Liel Kolet

Liel Kolet (ליאל קולט in Hebrew), born on July 11, 1989 in Kibbutz Kineret, is an Israeli singer.

Biography

At age 11, Liel won a talent contest, and was later discovered by her soon to be manager, Irit Tenhengel. A year later she recorded her first album, "Kineret Child", which has sold over 2000 copies,with songs such as "Prayer", a Liel version of an Ofra Haza song, 'Eyfo Ata Achi" (Where Are You My Brother), a song for families whose sons have been taken in Israeli wars, and "Don't be a Hero", a duet with Sasi Buganim. A single of her first English song, "Find It In Me", has been added to the album.

When Liel was 15 she performed the song "Imagine" on Shimon Peres' 80th birthday, and invited President Bill Clinton to sing along. The clip has been shown on TV shows all over the globe. The young singerhas started to receive invitations to perform from around the world.

A few years later, in a peace event in Germany, Liel performed "Imagine" with the Scorpions' singer Klaus Meine. Meine was touched by Liel's voice, and he invited her to perform with him. Together they recorded 5 songs, including a special version of "Send Me an Angel", a special version of David Deor's song, "Keep the World Safe", and a new song which Meine wrote for Liel, "Bigger Than Life". Together, they also performed one of the most well known Israeli songs, written by one of the best known poets and song writers of Israel, Naomi Shemer Jerusalem of Gold, and they all performed in a peace concert by Liel & The Scorpions on July 7, 2005. Later Liel released her first international album, "Unison", the same name as Celine Dion's first English album.

Liel has performed with artists such as Madonna, Richard Gere, Bono and others.Recently, Liel has also achieved success in Mexico and has recorded an album in Spanish. She has been filmed for a documentary on her life.

Discography

*"Kineret Child", An Israeli Album (2003)
*"Too young to love", single (25 October 2004)
*"Jerusalem", single (2004)
*"I'd Rather be Alone with You", single (9 May 2005)
*"High Energy", single (22 August 2005)
*"See On Me" (רואים עליי In Hebrew)
*"Hava Nagila", Single
*"Simply me", album (October 2005)
*"Send Me an Angel - With The Scorpions", Single
*"Lost In You", Single
*"Bigger Than Life - With The Scorpions", Single
*"Unison", Album.
*"If We All Give A Little" - With Six4One

Awards

* German Radio Award 2005

References

External links

* [http://www.liel.net/ Liel: The Official Web Site]
* [http://www.2all.co.il/web/Sites/LielKolet/ An israeli fan site build by Amir Horowitz]