Yonatan Razel

Razel during a musical engagement, July 2010

Yonatan Razel is an Israeli singer, writer, composer, musical arranger and conductor.

Background

As a child he learned to play on piano and cello, and studied conducting with Mendi Rodan. With his siblings Aharon, Yehuda and Ricka, the Razels formed a band and performed on Rivka Michaeli's program. Razel's army service was as a musician and arranger for the IDF military band. After his release, he studied conducting and was the conductor for the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Ra'anana Symphonette.

For a number of years Razel abandoned his music, moved to Susya, where he worked as a shepherd and studied psychology. An offer to arrange music came from Yoni Rechter and drew him back into the musical world. This performance won warm reactions, and was later included in a "Best of.." collection by Yoni Rechter. This was also when Razel met and befriended Evyatar Banai.

Musical career

In 2007, after 12 years of work, Razel released his first album "All in all", produced by Eviatar Banai. Three radio singles from the album were "All in all", "Zion", and "I am my prayer". The album was followed by a solo tour.

Razel won "Singer of the Year" and "Song of the Year" from Ynet in the fall of 2007.^[1]

In 2009, Razel gained fame in the Orthodox Jewish community after a song he wrote and arranged for Yaakov Shwekey, "V'hi Sheamda", was successful and won an award as "Song of the Decade" from the religious Israeli radio station "Kol Chai".

Personal life

Razel was born in New York and moved to Israel at a young age with his family. He currently lives in Nachlaot, Jerusalem, is married to Yael and has three daughters and one son.^[2]

He learns in the Jerusalem Kollel under the direction of Rabbi Yitzchak Berkovits.^[2]

Razel is the brother of musicians Aaron Razel and Ricka Van Leeuwen,^[2] and the cousin of the violinist Nitzan Chen Razel.

Discography

All in All, (2007)
In Between the Sounds (2012)

References

↑ הפשטיין, יקי (October 1, 2007). "יונתן רזאל - זמר השנה". Y-net. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
1 2 3 Granot-Granevich, Aharon (1 August 2012). "Miracle Song". Mishpacha. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

Contemporary Jewish religious music

Bands	8th Day A.K.A. Pella Ashira Blue Fringe Bulletproof Stockings Diaspora Yeshiva Band Even Sh'siyah Hamakor JudaBlue Moshav Band Moshe Hecht Band Moshiach Oi! Oif Simches Piamenta Reva L'Sheva Rogers Park Shtar Shlock Rock Six13 Shalsheles Soulfarm StandFour The Chevra The Maccabeats The Rabbis' Sons Uncle Moishy and the Mitzvah Men Yaakov Chesed Yood Zusha

Cantors	Yitzchak Meir Helfgot Dudu Fisher Naftali Hershtik Yaakov Lemmer Benzion Miller

Choirs	Jerusalem Boys Choir Kinderlach London School of Jewish Song Miami Boys Choir Shira Chadasha Boys Choir Shira Choir Toronto Boys Choir Yeshiva Boys Choir

Composers	Ken Burgess Baruch Chait Eli Gerstner Ari Goldwag Yossi Green Miriam Israeli Yosef Karduner Baruch Levine Abie Rotenberg Benzion Shenker Yitzy Waldner Country Yossi

Producers	Yochi Briskman Shlomi Cohen Ari Goldwag Yisroel Lamm Eli Laufer Moshe Laufer Sheya Mendlowitz Avi Newmark Mona Rosenblum

Vocalists	Mordechai Ben David Isaac Bitton Shlomo Carlebach Shloime Dachs Shloime Daskal Udi Davidi DeScribe Gad Elbaz Avraham Fried Benny Friedman Dovid Gabay Shloime Gertner Yehuda Glantz Sam Glaser Ari Goldwag Dedi Graucher Yehuda Green Moshe Hecht Mendy Jerufi Yosef Karduner Eitan Katz Shlomo Katz Shua Kessin Aryeh Kunstler Simcha Leiner Baruch Levine Matisyahu Ohad Moskowitz Yosi Piamenta Michoel Pruzansky Adi Ran Shuli Rand Aharon Razel Yonatan Razel Chaim-Dovid Saracik Lipa Schmeltzer Shmuel Shapiro Yaakov Shwekey Shlomo Simcha Gershon Veroba Mendy Wald Beri Weber Mendy Werdyger Yeedle Werdyger Moshe Yess Country Yossi

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