Miri Ben-Ari

Miri Ben-Ari
Miri Ben-Ari
Background information
Birth name Miri Ben-Ari
Also known as The Hip Hop Violinist
Born December 4, 1971 (1971-12-04) (age 39)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Origin Ramat Gan, Israel
Genres Hip hop, R&B, jazz, classical
Years active 1999–present
Labels Universal SDR
Associated acts Wyclef Jean, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Tarkan, Subliminal, Damon Dash
Website [1], [2]

Miri Ben-Ari (Hebrew: מירי בן-ארי‎) (born December 4, 1971 in Tel Aviv,[1] Israel) is an Israeli violinist, who currently resides in the United States.

Ben-Ari grew up playing classical music;[2] she started training at age 5[3] and at age 12, she was presented with a violin by Isaac Stern.[4] During her mandatory Israeli military service, she was chosen to play for the Israeli Army String Quartet.[5] During her stint in the Israeli military, she heard an album by Charlie Parker and immediately fell in love with jazz; she later said "My soul was sold."[6] Following her service, she moved from Israel to New York in 1993[7] in hopes of using her classical training on stage[2] and attended Mannes College of Music, but was expelled after two semesters due to poor attendance caused by Ben-Ari playing gigs to pay the rent.[4][6]

She released her first solo CD Sahara in 1999.

Her persistence earned her an appearance on BET's 106 & Park; the viewer response netted her a return visit a few weeks later. Her performances caught the eye of Jay-Z, who invited her to play as one of the headliners of New York radio station Hot 97's annual Summer Jam concert in 2001, where she netted a standing ovation.[4][5] Around the same time, a mutual friend introduced Ben-Ari to Wyclef Jean, who invited her to perform with him at his Carnegie Hall show, the first by a hip-hop artist at the venue.[8]

In 2003, she released her second CD Temple of Beautiful, and followed that up with a live CD the following year entitled Live at the Blue Note.

She won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song in 2005 as one of the co-writers of Kanye West's Jesus Walks.[9] In 2005, she released her fourth CD and first to focus on hip-hop style, entitled The Hip-Hop Violinist. As part of the promotion for it, she was part of Reebok's "I Am What I Am" global advertising campaign; Reebok was also part of the video for the first single from the CD, "We Gonna Win".[10]

In 2009, she release Symphony of Brotherhood, an instrumental track featuring Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech. It became the first instrumental single ever to hit Billboard R&B/hip-hop charts, where it reached number 2.[3][11]

Ben-Ari was invited to the White House by Michelle Obama in March 2011 as part of a Women's History Month celebration,[3] and she has been invited to perform at the 2011 Miss Universe China pageant.[1]

In 2006, she co-founded Gedenk (Yiddish for "remember"), an organization dedicated to promoting education about the Holocaust in the United States.[3][12]

In 2011, she was named by Ynet as one of the 10 most influential Israelis in America.[13]

Contents

Discography

Albums

  • 1999: Sahara
  • 2003: Temple of Beautiful
  • 2004: Live at the Blue Note
  • 2005: The Hip-Hop Violinist
  • 2008: The Hip-Hop Violinist II

Singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B U.S. R&B Singles Sales U.S. Singles Sales
2005 "Run This City" (Clinton Sparks feat. P. Diddy & Miri Ben-Ari) 107 The Pulling Strings Mixtape
"Sunshine to the Rain" (feat. Scarface and Anthony Hamilton) The Hip-Hop Violinist
"We Gonna Win" (feat. Styles P)
2006 "Symphony of Brotherhood" 77 2 15

Featured on

Ben-Ari at the Apollo Theater for the 60th anniversary of Israel

Miscellaneous, unreleased and remixes

References

  1. ^ a b Cohen, Eva (2011 [last update]). "Israeli makes history: Ben-Ari will play at Miss Universe China.". jewishindependent.ca. http://jewishindependent.ca/cover/index.html. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Reid, Shaheem (2004-03-01). "Violinist Miri Ben-Ari Enlists Mya, Fabolous, Kanye West For Hip-Hop Debut". mtv.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485394/hiphop-violinist-enlists-mya-fabolous.jhtml. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c d Leichman, Abigail Klein (2011-06-28). "Miri Ben-Ari: Hip-hop violinist and humanitarian". israel21c.org. http://www.israel21c.org/201106289181/people/miri-ben-ari-hip-hop-violinist-and-humanitarian. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c Khazzoom, Loolwa (2005-09-23). "Kanye West Violinist Miri Ben-Ari Debuts". rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kanye-west-violinist-miri-ben-ari-debuts-20050923. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  5. ^ a b Grapham, Renee (2005-10-02). "Violinist has the hip-hop world on a string". The Boston Globe (Boston: NYTC). ISSN 0743-1791. http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2005/10/02/violinist_has_the_hip_hop_world_on_a_string/. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  6. ^ a b Rogovoy, Seth (2000-11-03). "Miri Ben-Ari". berkshireweb.com. http://www.berkshireweb.com/rogovoy/thebeat/beat001103.html. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  7. ^ Sommer, Allison Kaplan (2011-04-15). "Hip-Hop Violinist Miri Ben-Ari: A Role Model for Our Daughters". Jewish Daily Forward. http://blogs.forward.com/sisterhood-blog/137089/. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  8. ^ Gonshor, Adam (2004-04-22). "Violin is the Voice of Miri Ben-Ari | andPOP.com". andpop.com. http://www.andpop.com/2004/04/22/violin-is-the-voice-of-miri-ben-ari/. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  9. ^ "Rap News Network - Hip-Hop News: Hip Hop Violinist Wins Grammy". rapnews.net. http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-260005-00.html. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  10. ^ "Reebok and Hip-Hop Violinist Miri Ben-Ari Make Beautiful Music Together with First-of-its Kind Partnership" (Press release). Reebok. 2005-08-25. http://www.netweed.com/hiphoppress/2005/08/reebok-and-hip-hop-violinist-miri-ben.html. Retrieved 2011-07-02. 
  11. ^ Faber, Judy (2009-02-11). "Hip-Hop Violinist Trusts Her Audience". CBS News. New York: CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/10/entertainment/main1884749.shtml. Retrieved 2 July 2011. 
  12. ^ Perez, Daniel (2011-04-01). "Yad Vashim Young Leadership Hosts Gala in Support of Holocaust Awareness" (PDF). The Jewish Voice: p. 17. http://www.jewishvoiceny.com/archives/20110401-JewishVoice.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-02. 
  13. ^ "ynet 100 הישראלים המובילים באמריקה - ידיעות אמריקה" (in Hebrew). ynet.co.il. 2011-07-18. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4095964,00.html. Retrieved 19 July 2011. 

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