BEZALEL RAVIV - A NEW VOICE FROM

MY NAME IS BEZALEL RAVIV AND I WAS BORN IN TIBERIAS,
NEAR THE GALILEE LAKE IN THE NORTH OF ISRAEL.
I AM THE YOUNGEST OF 12 SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND I WAS BROUGHT UP WITH A LOT OF LOVE AS AN ORTHODOX CHILD TO JEWISH TUNISIAN PARENTS.

WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD I WAS ASKED TO JOIN ISRAELI NATIONAL CHOIR,"FLOWERS OF JERUSALEM"
AFTER MY VOICE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY A YEAR LATER,
I WERE ASKED TO LEAVE THE GROUP.

THAT WAS WHEN I STARTED WRITING AND COMPOSING IN HEBREW AND ENGLISH.
AT AGE 21 I ARRIVED IN NYC WITH BIG HOPES IN HIS POCKET AND MY OLD NOTEBOOK OF LYRICS IN MY HAND.
I WERE WELCOMED BY THE LOCAL GAY COMMUNITY AND STARTED PERFORMING IN NYC'S BARS AND DISCOTHEQUES.
ON 2005 I ARRIVED IN ITALY AND RELEASED THE SINGLE "INTO MY LIFE" WHICH WAS CHARTED AT NUMBER 6 IN ITALY.
I THEN RELEASED IN EUROPE THE SECOND SINGLE "GOOD TOGETHER". IN ORDER TO SUPPORT "GOOD TOGETHER" AND ITS PRO-PEACE MESSAGE I HAD LAUNCHED "THE GOOD TOGETHER REMIX CONTEST" WHICH ALLOWED EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD TO REMIX THE SONG. YOU MAY HEAR THE RESULT
ON WWW.MYSPACE.COM/GOODTOGETHERREMIXES

AS PART OF MY GRUELLING SELF-ACCEPTANCE JOURNEY, I WROTE THE THIRD SINGLE, "TUNISIA".
"TUNISIA" IS AN UPLIFTING SONG WITH INFLUENCE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND DEALS WITH MY TRANSITION FROM CHILDHOOD TO NOW.
I USED AN OLD RECORDING OF MY MOTHER TALKING ABOUT HER PRIVET HOPESFOR A BETTER FUTURE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE WORLD.
ON 2008 I STILL HAVE MY BIG HOPES IN MY POCKET AND I HOPE YOU COULD GIVE ME A HAND IN SPREADING MY MUSIC TO THE WORLD.
THANKS FOR READING! :)

BEZALEL