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Liel Kolet

Liel Kolet is an Israeli singer and songwriter who works as a peace advocate and has performed with international artists.

born 1989Singing Imagine with Bill ClintonEurovision 2006 for SwitzerlandPeace advocacy through music

Born: 11 July 1989, Kvutzat Kinneret
Occupation: singer, songwriter, actor, musician

Liel Kolet was born in 1989 in Kvutzat Kinneret

Liel Kolet was born on 11 July 1989 at Kvutzat Kinneret. At age 11 she won the Israeli stage of the Bravo talent contest with a song by Ofra Haza. She then took part in the European contest.

In 2003 she released her first album, Daughter of the Kinneret. That year she sang Imagine with Bill Clinton at the 80th birthday celebration of Shimon Peres. The performance was broadcast widely and led to a record deal in Germany.

In 2006 she released the album Unison, which included duets with Klaus Meine of the Scorpions. That year she represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in the group Six4one, which reached 16th place in the final. In 2007 Prime Minister Ehud Olmert named her Official Ambassador for Northern Israel.

In 2008 she sang Ray of Hope with Andrea Bocelli, a song she composed to words by Shimon Peres. She enlisted in the IDF later that year and was discharged in 2010. In 2009 she released the album Be Free and was cast as Ofra Haza in the musical Ofra.

On 9 October 2012 she sang at an event honoring the Dalai Lama in Syracuse, New York.