Ivri Lider

Ivri Lider
Lider backstage at Webster Hall in New York City, May 2009
Background information
Born	(1974-02-10) 10 February 1974 (age 43)
Origin	Givat Haim, Israel
Genres	Pop rock, rock, adult contemporary
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician, record producer
Instruments	Vocals, Piano, Guitar
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Helicon
Associated acts	The Young Professionals (TYP) Johnny Goldstein
Website	www.ivrilider.com

Ivri Lider (Hebrew: עברי לידר‎‎; born 10 February 1974) is an Israeli pop star and part of the duo TYP also known as The Young Professionals. He is one of the biggest-selling contemporary artists in Israeli music, and has won the Male Singer of the Year honor from Israeli national and local radio stations since entering the Israeli music scene in the late 1990s. He has sold more than 200,000 records.

He is currently serving as a judge on the first season of The X Factor Israel.

Lider was born in Givat Haim, the third child of Asher and Dalia Lider, Jews who immigrated to Israel from Argentina. His mother is a Holocaust survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto. When he was five, the family moved to Bat Yam and a year later to Herzliya. His mother is a costume designer for the Batsheva Dance Company and his father runs a stationery business. His parents divorced while he was in adolescence. Lider was an athletic child and thought of being a basketball or football player.

While still in high school, Lider joined the group, Kach Osot Kulan ("Everyone Does It This Way"), who performed at the Roxanne club in Tel Aviv. A commission to compose music for Kisses and October for Anat Danieli's dance ensemble was followed by an invitation from Ohad Naharin to compose the music for Kaamos, which Naharin choreographed for Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), a Dutch dance company. Lider subsequently composed the music for "Z\NA", for the Batsheva Dance Company. At the same time, he signed a recording contract with Helicon Records and began work on his first album.