List of Israeli musical artists
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List of Israeli musical artists, singers and bands
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- Moshik AfiaMoshik AfiaMoshik Afia is a popular Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi style. He was born in Holon, Israel.-Selected discography:*A rain dripped- 1997 - גשם טפטף*A Story of love- 1998- סיפור אהבה*In my dreams- 1999- מתוך חלומותיי...
- Aharit HaYamimAharit HayamimAharit Hayamim is an Israeli world beat-reggae jam band formed in 2002.The music of Aharit Hayamim is described as a "mix of reggae, Carlebach, rock and various ethnic musical styles." Redemption and the messiah are central themes...
(End of Days) - Chava AlbersteinChava AlbersteinChava Alberstein is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger.-Biography:Chava Alberstein, born in Szczecin, Poland, moved to Israel with her family in 1950. She grew up in Kiryat Haim....
- Almana ShchoraAlmana ShchoraAlmana Shchora is a heavy metal band originating from Tel Aviv, Israel.-History:The band was founded in 1991 and stay active until these days as well, Although the only surviving original member of the band is the guitarist and founder Eli Zulta, who wrote and sang most of the songs...
(Black Widow) - Jo Amar
- Etti AnkriEtti AnkriEsther "Etti" Ankri is an Israeli singer-songwriter. She is a former Female Singer of the Year in Israel, and has also performed in the United States, England, and India. Ankri has been called a "rock genius", the "poet of Israeli spirituality," and "the contemporary voice of.....
- Keren AnnKeren AnnKeren Ann Zeidel is a singer-songwriter-composer-producer and engineer based largely in Paris, Tel Aviv and New York City. She plays guitar, piano and clarinet, engineers and writes choir and musical arrangements.-Life and career:...
- Yardena AraziYardena AraziYardena Arazi is an Israeli singer and entertainer.-Biography:Yardena Arazi was born on Kibbutz Kabri and grew up in Haifa. Arazi is the daughter of Jewish immigrants from France and Germany. She joined the Beit Rothschild group at 16 and became its lead vocalist. She did her military service in...
- Zohar ArgovZohar ArgovZohar Argov was a popular Israeli singer and a distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene.- Background :The most serious hurdle on the way to stardom was Argov's socioeconomic background. He was born in Rishon LeZion, and grew up in a poor family, the eldest of ten children...
- Meir ArielMeir ArielMeir Ariel was an Israeli singer-songwriter.He was known as a "man of words" for his poetic use of the Hebrew language in his lyrics. His influences included Hebrew poets such as Natan Alterman, S. Y...
- Shlomo ArtziShlomo ArtziShlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock singer-songwriter, and composer.He was born on November 26, 1949, in Moshav Alonei Abba. In the course of his career, he has sold over 1.5 million albums, making him one of Israel's most successful male singers....
- Asaf Amdurski
- Michal AmdurskiMichal AmdurskiMichal Amdursky is an Israeli dancer and singer.-Biography:Michal Amdursky was married to Assaf Amdursky, with whom she has two children. She is one of the pioneers of the Israeli Dance Music genre. Amdurski began dancing at the age of 6 at the studio of the Bat-Dor Dance Company...
- Izhar AshdotIzhar AshdotIzhar Ashdot is an Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and a record producer. He is a co-founding member of the Israeli rock band T-Slam.-Start of his Career:...
- Astral ProjectionAstral projectionAstral projection is an interpretation of out-of-body experience that assumes the existence of an "astral body" separate from the physical body and capable of traveling outside it...
- AstrixAstrixAstrix is a Psychedelic trance DJ and producer specialising in the sub-genre of Full On Psychedelic Trance....
- Gali AtariGali AtariAvigail "Gali" Atari is an Israeli actress and singer.-Career:She first appeared on the international scene in 1971, when she represented Israel at the World Popular Song Festival in Japan with the songs "All free" and "Give love away"...
