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David Broza : biography

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David Broza (דויד ברוזה, born September 4, 1955) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and activist. His music mixes modern pop with Spanish music.

Musical collaboration

In 1994, David Broza performed with Texan singer Townes Van Zandt during a Writers in the Round concert in Houston. When Van Zandt died three years later, Van Zandt left him a shoe box full of unreleased poems and lyrics with a request that Broza set them to music. The result was Night Dawn: The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt."

Musical career

Critics have labelled Broza as "a post-modern Leonard Cohen" and the "Stevie Ray Vaughan of folk rock". at Aviv Productions, Ltd He has also been compared to Bruce Springsteen as well as Gordon Lightfoot and Jackson Browne.Berns, Suzan. , j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California, San Francisco Jewish Community Publications Inc., 31 May 1996. Broza’s American debut album, Away From Home, was praised by The New York Times as one of the best pop albums of the year. Time of Trains, his second American release, gained him recognition as one of the most important artists on the international music scene.

Broza’s concert tours included Belgium, Spain, Argentina, Ecuador, Germany, Venezuela, Mexico, Brazil and the United States. As an artist-in-residence at Bennington College in Vermont, he gained respect in American literary circles. Broza has made a mission of studying the work of American writers for the past several years, haunting libraries and bookstores, "always reading with a melody in my head." He continues to record albums in Hebrew for his Israeli fans. He travels frequently all over the world. His popularity achieved new heights with the success of his 5x platinum album The Woman By My Side. His live albums recorded at the top of Masada in 1994 and 1999 went platinum. His Spanish language release, Isla Mujeres (Woman Island, named after a song written by Javier Ruibal), was released in Spain. His Hebrew recording, "All or Nothing" was released in 2002 and went gold within one week, as well as its Spanish version, "Todo o Nada". David Broza at Masada, a special concert featuring Broza, Jackson Browne and Shawn Colvin, aired in America on September 6, 2007 on PBS.Davis, Barry. , Israel21c, 5 December 2007. In 2009, Broza recorded the song "V’ulai" for the organization Pioneers For A Cure, with the proceeds benefiting The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

On June 5, 2011 Broza performed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPvsIkWc1nE Yihieh Tov], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZlYAf316mA Bedouin Love Song], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpmXL8WHAks Holem] at the inauguration of the Ketura Sun solar field built by Arava Power Company at Kibbutz Ketura.

Personal life

The son of an Israeli–British businessman and a folk singer, Broza was born in Haifa, Israel. He was raised and educated in England and Spain, where he was schooled at Runnymede College, in Madrid. Broza’s grandfather, Wellesley Aron, co-founded the Arab-Israeli peace settlement, Neve Shalom – Wāħat as-Salām (The Oasis of Peace), Jewish Music Group (archived webpage) and the Habonim youth movement. Young David Broza originally planned to become a graphic artist, and by age 17 he was selling his paintings in the Rastro, Madrid’s Sunday flea market. Following high school, and while serving in the Israel Defense Forces, he began playing guitar in cafes to earn extra money. Eventually he was offered a record deal, but as he still hoped to attend the Rhode Island School of Design, he declined. He later recorded a tape to promote his live shows.

Broza was married to Ruti, from whom he is divorced. He has three children. He lived in Cresskill, New Jersey, United States for 17 years.Leichman, Joseph. , Jewish Standard, March 1, 2007. Accessed November 28, 2007. "Broza lived in Cresskill for 17 years, and he will return to New Jersey when he plays with Alberstein at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood tomorrow night." He resides in Tel Aviv and is a member of Kehilat Sinai, a Masorti synagogue., Ha’aretz