Harel Moyal

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Harel Moyal


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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1981|04|12
Gilo, Jerusalem, Israel
Origin = Holon, Tel Aviv, Israel
Instrument = Singing
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Genre = Pop
Occupation = Singer-songwriter, stage actor
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = BASE Records
URL = [http://www.harelmoyal.com www.harelmoyal.com]

Harel Moyal (Hebrew:הראל מויאל, born April 12, 1981) is a popular young Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the second season of the Israeli television series "Kochav Nolad" (Hebrew for "A Star Is Born"). He has released two albums.

Biography

Early life

Harel Moyal was born in Gilo, Jerusalem. When he was a year and a half old his family moved to Ma'ale Adumim in the suburbs of Jerusalem, where he grew up with his younger brother Ofir Moyal. As a child, Moyal listened a lot to his father who use to play the guitar and perform occasionally in the Andalusian Music Band, and also compose songs. Moyal grew up in a musical house but what was unique about him was that, even though he grew up in a musical house as a kid and as a teenager and even later in the military, he didn’t plan to pursue a musical career. At school he was a regular kid that had many friends and he use to participate in many after school activities which became his hobbies and mostly various lessons and studies in martial arts. Of course as a kid he loved music and used to listen a lot to it, when he grew up he also learned to play the guitar just like his dad. After graduating from the high school of ORT he joined the military to a special unit of the police border patrol as the physical trainer and instructor of the unit, and at all that time he kept on working on his passion for music by playing his guitar and writing songs. He now lives in Holon, Tel Aviv.

"Kochav Nolad"

When the auditioning for the second season of "Kochav Nolad" began, Moyal’s friend registered him for the trials. At the beginning Moyal was not too anxious about going to the trials, but then he decided to go and check out his abilities. In a short while everyone at the production told him that they loved him and he was invited to participate in the show. At the second season of "Kochav Nolad" there were many good contenders, but Moyal was much better and won the competition in August 2004.

2004 Chanukah Song Festival

Moyal's success made him very famous and he got many offers from the music industry. The first challenge he took on himself was participating in the 2004 Chanukah Song Festival. He sang the song Zorro, which was written by Uzi Khitman and composed by Shlomi Shabat.

2004–2005: "Harel Moyal"

Moyal started working on his debut album. He went through material he had written during the years and material he was offered to sing. From all the songs, he chose 12 songs and the self-titled album was released in September 2005.

The first single released from the album is called "Middle Of The Night In The Village". The song was written by Moyal and is about the confusion and tough time Moyal had at the beginning of his military service. The song had lots of success in the local charts and it was also played endlessly on the music TV channel. The album sold very well and turned into a gold album by selling over 20,000 copies of it just a bit over a week after its release.

2005–2006: "Like in a Movie"

After taking out the successful album Moyal was asked to perform in a musical called "Like in A Movie". The play started to be shown in February 2006. Moyal had the lead role in it and portrayed the character of a young teenager who is rebellious and is discovered for his musical talent. In the musical play many well known artists and actors performed and it had success throughout Israel.

2006–2007: "Levadi"

Moyal's second album, "Levadi", was released in 2007.

Discography

Albums

* 2005: "Harel Moyal"
* 2007: "Levadi"

External links

* [http://www.harelmoyal.com/ Official Site] in Hebrew