Biography

Sarit Hadad was born on the 20th of September 1978 in Hadera and named Sara Hodedtov. She is the youngest daughter to a family of four boys and four girls, all of whom are musicians. Sarit was the only one who insisted onrealizing her musical talents and making them a profession. Already at the age of 8 she would sneak out of her parents' home and appear as a "wonder child" in clubs.

At the age of 10 she enrolled in a youth talent contest held in Hadera, and the review published following the contest said: "The surprise was the pianist Sara, a young girl who played classical music wonderfully by ear and does not read music." When Sarit's secret performances were discovered, her parents guarded her strictly, forbidding her to leave the house alone.

During the period when she wasn't performing, Sarit used her amazing musical talents to teach herself to play the organ, the guitar, drums, the accordion, the darbuka, and other instruments.

At the age of 15, she joined the Hadera Youth band, and through these performances she met Avi Gueta, who has been her agent ever since. He succeeded in persuading her parents to stop ignoring her unprecedented talent, which should be cultivated.

Most of Sarit her albums reached double, triple and quadruple platinum and gold sales. She has been nominated "Singer of the Year" many times, and has had scores of songs rise to the top of the hit parades. She has held thousands of performances in Israel, scores of performances in Europe and the USA, and appeared on many television programs, including 4 specials broadcast on television and radio. Among all these, she has held scores of performances for sick and needy children, for whom she always finds time.

Israeli Television selected Sarit to represent her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song Light A Candle, composed by the famous Svika Pick. There were some requests to disqualify this song because of the political situation in Israel, but Eurovision has no rules requiring such disqualification. Her final result was 12th place.


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Sarit Hadad - The One That Guards Me


Sarit Hadad - On You And On Me


Sarit Hadad - Listen Israel


Sarit Hadad - Celebration