Sassi Keshet

 

Singer, actor

 

Genres: Pop, Classical musical, Israeli music, children songs, dance, theater, cinema

 

Birth name: Sason Kosovsky

 

The Complete Biography

 

Sassi Keshet is a singer, actor, and dancer, who has dozens of plays, movies, and television shows behind him.

 

Sassi was born in Kibutz Glil-Yam, where he began his artistic pursuits.  During his military service, he was a member in the popular Nahal Music Ensemble.  With his release from the armed forces, Sassi became a musical icon.

Sassi recorded many albums and performed in musical shows and live television productions. 

 

Sassi won many singing festivals and was given the title Singer of the Year.  Many of his songs were announced to be the Song of the Year by the Israeli public and music critics.

 

Sassi was known as an Israeli teen idol.  Later on, he chose to broaden his artistic horizons and pursue a path that combined his acting, singing, and dancing abilities.

 

1965-1968 - The Nahal Music Ensemble, Israel Defense Force

 

1968 - Pikud Dizengoff Music Ensemble

 

1969 - The musical "Ir Hagvarim" (City of Men), Danny Dagan theater

 

1971 - The show "Zehu Bidur" (This is Entertainment), A. Deshe Pashnel productions

 

1972 - "Heydad LeIsrael" (Hooray to Israel), a tour in England, Royal Albert Hall

 

1972 - The Israeli Songs Festival "Vematok Haor Baeinaym" (The Sweet Light In The Eyes), second place winner

 

1972 - The Hasidic Songs Festival "Sisu vesimchu Besimchat Tora" (Rejoice with The Tora), first place winner

 

1972 - The Sephardic Style Music Festival "Bou Nashir Achim" (Brothers, Let's Sing), first place winner

 

1972 - The Children's Songs Music Festival "Shovav Ani" (I'm Naughty), first place winner

 

1973 - The Hasidic Songs Festival, a coast to coast tour in the United States

 

1975 - The Hasidic Songs Festival, a coast to coast tour in the United States, South Africa, and Europe

 

1978 - A musical play "Hamegila" (The Scroll), The Hammam / The Yovel Theater

 

1980 - The play "Fantasia Beeretz Haplaot" (Fantasy In Wonderland), Avshalom Rubin Productions

 

1981 - The musical "Barnashim Vechalomot" (Guys and Dreams), Kinor David Award winner for Israeli artists, The Artists Association 

 

1981 - The musical "Yosef Ukutenet Hapasim Hameshugaat" (Joseph and The Technicolor Dream Coat), Joseph, The Camari Theater

 

1982 - A theatrical concert "America," Noam Semel Productions

 

1983 - The musical play "Bein Hatziltzulim" )Between the Rings), Beit Lessin Theater   

 

1985 - The musical "Hallelujah Broadway," Alte Opera, Germany 

 

1985 - The musical play "Kachol Velavan Betzvaeim" (Blue and White in Color), Peleg Productions

 

1988 - "Life Begins at Forty," a coast to coast tour in the United States

 

1989 - The musical "The Jungle Book," Bagheera, The Theater Award, Tamir Productions    

 

1989 - The musical "Hallelujah Broadway," Alte Opera, Frankfurt Germany

 

1990 - The musical "Hallelujah Hollybood," Gal 77/Bar Productions

 

1990 - The musical "Evita," Magaldi, A. Deshe Pashnel

 

1991 - The musical play "Kol Nidre," The Camari Theater

 

1991 - The opera "Sweeney Todd," Pirelli, The New Israeli Opera

 

1991 - "A Starry Summer Night," a gala night at The Israel Museum Jerusalem

 

1991 - "Sassi Sings Films Songs," Keshet-Elian Productions

 

1993 - The opera "The Journey to Polyphony," The Wizard, The New Israeli Opera

 

1993 - The opera "Sweeney Todd," Pirelli, The New Israeli Opera

 

1995 - The musical "The Sound of Music," Captain Von-Trapp, The Theater Award, Yaffo Productions, Menachem Golan

 

1996 - A musical show "Ladies and Gentlemen," Deal Productions

 

1996 - The operatic theater "The Metamorphosis," Official Selection, Akko Festival

 

1997 - The musical "Halev" (3000 Leagues in Search of Mother), The People's Theater, A. Deshe-Yochelman, Noga Communication Productions

 

1997 - Gala night, The Annual Opera Ball, The New Israeli Opera

 

1998 - "The Spirit of Israel," Wembley Conference Center, London England

 

1998 -  The musical "Beauty and the Beast," The Beast, The Tel Aviv Cinema Theater/Menachem Golan

 

1998 - The musical play "The Assassins," The Balladeer, Beit Lessin Theater

 

1999 - The musical "Les Misérables," Javert, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, S. Tzemach-A. Ofer Productions

 

2000 - The musical "Hasatan Memoskva" (Devil In Moscow, based on the novel The Master and Margarita), Pontius Pilate, Gesher Theater

