Israeli music

Ittai Binnun’s ‘Home’: Jerusalem jazz meets post–Oct 7. reality

Multi-instrumentalist Binnun sets out his expansive cultural stall Confederation House.

APRIL 19, 2026|ByBARRY DAVIS

Ittai Binnun plays a large number of wind and other instruments.

Family members and friends attend a funeral service for Israeli singer and composer Mati Caspi, who passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer, in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026.

Matti Caspi laid to rest as family and artists gather to honor his legacy

In an emotionally charged ceremony, hundreds of family members, friends, and figures from the cultural world arrived today at the Kfar Saba cemetery to accompany Matti Caspi on his final journey.

FEBRUARY 10, 2026|ByMOSHE COHEN/MAARIV

Matti Caspi working on audio engineering for the IDF entertainment team on March 17, 1972.

How Matti Caspi’s music became a treasured national soundtrack - comment

Israelis of every age can sing Caspi's tunes, and his talent was such that he worked in many different styles.

FEBRUARY 8, 2026|ByHANNAH BROWN

Conductor Zubin Mehta attends the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Duet Gala at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on November 10, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California; illustrative.

Zubin Mehta cancels all Israeli shows, cites Netanyahu's 'treatment of Palestinians'

Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor who was IPO musical director for 50 years, condemns Netanyahu's policies on Palestine and urges the arts community to speak out.

JANUARY 20, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

Veteran guitarist, vocalist Amir Lev returns to an old favorite

All together now: Perhaps Amir Lev’s inaugural orchestral two-step will lead to more of the same further down the rocker’s long and winding road.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS

AMIR LEV: I felt this project could connect me to my roots.

Singer Idan Amedi released from hospital, honors fallen 'brothers-in-arms'

He emphasizes that if there is something “good” that has happened as a result of his injury, it is his ability to be a messenger.

JANUARY 25, 2024ByINBAL AHARONI

Idan Amedi speaks at Sheba Tel HaShomer medical center in his first public appearance since being injured in the Gaza Strip, January 25, 2024

Music for everybody in Eilat

This year’s Classicameri Festival spreads the fun musical word far and wide.

JANUARY 16, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS

CONDUCTOR, COMPOSER, pianist, and accordion player Omer Meir Wellber will lead the Classicameri Festival.

American-born musician Aryeh Naftaly looks to rekindle the Zionist dream

Judging by the lyrics of the dozen tracks, Naftaly has not only observed the Israeli zeitgeist, but he has internalized and processed his accrued understanding of the lay of the land here.

JANUARY 13, 2024ByBARRY DAVIS

THE ELEVATORS, with Aryeh Naftaly (left), in action.

Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari to perform in New Jersey on MLK Day, promoting unity

The concert is devoted to promoting unity between the Black Christian and Jewish communities and to fighting hate through music while celebrating Martin Luther King Day.

JANUARY 13, 2024ByHANNAH BROWN

MIRI BEN-ARI with members of the Symphony of Brotherhood choir.

Freed hostage Mia Leimberg performs duet with Aviv Geffen

Geffen and Leimberg’s video for the song, which is titled “Black Sunrise,” opens with the moment Leimberg stepped out of a Hamas-driven van to be handed over to the Red Cross.

DECEMBER 23, 2023ByHANNAH BROWN