Rona Rachel Kenan is an Israeli singer-songwriter.
15 Facts About Rona Kenan
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Rona Kenan's father is the late Amos Kenan and her mother is the scholar Nurith Gertz.
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Rona Kenan was attracted to music at a young age and learned to play the guitar.
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Rona Kenan graduated from the theater program at Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, but preferred a musical career.
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Rona Kenan has cited the Beatles, Leah Goldberg, The Pixies, Pina Bausch and Thelma Yellin as early influences.
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Rona Kenan performed in an evening commemorating Inbal Perlmutter, a young poets' event, and an evening of Leah Goldberg's poetry.
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Rona Kenan played with several Israeli musicians, including Tal Gordon, Dana Berger and Asi Levi.
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Rona Kenan sang and promoted four songs that came out as a single.
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Rona Kenan said it was a challenge to write in her native language.
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Rona Kenan's health deteriorated and she had to cancel shows.
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Rona Kenan wrote the music for several of Israeli films and television series, including "The Cemetery Club", a documentary film directed by Tali Shemesh.
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Rona Kenan wrote all ten songs on the album, including a duet with Gidi Gov, "Strange Dance of the Heart".
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Rona Kenan performed in London on a boat on the Thames, re-enactment of a Maapilim boat circa 1946, during the British Mandate of Palestine.
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In January 2014 three singles from an album named "Af Al Pil" were released, Rona Kenan participating in two of them.
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Rona Kenan is openly gay and is considered an icon in the gay and lesbian community in Israel.