Ariel Zilber

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

Contents Biography

Ariel Zilber (left) at kibbutz Gan Shmuel, 1953 Ariel Zilber was born in Tel Aviv. His mother, Bracha Zefira, was a popular singer of Yemenite Jewish origin and his father, Ben Ami Zilber, played the violin in the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra.[2] As both were busy with their international careers, they placed their son in a boarding school on kibbutz Gan Shmuel, where he lived from age four to fifteen.[3][2] After losing part of a foot while playing with explosives in his room, he was expelled from the school and returned to his parents in Tel Aviv, where he began studying the trumpet.[2] He spent several years in England and France building up a career, but eventually returned to Tel Aviv.[2]

Bracha Zefira, mother of Ariel Zilber Later in life, Zilber became a religious Jew and a follower of the Lubavitcher rebbe. He was a resident of Alei Sinai, but now lives with his wife on moshav Gitit.[2] In 2007, he participed in a campaign for the release of Yigal Amir, who assassinated Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Rabin.

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.[4]

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.[4] 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.[2]

Awards and recognition In 2014, Zilber won an ACUM prize for his contribution to music. Initially, he was to be granted the lifetime achievement award, but due to his political views, the prize was downgraded to an award for his musical accomplishments.[5][6] In 2016, Zilber was honored with the lifetime achievement award of the Israeli Union of Performing Artists.[7]

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

ויקיפדיה: אריאל זילבֶּר (נולד ב-22 בספטמבר 1943; כ"ב באלול ה'תש"ג) הוא זמר, מלחין ופזמונאי ישראלי. לאחר פעילותו בלהקת הרוק החלוצית תמוז ניהל קריירת סולו מגוונת במסגרתה יצר שירים עבריים בסגנונות רוק, פופ, היפ הופ, מוזיקה ערבית ומוזיקה אתיופית. בשנת 2014 הוענק לו פרס אקו"ם על תרומתו למוזיקה. במהלך העשור הראשון של המאה ה-21 גילה זילבר מעורבות רבה במחאה נגד תוכנית ההתנתקות. בתקופה זו גם חזר בתשובה והפך לחסיד חב"ד המזוהה עם הזרם המשיחיסטי.