Nathan Goshen

Nathan Goshen was born as Matan Goshen (מתן גושן) in Lod, Israel, to Avidan Haim and Tova Goshen and grew up in a secular Jewish family. When Goshen was 14 years old he decided to become religious.[1] He left his home to the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar-Yochai, Mount Meron, where he stayed for 3 months. Then, he moved to reside in the Mea Shearim neighborhood, in Jerusalem, Israel.

In the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Goshen served as a soldier at the headquarters of the Givati Brigade.

In 2010, Goshen wrote for Roni Dalumi's album Ktzat Acheret the songs "Ktzat Acheret and "Kach O Kach". The songs released as singles and had been successful. At the end of the same year Goshen wrote to the Israeli singer Liran Danino the song "Ada'in Rek", this song had been successful also, and was introduced at the top of the record charts.[2]

In 2011 Goshen featured on the single "How to Feel Alive" by Skazi. At the same year he released his first singles as singer. The songs "Kol Ma She'yesh Li" and "Eifo At" was introduced at the top of the record charts, and brang to Goshen's winning the title "Discovery of the Year" in the Israeli Annual Hebrew Song Chart of the radio station Galgalatz.[3] His song "Gvulot Higayon" won the 4th place in the yearly annual of Galgalatz. Additional song of Goshen that was famous at the same year was "Shniya Ve'od Achat" that he wrote to Boaz Ma'uda. Goshen's debut album, Nathan Goshen, was released in November 2011. In the album included Goshen's singles who was released before, and also two singles was released after the album release, "Yode'a" and "Panim Acherot".

In March 2013, Goshen released his second album, Bein Kol Hare'ashim.[4]

In July 2015 Goshen released the third single from his third album "Thinking About it (Let It Go), the song became certified platinum in the Netherlands, and certified gold in Norway, Denmark and Sweden.[5]

On 4 August 2015 Goshen released his third album, Dabri Iti Yoter.[6]

On 4 February 2016 Goshen released a single named "Ze Shelanu". On 21 November 2016 Goshen released a single named "Hikiti". The song won the 19th place in the second annual of Galgalatz of 2016–2017[7] and the 26th place in the yearly annual of Reshet Gimel at the same year. On 24 May 2017 his forth album Shloshim (30) was released.[8]

On 11 September Goshen released "Ke'Homer Be'yad Ha'yotzer", the first single from the album "Tzim'a 4", Israeli record producer Naor Carmi's project of Chabad niggunim albums.[9]

On 24 September Goshen released an international single named "Home", the music video was released by Vevo.[10]

In 2018 Goshen appear in Avi Nesher's film, "The Other Story", also, he released the soundtrack of the film as album.[11] In December of the same year Goshen released the song "Bati Lahlom".[12]

In March 2019 Goshen released "Mitga'aga'at". In May of the same year, the song "Nana Banana" that he wrote with Stav Beger to Netta Barzilai was released.

In February 2020 Goshen released his fifth studio album Bati Lahlom (I Came to Dream). At the same month Goshen composed together with Stav Beger the song "Roots" for Eden Alene, which was one of 4 options to decide Israel's 2020 Eurovision entry.[13]

Goshen is married and the father of a girl; he lives in Jerusalem.[14]

• Music of Israel
• The Other Story