Uri Fineman ( he, אורי פיינמן, born 1959) is an
Israeli
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singer and composer who has released several album.
Biography
Fineman was born in 1959 in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, Israel. He won first prize at a major music competition at age 11 singing Nissim Gelding's ''"איני יכול"''. He plays the guitar as well as sings. In addition to music he also practices karate. He joined the
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
in 1977.
In 1987, two years after beginning work on his first album, he released the first song "את אינך" to radio where it quickly became a hit. In 1990, he released his second album, ''מלח הארץ'', with Tamir Klisky. In 1990 and 1991, he participated in the
Hanukkah
or English translation: 'Establishing' or 'Dedication' (of the Temple in Jerusalem)
, nickname =
, observedby = Jews
, begins = 25 Kislev
, ends = 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet
, celebrations = Lighting candles each night. ...
contest ''קדם אירוויזיון'', singing the songs "הבה נגילה" and "האור".
In 1993, he released his third album, ''אהבה מחודשת'' which went
platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver".
Platinu ...
. By 1994, he had released three more albums in the ''אהבה מחודשת'' series,
[Google translation]
/ref> which also went platinum. In 1996, he released his seventh album, ''"ים של אהב'' which was written by a mix of other composers and himself. In 1995–96, he released ''אם רק תביני – אוסף הלהיטים הגדולים'', a collection of songs from previous albums as well as two new ones.
Google translation
In 2009, he worked on a collaboration with several other artists on his first album in 12 years.
References
External links
official site
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1959 births
Living people
People from Tel Aviv
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