Aharon Amram

Aharon Amram was born in 1939 in Sanaa

Amram was born in Sanaa, Yemen, to Romia and Rabbi Shlomo Amram. As a child he studied Bible, Mishnah and Jewish law with teachers in the city. In 1950 he came to Israel with his family in Operation Magic Carpet and lived in immigrant camps in Rosh HaAyin and Ein Shemer.

He attended the Netzach Israel school in Petah Tikva and sang on Saadia Damari's radio program for Yemenite immigrants. With help from Yisrael Yeshayahu he received a scholarship to a conservatory in Tel Aviv. Asked to choose between classical and Yemenite singing, he chose Yemenite singing.

He served in the Golani Brigade and the 7th Armored Brigade, and later fought as a reservist in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War.

Amram recorded his first song in 1956 and opened his own record label, Tzlilei Teiman, in 1960. He was the first to record Yemenite music with instruments from outside its tradition. In 1962 he performed at the Olympia in Paris, and his song later known as "Galbi" was recorded by Ofra Haza in 1984.

From 1990 he worked on recording the Torah reading, prayers and other texts in the Yemenite tradition. He married in 1968 and had 6 children. He died on 1 June 2025.