Yonatan Razel was born in New York in 1973, and moved to Israel at a young age with his family. he is an American-Israeli singer, writer, composer, musical arranger and conductor.

As a child he learned to play on piano and cello, and studied conducting with Mendi Rodan. With his siblings Aharon, Yehuda and Ricka, the Razels formed a band and performed on Rivka Michaeli's program. He studied conducting and was the conductor for the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the Ra'anana Symphonette.

For a number of years Razel abandoned his music, moved to Susya, where he worke