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Artist
LIEL
12+ albums
female vocalists
about
Liel Kolet (ליאל קולט in Hebrew), born on July 11, 1989 in Kibbutz Kineret, is an Israeli singer. 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. It included 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.[1][2] The clip has been shown on TV shows all over the globe. The young singer has 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 concer
