Music

Black Metallica Symphony Tribute show to perform in Tel Aviv

This Serbian-based project is considered one of Europe’s leading tribute shows, blending Metallica’s iconic hard rock with a full symphonic ensemble.

BLACK METALLICA symphony tribute.
US rapper and producer Kanye West gestures upon arriving at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on July 11, 2025.

The double standard: Why Kanye West’s antisemitism continues to be ignored - opinion

‘The event is not over’: An innovative new way to see art at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Tel Aviv Museum of Art reimagines exhibitions amid wartime conditions

YOAV KUTNER has charted much of the evolution of Israeli music.

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


'The first woman E Streeter': Springsteen band drummer remembers Suki Lahav, Jewish violinist

“Suki and Louie were quite literally the first people associated with Bruce and the band that I came to know, respect, admire, and yes, love,” he wrote to The Jerusalem Post from Portland, Oregon.

TZRUYA ‘SUKI’ Lahav‎ in 2008.

Israeli lyricist Tzruya Lahav dies at 74 after cancer battle

Lahav played a major role in shaping popular Israeli music across generations and wrote the lyrics for many songs that have become embedded in the country’s canon.

Portrait of the Israeli Writer and poet Tsruya Lahav in Jerusalem. July 31, 2008.

Paul Ben-Haim’s war symphonies get just deserts

Performed at Carnegie Hall in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, Ben-Haim’s two symphonies are foundational works within the Israeli art music tradition.

CONDUCTOR LAHAV SHANI with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

AI is already coming for your jobs, your Passover song parodies may be next

Earlier this year, a contestant in Kveller’s Passover Song Parody Contest explained that her son wrote a first draft of their entry using AI, but that she helped polish the result. 

AI is already coming for your jobs. Your Passover song parodies may be next.

The memory that turned into a song

A childhood memory of growing up in a crowded Ukrainian apartment, surrounded by family and unconditional love - suddenly became the inspiration for a song written in just half an hour.

Eduard Shyfrin- UNCONDITIONAL

Jerusalem highlights: March 27-April 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

‘A Ma’apilim Ship,’ painting  by Marcel Janco (see Friday).

Eurovision Song Contest oddsmakers predict Israel will win televoting again this year

The Eurovision World website presented the oddsmakers who predict the televoting results separately from the overall results, and according to them, Israel has a 26% chance of topping the televoting.

People cheer as they watch the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest finals being screened at a community center in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 17, 2025.

Song about enemy drones written by 11-year-old becomes unofficial anthem of Israel-Iran war

Krigel, who is from Moshav Zvi in the Gilboa region, wrote and sang the hip-hop song, and a video of him performing it with his sister, Adi, quickly went viral when she uploaded it to TikTok.

Screenshot from music video of “Catbam," song written by an 11-year-old Israeli boy named Nir Krigel, March 22, 2026.

Jerusalem highlights: March 20 – March 26

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Ron Mueck, ‘Boy,’ 1999, shown at a past Venice Biennale (see Tues day).

Israeli artist Idan Raichel blends music, art and desert magic in 'Fata Morgana'

Idan Raichel’s desert festival “Fata Morgana” blends music, art and resilience amid a time of war and uncertainty.

Idan Raichel: Taking it all in stride.