Direct from Israel, Idan Raichel brings his intimate piano songs performance to Winnipeg. In this concert, Idan realizes his dream of getting up close to his audiences and presenting his songs in their original format of piano and voice.
Idan Raichel is an Israeli superstar producer, keyboardist, lyricist, composer and performer. Idan has become not only one of the most successful artists in Israel but also one of Israel’s leading music ambassadors abroad representing a world of hope in which artistic collaboration breaks down barriers between people of different backgrounds and beliefs.
Idan has produced songs in Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Creole and Swahili – just to name a few of the languages and cultures with which he has worked.
The Idan Raichel Project has been listed on Amazon as one of the 100 greatest World Music Albums of all time. He has performed for President Obama at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, as well as at the Nobel Peace Prize Gala event in Oslo Norway.
Idan composed the music to lyrics written by Shimon Peres and performed his song to Peres while he was President of Israel.
Idan was named one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post.
In 2016 Raichel received the Unsung Hero Award from Martin Luther King lll, son of Martin Luther King Jr, in recognition of his service and leadership in achieving human dignity, racial equality and racial harmony for Ethiopian Jewish immigrants to Israel.