Shlomo Gronich
Shlomo Gronich (born January 20, 1949; Hebrew: שלמה גרוניך) is an Israeli composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, and choir conductor.
Biography
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 Israeli.
Compositions and arrangements
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 and 1980), Israeli progressive rock with influences of rhythm and blues, jazz, ethnic, Mizrahi music, klezmer music and Middle-Eastern.
Albums
He has more than 15 albums, including -
1971 Why Didn’t You Tell Me?! (re-mastered version 2003)
1973 Behind the Sounds (With Matti Caspi) (re-mastered version 2002)