Oren Lavie

Oren Lavie (born 1976 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli composer, musician, playwright and director.

Life

Oren Lavie grew up in Israel. Received in 1997 his play Sticks and Wheels ( in Hebrew) and his production of the same, the main prizes at the Acco Theatre Festival ( " Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre" ). The play was performed in Tel Aviv until 1998. In the same year he went to London to study at the " London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts " ( LAMDA ) theater director. After graduating two of his plays were performed in London's Theatreland. They already contain composed by himself music titles.

2001 Lavie moved to New York where he got by with various activities, and thereby began writing songs. When they have accumulated, he begins 2003 in Berlin trying to make it on their own recordings. His first album, The Opposite Side of the Sea he set for completion in 2006, it was late January 2007, published in Germany and Europe in early February.

His musical influences are his own words the likes of Tom Waits, Jacques Brel and Leonard Cohen. At the core of its very melody oriented compositions make each guitar or piano and his singing, supported by string arrangements and various other, mostly non-electronic instruments, which are used selectively.

Theater works

The first three performances were staged by Oren Lavie said.

Discography

• 2007 - The Opposite Side of the Sea ( Tuition )