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Rona Kenan

Rona Kenan is an Israeli singer-songwriter and composer whose albums include "Breathing Down to Zero" and "Through Foreign Eyes".

born 1979The album "Through Foreign Eyes"Concept album "Songs for Yoel"Collaboration with Tal Gordon

Born: 26 July 1979, Jaffa
Occupation: singer
Education: Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts

Rona Kenan was born in 1979 in Jaffa

Rona Kenan was born on July 26, 1979, in Jaffa. Her father was the writer and journalist Amos Kenan and her mother is the scholar Nurith Gertz. She grew up in Tel Aviv and learned to play the guitar as a child.

She graduated from the theater program at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts but chose music. In 1997 she took part in Eran Tzur's show of Yona Wallach poems at the Next festival. She then toured with Tal Gordon, and their joint album came out in 2000.

In 2001 she began touring on her own. Her debut album, produced by Izhar Ashdot, came out in 2004 with songs in Hebrew and English. After its release she went through a period of depression and canceled shows.

Her second album, "Through Foreign Eyes", came out in February 2007, and her third, "Songs for Yoel", based on her father's life, came out in 2009. She also wrote music for films and television. In 2013 she joined Asaf Avidan's European tour.