- Asaf AvidanAsaf AvidanAsaf Avidan is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician,best known for his voice, often compared to Janis Joplin and Robert Plant.He is also the creative force and front-man of folk/rock band Asaf Avidan & the Mojos.- Biography & Early Career :...
- Din Din AvivDin Din AvivDin Din Aviv is an Israeli pop and folk singer. After performing with Gaya and with the Idan Raichel Project, she released a successful debut album, Sodotay in 2006.-Background:...
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- Ehud BanaiEhud Banai-Early life:Banai, of Persian Jewish and Afghan Jewish descent, was born in Jerusalem to the actor Yaakov Banai, the eldest of the Banai siblings, and moved to Givataim at the age of four.-Music career:...
- Eviatar BanaiEviatar BanaiEviatar Banai is an Israeli musician, singer and songwriter.-Biography:Banai was born in 1973 in Beer Sheva...
- Meir BanaiMeir BanaiMeir Banai is a well known and respected Israeli musician, singer, and songwriter, who has been called a "veteran star" and "one of the perennial big guns of Israeli music".- Biography :...
- Yossi BanaiYossi BanaiYossi Banai was an Israeli performer, singer, actor, and dramatist.-Biography:Banai was born in Jerusalem, and grew up in the neighborhood of the Mahane Yehuda market...
- Yuval BanaiYuval BanaiYuval Banay is an Israeli musician, best known as the lead singer of the influential Israeli pop rock band Mashina.-Personal life:Yuval was born on June 9, 1962 in Tel-Aviv to Yossi and Ilana Banai...
- Shlomo BarShlomo BarShlomo Bar is an Israeli musician, composer, and social activist. He is a pioneer of ethnic music in Israel.- Biography :Born in Rabat, Morocco, in 1943, Bar emigrated to Israel a few years later. He learnt how to play the darbuka and other ethnic percussion instruments, performing in various small...
- Abatte BarihunAbatte BarihunAbatte Barihun is an Israeli jazz saxophonist and composer. His sound is reminiscent of John Coltrane's, who has highly influenced Barihun.- Early life and career :...
(Abatte) - Danni BassanDanni BassanDanni Bassan is an Israeli musician.When aged 18, he was recruited to the Israeli Air Force Band. Bassan was known as a member of the band T-Slam, and was main vocalist in it until its disbandment in 1983. In 1985 Bassan released a self-titled album. His second album, HaYeled Shebi , was released...
- Batzal Yarok (Scallion) (The Dollhouse)
- Zehava BenZehava BenZehava Ben is one of the most popular Israeli female vocalists in the Mizrahi music genre; the Middle Eastern-style of singing rising from Israel's Mizrahi Jewish population, dominating Israeli music in the 1990s and popular ever since.-Early life:...
- Mosh Ben-AriMosh Ben-AriMosh Ben Ari is an Israeli musician, lyricist and composer.- Biography :Ben Ari was born in Afula, Israel in 1970. He comes from a Yemenite and Iraqi Jewish background. He first discovered music as a child through the traditional Jewish and ethnic chants that were part of his everyday life...
- Dana BergerDana BergerDana Berger is an Israeli singer-songwriter and occasional actress, who is a graduate of the Rimon school of contemporary music. Berger came to fame in the 1990s, appearing on the popular TV show "Inyan Shel Zman"...
- Yoni BlochYoni BlochYoni Bloch is an Israeli musician, song writer, composer, rock singer and hi-tech entrepreneur.- Early life :Bloch grew up in Beer Sheva and at the age of 17 moved with his family to Lehavim...
- David BrozaDavid BrozaDavid Broza is a multi-platinum Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Personal life:The son of an Israeli–British businessman and a folk singer, Broza was born in Haifa, Israel. He was raised and educated in England and Spain, where he was schooled at Runnymede College, in Madrid...
(Abraham's Orchard)
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- Matti CaspiMatti CaspiMatti Caspi is an Israeli composer, musician, singer, and lyricist. Born in 1949, he is regarded as one of Israel’s top musicians.His music style is difficult to classify. He is influenced by classical music, Brazilian and Latin music, Jazz, Rock and other genres. It is possible to hear all these...