 

2000 - The opera "Dorian Gray," Henry, Statni Opera Praha 

 

2001 - The musical "The Jungle Book," Bagheerah, The Theater Award, Tamir Productions

 

2002 - A one man show, "Days of Cinema," Keshet-Elian Productions

 

2003 - The musical play "The Threepenny Opera," Brown, Gesher Theater

 

2004 - The musical "Chicago," Billy Flynn, Beit Lessin Theater/The New Israeli Opera

 

2004 - The musical "Hasatan Memoskva" (Devil In Moscow, based on the novel The Master and Margarita),Tallinn Estonia - Estonia Concert Hall, Riga Latvia

 

2004 - A musical show, "Lemi Yesh Yoter Kavod?" ("Who Has More Respect?"), The House of Arts, Hertzeliya

 

2005 - The musical play "Hachazan Mevilna" (The Cantor from Vilna), The Theater Music Award, The Yiddish Theater in Israel

 

2005 - The musical "The Sound of Music," Captain Von-Trapp, The House of Arts, Tel Aviv

 

2005 - The musical show "Nustalgia Ze Lo Ma Shehaya" (Nostalgia is Not What it Used to Be), Keshet-Elian Productions

 

2005 - A one man show, "Sassi Meever Lakeshet" (Sassi Over the Rainbow), Keshet-Elian Productions

 

2006 - Gala dinner, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem

 

2006 - The musical play "Masaot Binyamin Hashlishi" (The Journeys of Benjamin the Third), Benjamin, The Yiddish Theater in Israel

 

2006 - The musical show "Kol Haolam Bama" (The Whole World is a Stage), Rina Bar-On Dance Center   

 

2008 - The musical show "Eretz Shel Shirim" (A Country of Songs), Heical Hatarbut, Nes Ziyona

 

2009 - The musical show "Kol Haderech Lebroadway" (The Path to Broadway), Beit Yad Lebanim, Ramat Hasharon

 

2009 - The Concert Theater "Yarid Hamizrach" (The Levant Fair), The Israeli Camerata Jerusalem

 

2009 - The musical show "Veod Raz Echad" (One More Secret), Abu-Gosh Festival

 

2009 - The musical concert "On Broadway," Haifa's Big-band, Haifa Symphony Orchestra

 

2009 - The musical show "20 to 120," The Yiddish Theater in Israel

 

2010 - One man show "Ptach Lanu Shaar" (Open the Gate), Keshet-Elian Productions with The Yiddish Theater in Israel

 

2010 - One man show "Ahavot Veshirim Porchim Beparis" (Love and Songs Blossom in Paris), Kishrei Tarbut

 

2010 - One man show "Beyni Lebeynech Ad 120" (Between You and I for 120 Years), Keshet-Elian Productions

 

2011 - A musical concert "From Bach to Carlebach," The Astrith Baltsan Music Cathedra

 

 

Festivals:

 

1995 - The Songs Festival, Arad Festival

 

2001 - A Festival From the Movies, Karmiel Festival      

 

2003 - "Tzarich Letzaltzel Paamayim" (It Takes Two Rings), Ein-Gev Festival

 

2007 - "Kol Orlogin" (The Sound of The Clock), Ein-Gev Festival

 

2008 - "Chagigat Kaietz" (Summer Celebration), Kol Hamusica Festival, Galil Elyon

 

2009 - "Hayu Leilot" (There Were Nights), Ein-Gev Festival

 

2010 - "Malue Asamenu Bar" (Our Granaries are Filled with Crops), Ein-Gev Festival

 

2011 - "Od Lo Tamu Kol Plaaich" (Your Wonders have not yet ended), Ein-Gev Festival

 

 

Concerts:

 

1986 - "From the Compositions of George Gershwin," The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

 

1994 - "A Concert of Light and Darkness," Ron Weidberg, The Tel Aviv Symphony Orchestra

 

1994 - "A Concert of Light and Darkness," Ron Weidberg, The Haifa Symphony Orchestra

 

1995 - "A French Night," A Concert for Members #4, The Symphonette Raanana

 

1997 - Gala Night, The Annual Opera Ball, The Rishon Letziyon Symphony Orchestra

 

1999 - "Musicals," A Concert for Members #2, The Bat-Yam Symphony Orchestra

 

2006 - "New York, New York," The Israel Simfonietta Beer Sheva

 

2010 - "A Night of Ehud Manor Songs," The Haifa Symphony Orchestra   

 

2010 - "A Night of Ehud Manor Songs," The Israeli Camerata Jerusalem      

 

2011 - "Love Around the World," The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

 

 

Children's Shows:

 

1975 - The musical show "Children's Songs from Around the World," Keshet-Elian Productions

 

1977 - The musical show "Yona and Sassi Go Crazy," Keshet-Elian Productions

 

