Music

From Harbin to Hollywood: The tale of two talented Jewish sisters in China's 'Ice City'

Once home to a thriving Jewish community, Harbin now preserves its past through music - and the enduring legacy of the Schoenfeld sisters.

CHINA’S ‘ICE CITY’: The giant snowman at Harbin Musical Park, a city landmark. Tourists enjoy Harbin’s Ice and Snow World (L) and the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival.
ZOHAR FRESCO: The work of acclaimed percussionist Zohar Fresco traces the roots of frame drumming back to ‘Miriam’s drum’ and its place in Jewish cultural memory

Miriam’s beat: From Exodus to modern Israel, women reclaim rhythm and resilience

"Peiwen Su plays a key role in shaping how emerging musical talent is evaluated and developed on the international stage."

Peiwen Su – service on international competition jury panels

BEHIND THE scenes of Hey Arr Arr, a track by Hamed Fard in which Naz dances, which became the first song marking the death of Ali Khamenei.

Dancing through the crackdown: The satirical song soundtracking post-Khamenei Iran


Jeryko to ‘break down walls with sound’ in global Israel premieres - preview

Yaniv Hoffman kicks off his tour on November 16 at Gray in Tel Aviv, followed by a November 17 Jerusalem show, anchoring a broader run that includes major venues such as New York City’s Irving Plaza.

Jeryko  kicks off his tour on November 16 at Gray in Tel Aviv.

My Word: Making music amid the noise - opinion

The ideals of Koolulam, “a social-musical initiative aimed at strengthening the fabric of society,” sound lofty but the events are fun and unifying.

 The entrance to the Jerusalem Theatre is seen in a photo taken May 21, 2024

Are you listening to bots? Survey shows AI music is virtually undetectable

With 97% of listeners unable to tell AI from human-made tracks, Deezer warns of ethical and economic implications for artists and the global music market.

 A robot band perform at world's first embodied intelligent robot 4S store on August 06, 2025 in Beijing, China.

OpenAI used song lyrics in violation of copyright laws, German court says

The court in Munich found that ChatGPT was developed and trained on content from nine German songs.

 OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024

Jewish and Muslim comedians team up to turn tension into titters

"Comedy for Peace," an interfaith project founded by Israeli comedian Erik Angel, brings Jewish, Muslim, and Christian comics together to promote tolerance and unity through laughter.

Comedians Gibran Saleem, left, and Erik Angel, right, are part of the Comedy 4 Peace project, which promotes religious tolerance among Jews, Muslims, and Christians through humor.

From India and the world with love: The superb offerings at the Jerusalem Oud Festival

This year’s Jerusalem International Oud Festival offers a broad sweep of ethnic and other music genres for our listening uplifting entertainment.

Chitravina N. Ravikiran plays the chitravina, one of the lesser-known Indian string instruments.

Report: OpenAI is developing a tool for creating music based on text and audio

OpenAI is developing a tool that will allow the creation of music from text or voice, in collaboration with students from a prestigious music school in New York

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Judaism with a twang: Texan Joe Buchanan finds the common themes binding country music and Torah

To Buchanan, country music and the Torah have a lot in common – the sin, the redemption, the deception, and the heartbreak.

JOE BUCHANAN, flanked by Israeli and American flags, in his home musical workshop in Houston, Texas.

Early sound exposure shapes male and female brains differently, Hebrew U study finds

“What looks like the same experience at the surface may trigger completely different neural adaptations in each sex," said the leader of the experiment.

Research on the human brain shows that male and female brains develop differently due to early auditory experiences

Fattal Rock Festival 11: Who will Perform, when, and how to buy tickets

Fattal Hotels launches Fattal Rock Festival 11 in Eilat, March 12-14, 2026. Among the artists: Monica Sex, Aviv Geffen, Ethnix, Shlomi Shabbat, and Miri Mesika. The sale for club members has opened.

Herods Palaces Hotel Eilat.