I was born in Israel on 1974, studied classical music and played the piano from the age of 7.
As a kid I used to play solo piano pieces in different concerts that took place in Israel.
I moved to the USA on 2001 working as a software engineer and started to write songs and compose them as well as classical music for piano, orchestras and more.
Today I’m working on my first Album that will include mainly songs I wrote over the last 2 years. The album is going to be versatile from the genre prospective and will ready by December of 2006.

To read more about me go to www.livebymusic.com.

Ofir.

Biography

I was born in Israel in 1974 and from a very early age I found out that I strongly attracted to the sound of percussion rhythms, I was trying to create rhythms in anyway I could.
At the age of 6 my parents directed and encouraged me to pursue my passion for music by studying piano.
It didn?t take me much to fall in love with the sound and touch of the piano mainly because it allowed me to disconnect and be in my own world when I played the classical pieces from those great music composers of all times.
I was naturally drawn to piano and it didn?t take long before my teacher who was organizing big concerts constantly, included me as a little kid in almost every one she did to perform Mozart, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven and others.

I loved performing but mostly when I got off stage I loved to see on the audience?s faces that my performance moved them. This feeling is magical.

At the age of 17, I found great interest in the classic guitar and I had enough music background to teach my self how to play it, it got opened to many other different genres that were out there and I could easily pick them up.

At year 2000 I got married at the age of 26 to my wife Shirley who supports my music career and is my first and main critic for the music I write. We both relocated to the United States on 2001 through my place of work where I develop and manage software applications.
From that point I focused on creating music rather than playing music of others, and I quickly discovered that this is my biggest urge and desire.
I compose and perform music for films and TV as well as songs that I write.
Through all my life I always had the ability to close my eyes, concentrate and listen to music, music that does not exist or written anywhere and it sounds so good to me that I want to write it down and compose as much as I can so I?ll be able to share it with the rest of the world.
I want my music to really make a difference, to really touch people?s hearts and I?ll always try my best to make it happen.

Right now, I?m working on my first Album that will contain mainly songs and some instrumental pieces?.. It?s going to be great to put it out there.

Stay tuned,
Ofir.