The Livnat brothers

The musicians Aviv and Arik Livnat grew up in a home imbued with art and creativity. Their mother, the painter Eve Livnat-Merzer, immersed them from an early age in the world of art in general and of music in particular; to this day, they maintain an artistic dialogue with the hand-hammered copper of their grandfather, the renowned artist Arieh Merzer. They began their joint musical activities as long ago as 1985 after the release of Aviv Livnat from the Israel Air Force band where he served as a guitarist, followed by that of Arik Livnat in his capacity of saxophone soloist from the Israel Defence Forces band.
They recorded their first disc, "The One You Can't See," which came out in 1990 and was dedicated to the memory of their father, the Israel Air Force pilot Arnon Livnat, who was killed in the Six Day War.
The Raz-Ram Foundation began its operations in 1998, but the idea to set it up was already conceived many years prior to that; it heralded the realization of Aviv's vision. Thus, while leading an intensive life of musical activities, the Livnat brothers harnessed themselves to the task of voluntary-communal activities, and to widening the nationwide scope of activities of the Raz-Ram Foundation.
Arik and Aviv were invited to appear in Jerusalem before the US president, Bill Clinton, and his wife; this was in 1998 during his last appearance in Israel as president, and at this meeting the Livnat brothers received an invitation to visit the White House.

In May 2002, a special concert was held in the UN General Assembly in New York, as part of its international conference on the subject of children in the world.
In 2002 the Livnat brothers were awarded a "Golden Feather" by ACUM (an ordinary member of CISAC) for their fourth album, "A Child's Dream," music that was written over the years for theater, movies, and dance.
The Livnat brothers gave a performance of "Fugue for Fouga-Saxophone," a show which combines original live music with a video of Israel Air Force Fouga jets in air combat (the video material kindly provided by the Israel Air Force Training Services Unit), an aeronautical dance performance that examines the artistic linkage between flight and music experiences. This is a multimedia performance that combines video, music and theater.