Music

Classicameri Festival : Music to be savored and enjoyed

Once again, the Classicameri Festival provided value for money and left audiences buzzing and with a spring in their step.

JANUARY 22, 2026|ByBARRY DAVIS

Shyfrin (center) at Abbey Road Studios with producer Mike Hedges (L) and arranger Fred Luzignant

Music, kabbalah, and time: Inside Eduard Shyfrin’s kabbalistic soundscape

In his latest album, Eduard Shyfrin weaves contemporary music with the spiritual depth of Jewish mysticism, creating a deeply reflective listening experience.

JANUARY 22, 2026|ByALAN ROSENBAUM

TAYLOR SWIFT reacts on stage during the 67th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, February 2, 2025.

Taylor Swift to be inducted in Songwriters Hall of Fame, will become second-youngest ever

The honor places the pop superstar, winner of 14 Grammys, among the most celebrated songwriters across generations.

JANUARY 22, 2026|ByREUTERS

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

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.

NOVEMBER 11, 2025ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

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.

NOVEMBER 9, 2025ByBARRY DAVIS

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

NOVEMBER 8, 2025ByYINON BEN SHUSHAN

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.

NOVEMBER 8, 2025ByDAVID BRINN

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.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

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.

NOVEMBER 2, 2025ByMAARIV TOURISM DESK