Lior Narkis


Lior Narkis is an Israeli singer.

Biography

Lior Narkis was born in Holon. His father, David Narkis, was of Iraqi-Jewish origin. His mother Hanna Narkis, was of Serbian-Jewish descent and also had Greek-Tunisian-Jewish ancestry. Narkis speaks Hebrew, Serbian and French. He is married to Sapir Vanunu, who is thirteen years his junior. They have two sons and a daughter, and live in Savyon.

Music career

Narkis dreamed of becoming a singer since childhood. He released his first album, Tfilat Chayay at the age of 16. A few years later during his military service in the Israel Defense Forces, Narkis joined Tamir Tzur to form the first Mediterranean musical group.
His sixth album, Rak Itakh, which includes the hit "Lekhol Ekhad Yesh", placed Narkis at the center stage of Israeli music. This song was also chosen as the "Song of the Year" in Israel, and was very popular among football fans. In 2001, Narkis released his album Ze Mehalev. As with his previous albums, this was a great success and many of its songs became hits.
In 2003, the song "Words for Love" won at the national finals organized by the Israeli Broadcasting Authority television channel, Channel One, against three other songs for the right to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, The song ended up 19th out of the 26 Eurovision finalists.
At the age of 26, Narkis released his eighth album Milim La'Ahava, named after his Eurovision entry.
Narkis performed at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2017 Maccabiah Games on July 6, 2017.

Discography

Albums