Ariel Zilber

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Ariel Zilber
Background information
Birth nameAriel Zilber
Born (1943-09-23) September 23, 1943 (age 80)
Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine (Now Israel)
GenresWorld music
Rock
Folk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Composer
Musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, Piano, trumpet
Years active1967-present
LabelsCBS Records
Hataklit
Hamon Productions
WebsiteOfficial Site

Ariel Zilber (Hebrew: אריאל זילבר; born September 23, 1943) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and composer.[1]

Biography

Ariel Zilber, Kibbutz Gan Shmuel, 1953

Ariel Zilber was born in Tel Aviv. His mother, Bracha Zefira was a singer and his father, Ben Ami Zilber, played the violin in the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.[2]He attended the Hadassim boarding school on Kibbutz Gan Shmuel until the age of fifteen. After losing a foot in a gun accident,he returned to Tel Aviv and began studying the trumpet.[3]He spent several years in England and France building up a career, but eventually returned to Tel Aviv.

Bracha Zefira, mother of Ariel Zilber

Later in life, Zilber became a religious Jew and a follower of the Lubavicher rebbe. He was a resident of Alei Sinai, but now lives with his wife on Moshav Gitit.[4]

Music career

In the 1970s, he established the innovative rock band Tamuz, with Shalom Hanoch, and later headed the group Brosh. His songs "Rutzi, Shmulik Koreh Lach" ("Run, Shmulik Is Calling You"), "Ani Shochev Li Al Hagav" ("Lying on My Back"), "Ten Li Koach" ("Give Me Strength"), "Milliard Sinim" ("A Billion Chinese") and others were known for their amusing, somewhat bizarre lyrics.[5]

In the 1980s, he launched a solo career. His music spans various genres, from rock, pop, hip-hop and Arab music to Ethiopian-inspired music. His album "Ha'atalef Vehatarnigol" ("The Bat and the Rooster") included four Hasidic melodies composed by Rabbi Yitzhak Ginsburgh.[6]According to Zilber, the title song is taken from a Talmudic analogy in which a rooster crows excitedly as a new day dawns while the bat lives in darkness.[7]

Awards and recognition

In 2014 Zilber won an ACUM award for his contribution to music. Initially, he was to be granted the lifetime achievement award but due to his radical political views, the prize was downgraded to an award for his musical accomplishments.[8]

Discography

Albums

  • Rutzi Shmulik, 1976
  • Ariel Zilber and the Brosh Band, 1978
  • Ariel Zilber, 1982
  • Ariel Zilber, CD, 1983
  • Ba Da Di Dia, 1988
  • Two weeks in a foreign city, 1991
  • Smoke Screen, 1999
  • Anabel, 2005
  • Politically Correct, 2008
  • The Bat and the Rooster (Ha'atalef Vehatarnigol), 2013
  • Someone (Mishehu), 2016

See also

References

  1. ^ His political tune has changed but Ariel Zilber's melody remains timeless, Haaretz
  2. ^ Israeli music icon yearns for moshiach
  3. ^ Israeli music icon yearns for moshiach
  4. ^ Israeli music icon yearns for moshiach
  5. ^ Controversial Singer Ariel Zilber to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
  6. ^ Controversial Singer Ariel Zilber to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
  7. ^ Israeli music icon yearns for moshiach
  8. ^ Ariel Zilber denied lifetime achievement award

External links

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