Kobi Oshrat
Kobi Oshrat (born July 15, 1944) is an Israeli composer and conductor. He composed and conducted the winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 "Hallelujah" sung by the vocal ensemble Milk and Honey.
Also recorded as Yaakov Ventura · Kobi Oshrat Ventoora
Kobi Oshrat
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- Name
- Kobi Oshrat
- Birth Name
- Yaakov Ventura יעקב ונטורה
- Born
- 15 July 1944
- Birthplace
- Haifa, Mandatory Palestine
- Nationality
- Israel
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · music arranger
- Honours
- ACUM Awards
- Languages
- Hebrew · English
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Kobi Oshrat (born July 15, 1944) is an Israeli composer and conductor. He composed and conducted the winning entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 "Hallelujah" sung by the vocal ensemble Milk and Honey.
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Kobi Oshrat (born 1944) is a composer, conductor and music arranger, of Israeli nationality. The composer was born in Haifa. Kobi Oshrat held the position of Eurovision Song Contest conductor.
Languages used include English and Hebrew. Honours include ACUM Awards.
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• Name — Kobi Oshrat • Native Name — קובי אשרת • Birth Name — Yaakov Ventura יעקב ונטורה • Born — 15 July 1944 • Birthplace — Haifa, Mandatory Palestine • Origin — Haifa, Israel • Genre — Israeli rock, Israeli pop • Instrument — Electric guitar • Past Member Of — Northern Command Band, Milk and Honey
Biography
Biography
Yaakov (Kobi) Ventura (later Kobi Oshrat) was born in Haifa to parents who had immigrated from Salonika. After an early career on the Israeli stage, in 1969 he began composing and arranging music for radio, TV, film and advertisements, with his first hit arriving that same year. Oshrat achieved international fame when his composition, "Hallelujah", sung by the Israeli group Milk and Honey, won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979. Oshrat has written more than 1000 songs, but "Hallelujah" is his most famous, with 400 cover versions of it around the world. Oshrat also composed and conducted the 1985 and 1992 Israeli entries. He conducted the 1987 and 1991 Israeli entries but did not write the music for them.
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Identity and origins
His recorded languages were Hebrew and English.
נשיא מדינת ישראל נפגש עם מוזיקאים ותיקים מהדור המייסד מהתרבות הישראלית, וחברים בארגון עילם. במפגש המרגש נכחו 15 מוזיקאיות ומוזיקאים, והנהלת הארגון. בין המוזיקאים שנכחו: דוד קריבושי, נורית הירש, חיים אוליאל, יוסי גרושקה, לאה שבת, ננסי ברנדיס, קובי אושרת וחיים רומנו. הנשיא שוחח עם המוזיקאים, ושמע מהם על פועלם מתחילת המלחמה, לצד הופעות במלונות מפונים, להלחנת שירים שנכתבו בידי נופלים ומיזמים שונים שהק
אוליביה פיטוסי - Olivier Fitoussi Copyright belongs to Eilam זכויות היוצרים שייכות לעילם [1] · Copyright belongs to Eilam The pictures were sent by the Spokesperson's Unit of Israel's President's House by email
נשיא מדינת ישראל נפגש עם מוזיקאים ותיקים מהדור המייסד מהתרבות הישראלית, וחברים בארגון עילם. במפגש המרגש נכחו 15 מוזיקאיות ומוזיקאים, והנהלת הארגון. בין המוזיקאים שנכחו: דוד קריבושי, נורית הירש, חיים אוליאל, יוסי גרושקה, לאה שבת, ננסי ברנדיס, קובי אושרת וחיים רומנו. הנשיא שוחח עם המוזיקאים, ושמע מהם על פועלם מתחילת המלחמה, לצד הופעות במלונות מפונים, להלחנת שירים שנכתבו בידי נופלים ומיזמים שונים שהק
אוליביה פיטוסי - Olivier Fitoussi Copyright belongs to Eilam זכויות היוצרים שייכות לעילם [1] · Copyright belongs to Eilam The pictures were sent by the Spokesperson's Unit of Israel's President's House by email
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Kobi Oshrat born at Haifa.
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