The guitarist Uri Bracha spent his childhood in the Wembley Park area of London and later in Boulogne in France. In his childhood, he was surrounded by music - his uncles played different instruments- the mandoline, the piano, and mostly the guitar. Bracha himself started playing the classical guitar at the age of 13, influenced by such masters as John Williams and Julian Bream. At the same time he listened to jazz guitarists, such as George Benson and Paco De Lucia.

Bracha listened a lot to Bossa Nova music, in which the guitar plays the central role. His innitial inclination towards jazz reflected in combination between classical music and Bossa Nova and Flamenco music, which offers a guitarist great possibilities for improvisation. Other great influences were Joe Pass and Pat Metheny.

His first jazz performance took place at Martef 10 in Haifa. After that he played at the Tiberias Jazz Festival together with the greatest Israeli jazz players. Already in his early performances he presented his original music.

He started studying at Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance while serving in the army. He enrolled in classical guitar course taught by Chaim Asulin. As a secondary instrument, he studied the piano. During his four years of studying at the Academy, he was awarded two scholarships. During the studies, he did practical work in art classes in Italy, where he played with some of today's greatest gutarists - Narciso Yepes and Alirio Diaz.

Bracha realized that in order to become a distinquished guitarist, one has to combine composition with performing skills. He proceded studying composition under supervision of Dr. Yanim Leef and the theory of jazz with Nahum Perperkovich. The true break-through in jazz music occurred when Bracha started taking lessons from Yossi Levy. Upon Levy's recommendation, Bracha went to New York to study with John Abercrombie, from whom he learnt the art of improvisation.

After his return to Israel in 1992, Uri Bracha started composing music, combining in his compositions the Mediterranean atmosphere of Istarli music with jazz. That is how was created his famous version of the Israeli song "Ma Avareh" that appeared on his debut album "Kol Ma Shebikasht" ("Everything You Asked") released at MCI in 1995.

Since then, Bracha have participated in four international jazz festivals in Tsavta Concert Hall and Einav Center in Tel Aviv.

In 2000 Bracha focused on mixing jazz with Andalucian and Oriental music, and in 2001 he released his second album Origins. .....

Bracha is also composing music for string orchestra and guitar, implementing jazz elements into orchestra music.