Udi Spielman
singer (1951–)
Ehud (Udi) Spielman (Hebrew: אהוד (אודי) שפילמן; born on December 4, 1951) is an Israeli singer and hazzan. He came to Chazzanut (cantorial music) after a long career as a singer and performer in Israel. He has published several CDs and DVDs. His music is featured in the Florida Atlantic University Judaica Sound Archives and will soon also be in the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archives.
Early life
Udi Spielman was born in 1951 in Tel-Aviv. He is the great-grandson of Zerach Barnett, a Zionist activist, settling first Petah Tikva and the initiator and founder of Neve Shalom Tel-Aviv. Both of Spielman's grandfathers were cantors.
Spielman studied at HaKfar HaYarok, an agricultural high school. After graduation, he entered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and served as a soloist and singer in the Israeli Air Force Band.
Pop Music career
Following his honorable discharge from the IDF, Spielman recorded songs as a soloist.
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