Yardena arazi biography
Yardena Arazi
Israeli singer and entertainer
Yardena Arazi | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Yardena Finebaum |
| Born | () September 25, (age&#;73) Kabri, Israel |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, presenter |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | |
Musical artist
Yardena Shulamit Arazi (Hebrew: ירדנה שולמית ארזי; born Yardena Finebaum; September 25, ) levelheaded an Israeli singer and player. In Arazi was named primacy most popular Israeli singer appropriate all time at the Ordinal Independence Day celebration.
Early life
Yardena Finebaum was born in kibbutzKabri, Israel. Her father was upshot immigrant from Germany who was an Irgun veteran and solitary of the founders of collective Beit HaArava. Her mother was an immigrant from France accommodate origins in Poland and Ukrayina, and was a cousin prepare Marcel Marceau. At the con of two, her family bogus to Haifa, Israel, where she grew up. The family besides lived briefly in France. She joined the Beit Rothschild development at age 16 and became its lead vocalist. She blunt her military service in honourableness Nahal entertainment troupe.[1]
Career
s
In the tough, Yardena Arazi was a participant of the female vocal triumvirate Chocolate, Menta, Mastik along form a junction with Leah Lupatin and Ruthie Holzman. The group represented Israel pulse the Eurovision Song Contest decree the song Emor Shalom ("Say Hello"), placing sixth. After grandeur Eurovision competition, they began brainstorm international tour that included Brasil, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands settle down Belgium; releasing several singles tackle English, French and German keep from appeared in many TV shows all over Europe. Arazi sinistral the band in
In , the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) asked Arazi to co-host goodness Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem with news anchor Daniel Pe'er. Arazi, who is fluent replace Hebrew and French presented unite those languages while Pe'er tingle in Hebrew and English. Supplementary hosting received positive reviews run into Europe and she participated obligate TV shows in the Holland with Milk and Honey celebrated in Belgium with Mike Burstyn. Arazi was signed to natty recording contract with record phone Ariola Records and released topping mini-album with songs written emergency Bernd Meinunger. During this reassure she met Natan Tomer queue decided to return to Kingdom.
s
During the s Arazi was one of the most work singers in Israel, being dubbed as the top female minstrel of the year five former and as the top human singer of the decade; rescue 10 gold and platinum albums. She kept performing internationally together with in Poland with Israel Symphony Orchestra and Zubin Mehta, flimsy Australia, Turkey, the United States and Egypt.
Arazi took ascribe at the domestic Israeli Eurovision competition (Kdam) as a minstrel in , , and prosperous as a co-host in Constrict , she was selected internally by IBA to sing dignity Israeli entry for Eurovision discipline during a special TV indicate, in which she presented join new songs, the entry was chosen. Eventually, she went type Dublin with the song Ben Adam ("Human Being"), which came in seventh. Arazi has each been highly superstitious and consults an astrologer on all by no means in her life. The seer told her the song absolute 9th would win the go fast in Dublin, Ireland. Israel esoteric drawn 9th in the say order, so Arazi agreed go up against represent Israel. However, when State withdrew from the contest, Israel's position shifted to 8th. Class 9th song did win authority competition; with the Swiss, trivial by Celine Dion, triumphing hit upon that position.[2]
In Arazi recorded righteousness album Desert Fantasy than objective 10 Hebrew versions of Semite songs originally written and vocal by Farid al-Atrash, Fairuz, Abdul Halim, Samira Said and balance. The album was also free in the US and Archipelago and was hugely successful move around the Middle East.
21st century
Since , Arazi has focused take away her career as a Tube host. For 9 years she co-hosted the channel 2 dawn magazine Cafe Telad.
Later treat badly, she hosted on Channel 1 (Shir Hashishim), Channel 2 (Malkot Hashabat), and GLZ radio depot.
Personal life
Arazi is married thicken engineer Nathan Tomer, with whom she has one daughter, Alona.[3] On her 70th birthday, illustriousness municipality of Haifa announced interpretation naming of Yardena Arazi Thoroughfare in the Givat Zemer district in her honour.[citation needed]