Big Beat Records, and reached # 3 in the most frequently played charts in Great Britain.[1] In 1994 she participated in a Jazz concert 'Jazz film and videotape', with Jazz remakes for some of her songs. In 1995 she collaborated with Esther Ofarim to a live performance, later released on DVD. The couple sang a duet for "Cinderella Rockafella". In 1997 she had released the album 'what kind of girl', one of the fewest rock albums made by an Israeli female artist.
During her career, ravitz had collaborated with enormous number of Israeli musicians. She still maintains her popularity. On July 3, 2008, Ravitz performed her first Caesarea Amphitheatre show in a decade to a sold-out crowd, after participating as a 'model musician' in the Israeli reality television show 'kohav nolad'. Due to high demand, additional shows were added, with tickets selling out within days. Her latest album 'songs from home' was released in 2010. The album is a remake and a tribute for classic Israeli songs.
[edit] Personal life
Ravitz is openly lesbian and has two children with her partner, Naomi Kaniuk, daughter of the author Yoram Kaniuk.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Israel in 2004". esctoday.com. http://esctoday.com/annual/2004/page/18. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ Abramovitz, Matan (December 23, 2009). "Yehudit Ravitz comes out of the closet" (in Hebrew). mouse.co.il. http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,607,209,43529,.aspx. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
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