1979 - The musical show "Yona and Sassi and Tzompi and Chetzi," Keshet-Elian Productions

 

2007 - The musical Video "From the Poems of H.N. Bialik- Yona and Sassi and Panda and Chetzi," Schlotzky Productions     

 

 

T.V Series and Films:

 

1971 - The television series "Hedva & Shmulik"  

 

1972 - The film "Nurit"

 

1973 - The film "Hachyal Haamitz Svejk" (The Good Soldier Svejk)

 

1973-1977 - The television series "3.4.5 and a Half" 

 

1975 - The film "Hasandlar Haaliz" )The Jolly Cobbler) 

 

1976 - The film "Rechov 60" (60th Street)

 

1979 - The film "Nisueim Nosach Tel-Aviv" (Tel-Aviv Style Marriage)

 

1979 - The film "Halehaka" (The Band)

 

1981 - The film "Shigaaon Shel Aba" (Dad's Craziness) 

 

1993 - The film "Lelakek Ta'tut" (Licking Strawberry)

 

2005 - The television series "Pickup," Channel 10

 

2008 - The television sitcom "La-La Land," Hot Channel

 

 

Memberships:

 

1981 - Israel Union of performing Artists (IUPA), Co-founder with Elay Goralitzky and Shlomo Artzi

 

1994 - "Eshkolot," The Israeli Society for Performers' Rights, Co-manager

 

1996 -  The Association for Original Productions, Member   

 

1996-2004 - Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council, Board Member

 

1996 - 2010 - The Council for Arts and Culture, Member

 

 

Discography:

 

Albums:

 

Lehakat Hanahal- "Mehanahal Beahava" (From the Nahal with Love), Hed-Artzi 1965

 

Lehakat Hanahal- "Hanahlaim Baim" (The Nahalians are Coming), Hed Artzi 1966

 

Lehakat Hanahal- "Mehanahal Beahava" (From the Nahal with Love), CBS, 1967

 

"Lehakat Pikud Disengoff"- Hed Artzi, 1969

 

"Lamenatzeach Shir Mizmor" (A Song for the Victorious) Hed Artzi - Hed Artzi, 1971

 

"Sassi Keshet"- Hed Artzi, 1971

 

"Lamenatzeach Shir Mizmor" (A Song for the Victorious) - Hed Artzi, 1971  ****** מופיע פעמיים, שתי שורות למעלה

 

"Nurit"- Hed Artzi, 1972

 

"Ish Shchor Veish Lavan" (A Black Man and a White Man) - Hed Artzi, 1974

 

"The 1975 Music Festival" - Hed Artzi, 1975

 

"Fantasy in Wonderland" - Isradisc, 1980

 

"Shalosh, Arba, Chamesh Va'chetzi" (3.4.5 and a Half) - Hed Artzi 1981    

 

"Shalosh, Arba, Chamesh Va'chetzi, Chagim" (3.4.5 and a Half, Holiday Songs) - Hed Artzi 1981

 

"Pre-Eurovision" - Hed Artzi, 1982

 

"Al Temaher" (Don't Rush It) - Keshet-Eilan Productions, 1985

 

"Olam Acher" (Another World) - Keshet Elian Productions, 1988

 

"Balkan Songs Band" - CBS, 1989

 

"Vematok Haor Baeinayim, Shirey Festivalim" (The Sweet Light in the Eyes, Festivals Songs) - Phonokol, 1996

 

"Ladies and Gentlemen" - Indie, 1998

 

"Hayafa Vehachaya" (Beauty and the Beast) - Indie, 1998  

 

"Yaale Veyavo" (He Shall Rise and Come) - Hed Artzi, 1999

 

"Dror - Lamenatzeach Shir Mizmor" (Dror - a Song for the Victorious) - Hed Artzi, 1999

 

"Ladies and Gentlemen" - Indie, 2000

 

"Az Haya Az, Plastelina 2" (Then it was Then, Plasticine 2) - NMC, 2005

 

"Nustalgiya Ze Lo Ma Shehaya, the soundtrack" (Nostalgia is not What it Used to Be, the soundtrack) - Keshet-Elian Productions, 2006

 

"Ptach Lanu Shaar" (Open the Gate) - Keshet-Elian Productions, 2010

 

"Nigun Meyuchad Mesheli (My Special Tune) - Keshet-Elian Productions, 2011

 

Special Editions:

 

"The Greatest Hits of the 80's - Helikon, 1979 

 

"Karov Rachok" (Close and Far) - Hed Artzi, 1996

 

"Pinkas Hakatan" (Little Pinkas) - LE 4, 1998   

 

"2003: Old Hits and Rare Pieces," double album - Hed Artzi, 2003

 

Singles:

 

"Sassi" - Phillips, 1969

 

"Pinkas Hakatan" (Little Pinkas) - LE 4, 1998   

 

"Yonati," a single for Yona Elian - Keshet Elian Productions, 2005