First a small confession: for several days now, the exciting performance of the new discovery has been resonating in my ears Ofek Nachman In her cracked voice to “The Closest,” the song of Avi Ohayon and Matan Dror and we do not let go. I believe that you too, when you become acquainted with the song, which went online today (Wednesday) as an advance towards a debut album, will penetrate your heart like a guided missile.
Apart from Ofek’s unique voice and beautiful appearance, she is accompanied by an individual like no other singer: she is the first national champion for windsurfing girls, who crossed the lines from sports to the singing stage. If this reminds any of you of who was many years ago who was the youth champion in the high jump and became a legendary singer, do not be surprised.
When Ofek is asked if it is harder to surf or sing, her answer is determined: “Wow, harder to surf, more satisfying to sing.”
I notice a tone of remorse?
“God forbid! I started sports at a very young age and was good at it. But as much as I succeeded, it does not mean that I was meant to. If surfing created difficulties for me, music solves them for me and with it I hope to reach the hearts of many people.” “.
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Ofek, 23, grew up in Kfar Yona as the daughter of Yael and Haim, sports teachers, when her mother became a coachman. Its roots move on the axis of Morocco-Romania. “Studies attracted me less,” she admits. “I preferred the sea with all the freedom in it until I lost the desire to surf. When I realized how much mental energy I had invested in the matter, I gave up and found comfort in the music.”
And before that?
“I did not touch music at all. I did not know how to play anything, I did not even know how to sing until I connected to it following the emptiness I felt after sports. My mother, who noticed the emptiness in me, recommended me to try guitar. When it came, I played day and night. “I played the piano. In high school I studied theater and was even allowed to direct the final performance.”
In the army, Ofek served in the ICT Corps. “It seemed important to me for my development within the music world and I was not looking for publicity,” she claims. “I was even the band’s commander.”
Tough? Fines? Penalties?
(Recoil) “I was an uncompromising commander, but everything was in brotherhood, in good spirits and reciprocity. The highlight was when we were sent to perform in the Jewish community in Chicago. It was like a dream. Soldiers usually imagine how to fund the trip after service while we received it as a gift from the military and passed There’s a crazy experience. “
Ofek Nachman (Photo: Yachz)After the release, Ofek appeared in “De Weiss” and left “Judge” Nasreen Kadri speechless in a charming performance of the hit “Learning to Walk”. However, she was on the team of Shlomi Shabbat and Yuval Dayan. “She reminds me of Leah,” Shabbat wondered how Ofek reminded him of his sister, Leah, in her song.
You finished your way in the program in the quarterfinals. only?
“There are a lot of considerations in reality. Things you see from there, you don’t see from here. I finished my way there in the quarterfinals. My face is forward and that’s why I got a ‘push’ at De Weiss, where I seem to have left my mark.”
If they offer you another reality show?
“No! I concentrate on music.”
Maybe not just. Up to the corona waitress. “They recognized me and complimented me,” she notes.
“I went through a complex year in the days of the Corona,” Ofek adds. “There’s always the bird whispering that maybe everything so far has been a dream. Then I ask myself – ‘Horizon, do you see yourself reaching the age of 40 with a stimulus full of songs you wrote without touching people in the soul with them?’ “So get up and take action, because now is the time.” Hence my connection with Avi Ohayon and Matan Dror, in which I hang my hopes. ”
Finally, Horizon, what do you see beyond the horizon?
“I want to believe that this is going to be my year. To that end, I will try to perform on every possible stage and I hope to arrive in Caesarea one day.”
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And this is what Avi Ohayon (“Derech Hashalom”), the artistic director (along with Matan Dror) of Aroma Music said: “When Matan and I met Ofek, we were really excited and when we heard her, her scratched voice made us shiver in the best sense of the word. A bit full of Shabbat, a bit of Carolina and other good things that all concentrate on one singer, a rocker who curls and in addition to everything is also a cool personality. ”