Moshe Peretz
Encyclopedia
Moshe Peretz is an Israeli Mizrahi
Pop
singer-songwriter
and composer
. He was born on May 10, 1983 in Tiberias.
-Iraqi
Jewish family.
Peretz started singing as a poet in a synagogue
in his home town of Tiberias at the age of 13 and started writing songs and to compose.
At the age of 18 Peretz was inducted into the Israel Defense Forces
and served at Military band.
At the 18 of November 2011 he went to a world tour in the United State
, performing in LA's Gibson Amphitheatre
and New York's Queens College
.
Mizrahi music
Mizrahi music refers to the music integration that combines elements from Europe, the West, and Middle Eastern/North African countries transported to Israel by migrating Jews. It is usually sung in Hebrew, literary Hebrew and Arabic slang...
Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He was born on May 10, 1983 in Tiberias.
Biography
Born in Tiberias To a MoroccanMorocco
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-Iraqi
Iraqi people
The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...
Jewish family.
Peretz started singing as a poet in a synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
in his home town of Tiberias at the age of 13 and started writing songs and to compose.
At the age of 18 Peretz was inducted into the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...
and served at Military band.
At the 18 of November 2011 he went to a world tour in the United State
United State
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, performing in LA's Gibson Amphitheatre
Gibson Amphitheatre
The Gibson Amphitheatre is a theatre located in Universal City, California, USA. It seats up to 6,189 for concerts, including 6,089 chairback seats...
and New York's Queens College
Queens College, City University of New York
Queens College, located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York. It is also the fifth oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning. The college's seventy seven acre campus is located in the heart of the...
.
Discography
- "Looking At The Sky"- "Mabit El Hamromim" (2005) (sales over 10,000 copies)
- "Fire"- "Esh" (2007)- golden album (for sales over 20,000 copies)
- "Towards You"- "Elaich" (2008)- platinum album (for sales above 40,000 copies)
- "From The Sky"- "Me'ha'shamaim" (2010)- double-platinum album (for sales above 110 000 copies)
- "Fireworks"- "Zikukim" (2011)