Background
Aryeh Kunstler was born on March 4, 1986 in Belle Harbor, Queens. His father, Avi Kunstler, was a professional singer, as was his brother Dani, a member of the Miami Boys Choir.
Aryeh Kunstler was born on March 4, 1986 in Belle Harbor, Queens. His father, Avi Kunstler, was a professional singer, as was his brother Dani, a member of the Miami Boys Choir.
He attended Touro College and Sh"or Yoshuv yeshiva.
Both were featured on the choir"s first live album, Miami Experience 1 (1991), duetting on the song "K"rachem Av". Despite this, Aryeh initially had little interest in music, turning down offers to join the Choir and giving up guitar lessons after three months. He only began seriously pursuing music in seventh grade, when a friend who had just received a drumset for his bar mitzvah asked him to bring his guitar over for a jam session.
V"Havieinu In 2004, he began recording with Dani and several other singers under the name V"Havieinu.
Although minimally involved in their first album, he became a prominent vocalist and arranger with the group starting with Volume Solo albums and Yaakov Chesed In 2007, Kunstler released his debut solo album, From The Depths.
Produced by Eli Yona, the album featured vocals from Dani and Lenny Solomon of Shlock Rock, as well as a song co-written with Peter Himmelman, "Show Maine Your Love". The same year, he became the bassist for Yeshiva University rock band Yaakov Chesed after previous bassist Dovi Salamon left to attend yeshiva in Israel.
Kunstler subsequently began touring with the band and played on both of their albums, and
In 2010, he released his second solo album, Our Eyes Are On You, recorded with producer and former Genesis drummer Nir Zidkyahu. As a solo artist, Kunstler often performs with a touring band called the Aryeh Kunstler Band, featuring Avidon Moscovits, Avromi Spitz, and Eli Staiman from The Groggers. work.
In addition to his solo career, he is a member of the groups V"Havieinu and Yaakov Chesed, and has worked with artists including Benny Friedman and The Groggers.