Keren Peles Toor ( he, קרן פלס טור; born March 11, 1979) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, poet and pianist.

Music career

Peles graduated from the

Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music Rimon School of Music is a contemporary music school in Ramat Hasharon, Israel. It is Israel's largest independent professional school for advanced study of jazz, R&B, bebop, rock, and pop music. Many of its graduates have become well-known music ...

. In 2005, she became famous for her songwriting for

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and

Shiri Maimon Shiri Maimon (or Maymon, he, שירי מימון ; born ) is an Israeli pop/ R&B singer, TV show host and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the TV show ''Kokhav Nolad''. She represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, wh ...

. Her debut album, '' If This Is Life'' was released in July 2006 and was certified gold after selling 20,000 copies. Peles wrote all of the songs on the album. She was also nominated female singer of the year (2006) by

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, and was named Israeli ''Singer of the Year'' by the Israeli radio stations. In April 2008, her second album, '' Mabool (Flood)'', was released. In September the album went gold, and she was chosen as Israel's ''Singer of the Year'' again. Peles has written songs for

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, Amir Fey Gutman, and

Boaz Mauda Boaz Ma'uda ( he, בועז מעודה, born April 23, 1987) is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He won the fifth season of ''Kokhav Nolad'', the Israeli version of ''Pop Idol'', and represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, finishin ...

's song Oreach Ba'olam (A guest in the world).

Personal life

Keren Peles married website developer Tomer Grencel in June 2009. The couple separated in 2010. Today, she is in a relationship with

Noam Toor Noam ( he, נועם) is a Hebrew name which means "pleasantness", and although it started as the male version of the female ''Na'omi'' (English: "Naomi" or " Noémie"), today, it is a very common Hebrew name for both males and females alike. The c ...

and they have two children, Uri and Luna.

Discography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Peles, Keren 1979 births Living people Israeli people of Romanian-Jewish descent 21st-century Israeli women singers