Ofri nehemya biography examples

Israeli drummer Ofri Nehemya, has marked himself as one of the most prominent Israeli drummers in the global jazz scene, collaborating with world wide known artists including Avishai Cohen (bass), Ben Wendel, Shai Maestro, Omer Avital, Aaron Goldberg, Avishai Cohen (trumpet), Gilad Hekselman, Eli Degibri and many others.

Ofri was born on January 10th, 1994 in Givatayim, Israel, to a musical family; his father is a drummer and his mother is a singer.

Since a very young age, when music was all around, Ofri exposed to different kinds of music including Rock, Pop, Fusion and more.

Ofri nehemya biography examples

Around the age of 3, he picked up the drumsticks for the first time, playing simple grooves only a few months later. From the age of 8 Ofri was taught by his father for the next 4 years, playing mostly fusion music. In the age of 12, Ofri started taking piano lessons - Classical and jazz, that gave him the basics of harmony