Lior Ron
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Lior Ron is an Israel
Israel
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i-American
United States
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 composer
Composer
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 and multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...

 musician
Musician
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, who specializes in creating original music for film
Film
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, tv, commercials and video-games.

Early life

In 1988, when he was six years old, Lior picked up his first trumpet and enrolled in the Nahariya Conservatory
Nahariya
Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s...

 to study classical music. By age 16, Lior was the principal trumpet player and soloist for the Israeli National Youth Orchestra, touring worldwide.  Lior Joined the Israel Defense Force Orchestra (I.D.F.O) as a principal trumpet player and soloist at age 18 and served his country for three years, performing worldwide.

Education

Lior attended the Amal School of Music in Nahariya, Israel
Nahariya
Nahariya is the northernmost coastal city in Israel, with an estimated population of 51,200.-History:Nahariya was founded by German Jewish immigrants from the Fifth Aliyah in the 1930s...

, graduating in 2000.

Lior Graduated from the I.D.F.O University in Tel-Aviv in 2003, majoring in composition, arranging for orchestra and conducting.

Career

Between the years 2003-2008 Lior worked as a free-lance trumpet player, arranger, composer and musical producer in the Tel-Aviv music scene. He played and recorded with many well-known artists in the Israeli music industry, including The Friends of Natasha
The Friends of Natasha
The Friends of Natasha or Natasha's Friends is a former Israeli rock band, highly regarded by critics, which was one of the most popular Israeli bands during the 1990s...

, Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech
Shabak Samech is the first recognized rap and hip-hop group to come out of Israel, from the small town of Yavneh. Their sound is primarily hip-hop, but includes elements of rapcore, dancehall, ska and funk...

, Ben Hendler
Balkan Beat Box
Balkan Beat Box is an Israeli musical group founded by Tamir Muskat, Ori Kaplan of Firewater and Big Lazy, and Tomer Yosef . As a musical project they often cooperate with a host of other musicians both in the studio as well as live...

, Aviv Geffen
Aviv Geffen
Aviv Geffen is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist and guitarist. He is the son of writer and poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.Geffen was and is extremely popular...

, The Church Of Reason
Knesiyat Hasekhel
Knesiyat Hasekhel is an Israeli rock band from Sderot.Their name is a translation into Hebrew of Church of Reason, from Robert Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance....

, Tomer Yosef (Balkan Beat Box)
Balkan Beat Box
Balkan Beat Box is an Israeli musical group founded by Tamir Muskat, Ori Kaplan of Firewater and Big Lazy, and Tomer Yosef . As a musical project they often cooperate with a host of other musicians both in the studio as well as live...

, and Yehudit Ravitz
Yehudit Ravitz
Yehudit Ravitz is an Israeli singer-songwriter. She was born in Be'er Sheva, in southern Israel. As of 2010, she had released 20 albums and has been performing for nearly 20 years, also musically producing several albums for other musicians.-Music career:...

.  He performed in various theater musicals, including "Guys and Dolls" and "Chicago". These were followed by a string of performances with Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb
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 of the Bee-Gees in his Israel Tour in 2007.

He co-produced, composed and played in the Israeli dub band "Dub Therapy" and was the musical director/arranger of the 16-Men band "Vision", performing on stages across Israel, Europe
Europe
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 and America
United States
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.  In 2008, Lior was invited to the US to tour with the “Red Elvises
Red Elvises
The Red Elvises are a Russian-American band that performs rock & roll, surf, rockabilly, reggae, lounge and traditional Russian styles of music...

”. After a six month tour, Lior settled down in Los Angeles, CA
Los Ángeles
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, where he now composes music for film, television, commercials and video games.

Recently, Lior composed and arranged the score for the feature film “Pablo”, an animated bio-pic of the life of film genius Pablo Ferro
Pablo Ferro
Pablo Ferro is a graphic designer and film titles designer.Born in Antilla, Oriente Province, Cuba, he was raised on a remote farm until emigrating to New York with his family as a teen.- Education :...

, starring Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....

, Andy Garcia
Andy García
Andrés Arturo García Menéndez , professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. He became known in the late 1980s and 1990s, having appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables, Internal Affairs and When a Man Loves a Woman...

, and Anjelica Houston.

Media appearances

Lior was the trumpet player for "The Tonight Show With Lior Schlein Band" 2006-2008.

Lior was the principal Trumpet player for "Kokhav Nolad
Kokhav Nolad
Kokhav Nolad is an Israeli reality television show searching for talented new vocalists based on the British Pop Idol and American Idol model. Since its debut on Israeli Channel 2 in 2003, Kokhav Nolad has achieved great popularity and turned out many new musical stars...

", Israel's American Idol
American Idol
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2003-2008.

Press

  • http://pablothemovie.com/latintv/
  • http://thestormedge.com/about_music.php
  • http://fanclub.redelvises.net/faq.html
  • http://progressive.homestead.com/israel.html

External links

  • Official Website - http://www.Lioron.com
  • IMDB page - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3664505
  • Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/lioronmusic
  • Myspace page - http://www.myspace.com/lioron
  • YouTube page - http://www.youtube.com/lioron23
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