- The ChurchillsThe ChurchillsThe Churchills was an Israeli band founded in 1965, active until the mid-1970s. It was a part of the rhythm bands scene that were active in Israel in the 1970s, especially in Ramla. The band played rock music in English, from psychedelic rock to hard rock...
- Anat CohenAnat CohenAnat Cohen is an Israeli jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader.Cohen went to the United States in 1996. Her debut album, Place & Time, was released in 2005 on Anzic Records. In 2007 she won the awards for Up and Coming Artist and Clarinetist of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association...
- Avishai Cohen (bassist)
- Avishai CohenAvishai Cohen (trumpeter)Avishai Cohen Is a New York City based Jazz musician originally from Tel Aviv, Israel.Cohen is an internationally recognized influential jazz trumpet player, composer, and bandleader. His playing style reflects a heavy influence from the Bebop and Post-bop traditions. However elements of...
(trumpeter) - Yizhar Cohen
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- DAMDAM (band)DAM is a Palestinian hip-hop group. Based in Lod, Israel, DAM was founded in 1999 by brothers Tamar and Suhell Nafar and their friend Mahmoud Jreri, and their songs are largely about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and poverty...
- DaklonDaklonDaklon is the nickname of an Israeli musical artist Yosef Levy. He was born in 1944 in Tel Aviv's Kerem Hateimanim neighborhood, as a son of Jewish-Yemeni immigrants from the Shar'ab region in Yemen....
- Yair DalalYair DalalYair Dalal is an Israeli musician of Iraqi-Jewish descent.His main instruments are the oud and the violin, and he also sings as accompaniment. He composes his own music and draws on Arab and Jewish traditions, as well as European classical music and Indian music...
- Shoshana Damari
- David D'OrDavid D'OrDavid D'Or is an Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter. A countertenor with a vocal range of more than four octaves, he is a three-time winner of the Israeli "Singer of the Year" and "Best Vocal Performer" awards. He was also chosen to represent Israel in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest, at...
- Arkadi DuchinArkadi DuchinArkadi Duchin is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musical producer.-Early life:Duchin was born in Babruysk, Belarus. He immigrated to Israel at the age of 15.-Music career:...
- Dana InternationalDana InternationalSharon Cohen , professionally known as Dana International is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever...
- Duo DatzDuo DatzDuo Datz is the common English name for the duo made up of Orna and Moshe Datz....
(Aunt) - Roni DuaniRoni DuaniRoni Duani is a pop singer. Although she is best known for her music career, she has also been a television actress, children's television show host, and fashion model. She is often compared to the American recording artist Britney Spears.- Music career :...
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- Seffy EfratiSeffy EfratiSeffy Efrati is an Israeli musician known for being the bassist for Israeli rock star Aviv Geffen. Before then, he joined the Israeli-British art rock band Blackfield with Geffen and Porcupine Tree leader Steven Wilson...
- Eifo HaYeledEifo HaYeledEifo HaYeled is an Israeli rock band that influenced the Israeli rock scene and culture greatly.-Band members:*Hemi Rodner - lead vocals, bass guitar.*Asaf Sarig - vocals, guitar.*Asaf Meroz - drums.*Ofir Bar-Ami - vocals, guitar.*Arad Shiff - guitar....
(Where's the Child) - Arik EinsteinArik EinsteinArik Einstein is an Israeli singer-songwriter.Einstein was a vocalist for Batzal Yarok , Shleeshiyat Gesher Hayarkon and Hahalonot Hagvohim . His collaboration with Shalom Hanoch and the Churchills planted the seeds for the first Israeli rock albums...
- Dudu ElhararDudu ElhararDudu Elharar is an Israeli singer, music producer, actor and television and radio presenter.Elharar was born in 1945 in a Jewish family in Morocco. In 1950 the family made Aliyah to Israel...
