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1. Song of Zion
2. Redemption Time
3. We Were Joyful
4. Bnei Ha-heurim
5. I Lift My Eyes
6. To My Father
7. The Fire & the Wood
8. Water From the Rock
9. Two Sugar One Coffee
10. Hagigah
11. Come Out of the Ark
12. The Burning Bush
13. On the Rivers to Babylon
14. Redemption Time (encore)
Aaron Razel is a composer and a singer how compose Jewish songs in a jazz-ethnic style to the Bible's lyrics and to his own lyrics.
He lives in Israel mainly in Zfat where he studies Jewish studies, but he mostly performs in Jerusalem and his hometown.
Aaron Razel was born in New York in 1974. He came to Israel with his family when he was one month old. He started playing various instruments at an early age, mainly piano, guitar, violin and recorders. At the same time, he composed small pieces for different ensembles.
When Aaron was in 4th grade he and his family become religous so he moved to a religious school. But when he was in 7th grade he changed school again to the "High-School of The Music Academy" in Jerusalem.
In 1988 he started harpsichord playing with David Shemer and a year later composition with Andre Hajdu.
At the age of 15 he was received at the Jerusalem Rubin Music and Dance Academy for the harpsichord and composition departments, after quitting school with his brother Jonathan. where he obtained a "Bachelor of Music" degree in 1994. And he completed his MA degree in composition at Bar-Ilan University under the guidance of Andre Hajdu.
During his period of studies in the Music Academy, Aaron Razel performed a lot of harpsichord playing with different ensembles throughout the country. At the same time, he composed various chamber music works which were performed at the Jerusalem Theatre, Tel Aviv Museum, etc.
He has been winning AICF scholarships since 1990.
In 1992 the Israel Chamber Orchestra performed his piece "Shalom Rav Shooveh".
In addition to his activities in the field of classical music, Aaron Razel composed 'light' music as well, and together with is brother, Jonathan Razel, had a record published by "Phonokol" in 1991.
He completed his army service as 'outstanding musiciam'. and on his army period he became less religious, and went through a self-searching phase which led him to visit Zfat and in 1996 he moved there, now he lives there in the Old City learning in yeshiva "Shalom Rav" part time & writing songs.
