Aharon amram wikipedia

Israeli singer

Aharon Amram (Hebrew: אהרן עמרם) (born 1939) is an Israeli singer, composer, poet and researcher of Yemenite Jewish origin.

Life and career

Amram was born in Sana'a, Yemen in 1939 to Romia and Shlomo Amram, a rabbi.^[1] In 1950 he immigrated to Israel as part of Operation Magic Carpet which was designed to bring Yemenite Jews to Israel, where he landed in the transition camp of Rosh HaAyin.^[2] Counter to the melting pot attitude of the time, Amram continued the traditional Yemenite style and pronunciation in his singing, refusing to follow his contemporaries who he understood as having been ashamed of their heritage.^[3] He was quickly singled out for his beautiful voice and started singing at weddings and events.

With the encouragement of the Speaker of the Knesset Yisrael Yeshayahu he studied at the conservatory in Tel-Aviv where he was quickly faced with the choice of focusing on either classical music or Yemenite