Aya Korem
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| Background information | |
| Born | 7 January 1980 |
| Origin | Nazareth Ilit, Israel |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Labels | independent |
| Website | http://www.ayakorem.co.il/ |
Aya Korem (Hebrew: אַיָּה כּוֹרֵם; born 7 January 1980) is an Israeli pop/rock singer and songwriter.
Aya Korem was born in Nazareth Ilit and spent her childhood there. After she graduated high school, she served as a tank instructor at the IDF's Armored Corps.
Since childhood Korem has been singing and performing, playing the guitar and the piano. Between 2001 and 2004, she studied Songwriting, Composition and Performance at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat HaSharon, a school that gave birth to many Israeli singers such as Noa and Aviv Geffen. She was part of the "magic class", studying together with Miri Mesika, Keren Peles, Ohad Hitman and Eric Berman that went on to be popular singers. She enrolled in the music college just to "pass some time" until she decided what she really wanted to study, but ended up having a successful music career. She dreamed of being an architect, and one of her temporary jobs was cake baking at a bakery.
Aya lives in Tel Aviv.
Korem started her music career as a songwriter during her studies. Aya's first public exposure was the song Ata af Pa'am (אתה אף פעם, "You Will Never"), released in the first album of Miri Mesika in April 2005 and a theme song she wrote and performed for a TV show called "Hama'arehet". Only after receiving compliments for her voice did she decide to also become a singer and started working on her own album.
In 2006 Korem released her debut album, Aya Korem. It was produced by Ori Zakh, a close friend and Miri Mesika's husband, a Rimon graduate who also produced both Miri Mesika's albums and Ohad Hitman's first album. The work on the album's songs began already during Aya's studies. In February 2006 the first single was released, Kayitz (קיץ, "Summer")—a song of hope for a lover that would come one day "like summer". The second single from the album, Shir Ahava Pashut (שיר אהבה פשוט, "Simple Love Song") was released in March 2006, reached No. 1 on the Reshet Gimel chart and came 4th in the Song of the Year competition. Later came Klipa (קליפה, "Peel"), Yonatan Shapira (יונתן שפירא), BeSof HaLayla (בסוף הלילה, "In the end of the night"), Ata Zorem Etzli BaDam (אתה זורם אצלי בדם, "You Are Flowing in My Blood") and HaShir shel Itay (השיר של איתי, "Itay's Song"). The album features mostly songs written by Korem herself.
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