Yardena Arazi

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Yardena Arazi
Background information
Birth name	Yardena Finebaum
Born	(1951-09-25) September 25, 1951 (age 72) Kabri, Israel
Genres	Pop folk Zemer ivri
Occupation(s)	Singer, presenter
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Hed Arzi NTE

Yardena Shulamit Arazi (Hebrew: ירדנה שולמית ארזי; born Yardena Finebaum; September 25, 1951) is an Israeli singer and entertainer. In 2008 Arazi was named the most popular Israeli singer of all time at the 60th Independence Day celebration.

Early life

Yardena Finebaum was born in kibbutz Kabri, Israel. Her father was an immigrant from Germany who was an Irgun veteran and one of the founders of kibbutz Beit HaArava. Her mother was an immigrant from France with origins in Poland and Ukraine, and was a cousin of Marcel Marceau. At the age of two, her family moved to Haifa, Israel, where she grew up. The family also lived briefly in France. She joined the Beit Rothschild group at age 16 and became its lead vocalist. She did her military service in the Nahal entertainment troupe.^[1]

Career

1970s

In the 1970s, Yardena Arazi was a member of the female vocal trio

During the 1980s Arazi was one of the most successful singers in Israel, being named as the top female singer of the year five times and as the top female singer of the decade; releasing 10 gold and platinum albums. She kept performing internationally including in Poland with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta, in Australia, Turkey, the United States and Egypt.

Arazi took part at the domestic Israeli Eurovision competition (

Arazi is married to engineer Nathan Tomer, with whom she has one daughter, Alona.[3] On her 70th birthday, the municipality of Haifa announced the naming of Yardena Arazi Street in the Givat Zemer neighborhood in her honour.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• MySpace Homepage
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by At Va'Ani	Chocolate, Menta, Mastik) 1976	Succeeded by Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim
Preceded by Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone	Eurovision Song Contest presenter (with Daniel Pe'er) 1979	Succeeded by Marlous Fluitsma
Preceded by Lazy Bums with Shir Habatlanim	Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 1988	Succeeded by Derekh Hamelekh