Kobi Oshrat ( he, קובי אשרת; born July 15, 1944) is an Israeli

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and conductor. He composed and conducted the winning entry at the

1979 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1979 was the 24th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Jerusalem, Israel, following the country's victory at the with the song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi" by Izhar Cohen and the Alphabeta. Organised by th ...

Hallelujah ''Hallelujah'' ( ; he, ''haləlū-Yāh'', meaning "praise Yah") is an interjection used as an expression of gratitude to God. The term is used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible (in the book of Psalms), twice in deuterocanonical books, and four tim ...

'' sung by the vocal ensemble Milk and Honey.

Biography

Yaakov (Kobi) Ventura (later Kobi Oshrat) was born in

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to parents who had immigrated from

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. After an early career on the Israeli stage, in 1969 he began composing and arranging music for radio, TV, film and advertisements. Oshrat achieved international fame when his composition, ''Hallelujah,'' sung by the Israeli group Milk and Honey, won the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest. Oshrat has written more than 1000 songs, but ''Hallelujah'' is his most famous, with 400 cover versions of it around the world.Honouring a resistance hero, Australian Jewish News
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and

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Israeli entries. He conducted the

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and

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Israeli entries but did not write the music for them.

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* http://www.hebrewsongs.com/artist.asp?name=kobioshrat {{DEFAULTSORT:Oshrat, Kobi 1944 births Living people Israeli composers Eurovision Song Contest winners People from Haifa Eurovision Song Contest conductors 21st-century conductors (music) Israeli people of Greek-Jewish descent

Biography

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