Daniel Salomon

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Daniel Salomon דניאל סלומון
Born	1973, Israel
Genre(s)	Pop-rock Piano rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals Piano Keyboards
Years active	1998-present
Associated acts	Blackfield Aviv Geffen

Daniel Salomon is an Israeli musician. Daniel Salomon was born and raised in Haifa, Israel. He has been playing classical piano since the tender age of six and by the time he was 12, he has already begun to write his own music. When he turned 20, he has already studied 4 years with Prof. Issac Sadai and mastered the field of compositions and orchestral arrangements.

At the age of 25, he started his professional career with Israeli rock legend, Aviv Geffen (Blackfield). During this time, he served not only as Geffen's piano player but also as the orchestral arranger on Aviv's albums. Later on, he joined Geffen's international band, Blackfield (lead by Aviv Geffen and Steven Willson). In 2002 he finally released his first solo album (the self titled "Daniel Salomon") which included many radio hits ("Better", "coming from pain" ). The album marked Salomon's talent not only as a gifted piano player but also as a strong and unique solo singer/songwriter.

The album proved itself not only by producing many radio hits, but also by acknowledging Salomon's creativity – as he won the award of "Composer of the year" by the Israeli Composers Society.

In 2005 he released his second solo album, titled "So Many Ways" - which again manufactured many radio hits ("Love", "So Many Ways"). Shortly after, the album reached the status of a gold record.

Other than becoming a multi-talented musician and a house hold name, Salomon also found the time to write music for many theater plays, including for the Israel's National Theatre as well as for The Stage theatre (London). He wrote the score and songs for the film "The Secrets" (a French / Israeli co-production; directed by Avi Nesher). In 2007 Daniel was a musical producer and arranger of "Shfoyim" by Shlomo Artzi which considered to be a musical symbol and the most important performing artist in Israel. Salomon's third solo album - "Haifa 87" was released on August 2007 and immediately generated hit single, "Could It Be". Furthermore, Salomon has joined the production of a Leonard Cohen tribute as a musical director. The concert was first played at the prestigious "Israel's Festival" in Jerusalem. Today Daniel is scoring two Israeli new TV series, producing few albums For different artists, and working on new materials for his next 4th albu