Uri Fineman

Uri Fineman was born in 1959 in Tel Aviv

Uri Fineman was born in 1959 in Tel Aviv and grew up in Bat Yam. His father Yaakov came from a family of Polish origin, and his mother Rachel was born in Morocco. At age 11 he won first place in a song contest in Tel Aviv, singing "Eini Yakhol".

As a teenager he learned classical guitar and wrote songs. He also practiced karate and placed second in the Israeli karate championship. He studied at the Max Fine college in high school.

He joined the army in 1977 and served as a sports instructor in the Armored Corps. After his service he worked in his father's car business. A recording he made reached musician Nancy Brandes, who urged him to sing professionally.

His first album came out in early 1990, and that year he was named singer of the year on the Reshet Gimel chart. He took part in the Kdam Eurovision contest in 1991 and 1992. His "Ahava Mehudeshet" albums of cover songs from 1993 and 1994 went gold and platinum.

In 2002 he received an 8 month suspended sentence for infringing Microsoft copyrights at a computer company he owned. He is married to Idit, and they have 3 children.