Israeli music

Music to our ears, and hearts: How music shaped Israel’s identity over 78 years

The 1967 Six Day War changed everything, as this then-fledgling country, bursting with self-confidence, began to open up to the Western world.

YOAV KUTNER has charted much of the evolution of Israeli music.
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How songs become memory: The role of music on Israel’s Memorial Day

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

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

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


Can ChatGPT revolutionize music? One artist seeks answers

Will ChatGPT make us lazier musicians, or can it enable us to master new instruments and even new professions without investing years of study?


LIVE: Israeli fashion and music showcased in Vietnam

The Embassy of Israel in Hanoi presented the latest Israeli trends in fashion and music during the Israeli Independence Day event.

 Israeli Fashion and Music Showcased in Vietnam

'The Next Star' will choose the 2024 Israeli Eurovision contestant

The next Eurovision representative from Israel will be selected by Keshet 12's "The Next Star."

 Noa Kirel from Israel performs during the grand final of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, Britain, May 13, 2023

Army Radio celebrates 30 years of Gal-gal-gal Galatz

Thousands of attendees started partying at 5:30 p.m. and did not stop all the way through until sunset the next day.

 IDAN RAICHEL performs at the Galgalive Festival.

Rocking out under the Iron Dome - reporter's notebook

If you cancel your parties and you stop singing and dancing, you’re giving in to the terrorists. 

Dead Sea rave

Danny Kuttner on singing colors and how traveling abroad helped her music

Collaboration always leads to more vibrant and 'colorful' music, but individuality is also important.

 DANNY KUTTNER: Israel is my home.

The power of a unicorn: Why will Noa Kirel's Eurovision song make Germans laugh?

Just before the Israeli delegation boards a plane to the upcoming Eurovision Song contest in Liverpool, we checked what they're saying about us in Europe:

 Israeli singer Noa Kirel at the 2022 ACUM Awards ceremony for Hebrew Song near Tel Aviv on September 7, 2022.

Yehonatan Geffen provided the soundtrack for Israelis of all ages

Remembering poet Yehonatan Geffen, whose songs were embraced by the Israeli public and became an integral part of people’s lives. Geffen died at 76.

YEHONATAN GEFFEN

Two deceased singers will be revived via AI to celebrate Israel’s 75th anniversary

The song “Here Forever” will be performed by Ofra Haza and Zohar Argov, two famous Israeli singers who passed away in 2000 and 1987.

Israeli pop superstar Ofra Haza who passed away 20 years ago

Israeli composer celebrates sustainability and peace in Greece

 Mark Eliyahu performs in Greece