| Shlomo Gronich | |
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| Born | January 20, 1949 Hadera, Israel |
| Genres | Israeli pop, Israeli R&B, Israeli rock, Middle Eastern music, soul music, Mizrahi, hassidic, improvization |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader |
| Instruments | Singing, piano, accordion, darbouka |
| Website | shlomogronich.com |
Shlomo Gronich (born January 20, 1949; Hebrew: שלמה גרוניך) is a male Israeli composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, and choir conductor.
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Shlomo Gronich grew up in a musical family in Hadera. He holds a B.A. in Music Education from Tel Aviv Educational Academy, and a B.A. in Composition from the Mannes School of Music, New York. He is married to Michal Adler, a harmonica player. He wrote a song called shir isralie
Gronich is most widely known for composing and performing Israeli pop, folk and rock songs. His unique style blends different music genres, including Shirei Eretz Yisraels (the arch typical Israeli music style between 1940–1980), Israeli rock, rhythm and blues, ethnic, Mizrahi music, klezmer music and Middle-Eastern.
He has more than 15 album, including -
He has composed music for film, writing more than 15 film scores, including -
He composed music for more than 20 theatre shows, including -
Gronich has also written music for ballet. His dance pieces include -
Gronich composed more than a hundred classical compositions, many of which were performed by the world's most notable orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic.
Gronich composed and arranged a unique Israeli-Palestinian peace and coexistence song, called in Hebrew Hevenu Shalom Aleinu (We brought peace upon us) and in Arabic Ma Ana Ajmal Min Salam (There is nothing more beautiful than peace). He gathered together a group of Jewish-Israeli and Palestinian singers and musicians to perform a beautiful, Middle-Eastern-style song, with a melody that combines Israeli rock, Arab pop, and Mizrahi musical elements (see #External links). The song was commissioned by the organization Peace Child Israel and adopted as its anthem. The lyrics alternate between Hebrew and Arabic, culminating in the refrain which is sung simultaneously both in Hebrew and Arabic. In the arrangement of the song, Gronich included the traditional Arab instrument oud, and a traditional Jewish musical instrument - the shofar.
Singers include Shlomo Gronich, Leah Shabat, Zehava Ben, Nivine Jaabri, Elias Julianos, Eli Luzon, Lubna Salame, Samir Shukri, and participants from the Peace Child Israel workshops.
Instrumentalists include - Drums: Doron Rafaeli, Bass: Alon Nadel, Percussion: Gadi Seri, Guitar: Shmulik Budagov, Oud: Mikhail Marun, Piano: Shlomo Gronich, Darbuka: Bishara Nadaf, Flute: Amir Milstein, Nai Alfred Hadjar, Violin: Bashir Assad, Clarinet: Chanan Bar-Sela