Riff Cohen (Hebrew: ריף ×›×"ן‎; born on March 23, 1984) is an
Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, and musician who performs songs in
Hebrew, French and Arabic.Riff Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to
a Tunisian-Jewish father and an Algerian-French-Jewish mother. She
grew up in the Ramat Aviv Gimmel neighborhood. Her father's family is
from the Tunisian island of Djerba, and her maternal family is from
Tlemcen, Algeria, although her mother was raised in Nice, France. She
has two children. After finishing her high school studies she started
to focus on her own career; She studied musicology at Tel Aviv
University and performed as a singer in a musical ensemble. In 2008
she moved to Paris after winning an artistic scholarship.In 2012 she
released her single "A Paris", whose video on YouTube has received
over 4 million visits. The single is part of an album of the same
name, which Cohen herself produced and launched later, and includes 14
tracks, four of which are in Hebrew, one in Nubian and the rest in
French.In September 2012, she performed as the opening act for the Red
Hot Chili Peppers' I'm with You World Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel. In
October of the same year, she signed to AZ Records, a brand of
Universal Music. That same year, appeared in the
French-Canadian-Israeli film A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, directed by
Thierry Binisti and based on a novel by Valérie Zenatti.
Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, and musician who performs songs in
Hebrew, French and Arabic.Riff Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to
a Tunisian-Jewish father and an Algerian-French-Jewish mother. She
grew up in the Ramat Aviv Gimmel neighborhood. Her father's family is
from the Tunisian island of Djerba, and her maternal family is from
Tlemcen, Algeria, although her mother was raised in Nice, France. She
has two children. After finishing her high school studies she started
to focus on her own career; She studied musicology at Tel Aviv
University and performed as a singer in a musical ensemble. In 2008
she moved to Paris after winning an artistic scholarship.In 2012 she
released her single "A Paris", whose video on YouTube has received
over 4 million visits. The single is part of an album of the same
name, which Cohen herself produced and launched later, and includes 14
tracks, four of which are in Hebrew, one in Nubian and the rest in
French.In September 2012, she performed as the opening act for the Red
Hot Chili Peppers' I'm with You World Tour in Tel Aviv, Israel. In
October of the same year, she signed to AZ Records, a brand of
Universal Music. That same year, appeared in the
French-Canadian-Israeli film A Bottle in the Gaza Sea, directed by
Thierry Binisti and based on a novel by Valérie Zenatti.
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