- EthnixEthnixEthnix is an Israeli pop-rock band. Their music is a mix of oriental and Western melodies. Ethnix is the oldest continuously-operating band in Israel, together since 1989. The band was formed out of two former groups, "Moskva", founded in 1984, and "Omanut VeHevra", created in 1987...
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- Bradley FishBradley FishBradley Fish is an American born musician based in Israel. He relocated to Israel in 2004, first living in Tel Aviv, and finally settling in Jerusalem.He holds a B.A...
- Dudu FisherDudu FisherDavid "Dudu" Fisher is an Israeli cantor and stage performer.He is best known for his Broadway performance as Jean Valjean in the musical Les Misérables.- Cantorial career :...
- Rami FortisRami FortisRami Fortis , often Fortis, is an Israeli rock singer.-Biography:Rami Fortis is of Iraqi and Italian origin. He served in the 1973 Yom Kippur war and was influenced by his experiences at the front. He began his musical career in 1975 as a lighting-man in the shows of Tamuz - one of Israel's...
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- Nurit GalronNurit GalronNurit Galron is an Israeli singer. She is married to the Israeli TV and radio journalist, Rafi Reshef.- Discography :# What the Heavens Give # Greatest Hits # Goodbye Honey # That Place # Classic # Within The Storms...
(Zoo) - Yehoram GaonYehoram GaonYehoram Gaon is a Jewish Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure...
- Aviv GeffenAviv GeffenAviv Geffen is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist and guitarist. He is the son of writer and poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Makover, brother of actress Shira Geffen, and an alumnus of Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.Geffen was and is extremely popular...
- Yehonatan GeffenYehonatan GeffenYehonatan Geffen also known as Yonatan Gefen, is an Israeli author, poet, songwriter, journalist, and playwright.- Biography :...
(Yarkon Bridge Trio) (Giraffes) - Michael GlozmanMichael GlozmanMichael Glozman is an Israeli composer, music arranger, singer and conductor. Born in the Soviet Union , he was educated in music at the prestigious Sveshnikov Choir Academy in Moscow and at the Rubin Conservatory in Tel Aviv.-Activity:After making aliyah in 1991, he composed musical scores for...
- Eyal GolanEyal GolanEyal Golan, , is a popular Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi style. Golan is one of the most successful singers of the Mizrahi genre in Israel...
- Zion GolanZion GolanZion Golan , also known as Tzion Golan, is an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin.-Background:Most of Golan's songs are in Yemeni Arabic. Many songs are from Yemen and are also sung by contemporary Yemeni singers. He also sings some songs in the ancient Yemeni dialect of Hebrew.-Personal life:Golan was...
- Efrat GoshEfrat Gosh-Bio:Gosh was born in 1983 and raised as a middle child with a younger and an older brother in Herzliya, Israel. She attended the music department at Alon high school in Ramat Hasharon. She continued her education at the Rimon school of music, focusing on Jazz...
- Dan GottfriedDan GottfriedDan Gottfried is an Israeli jazz pianist and music educator. In 1987, he founded the Red Sea Jazz Festival, which he directed until his retirement in 2008.He is president of the Israel Musicians Union.-Biography:...
- Gidi GovGidi GovGidi Gov , is an Israeli singer, TV host, entertainer and actor.Gov is married to playwright Anat Gov, with whom he has three children.- Early life :...
- Shlomo GronichShlomo GronichShlomo Gronich is a male Israeli composer, singer, songwriter, arranger, and choir conductor.- Biography :Shlomo Gronich grew up in a musical family in Hadera. He holds a B.A. in Music Education from Tel Aviv Educational Academy, and a B.A. in Composition from the Mannes School of Music, New York...
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(The Brothers and the Sisters) (The People) (Natural Selection)- HaCliqueHaCliqueHaClique is an Israeli rock band founded in 1980 composed of Dani Dothan , Eli Avramov , Ovad Efrat and Jean-Jacques Goldberg ....
(The Clique) - Sarit HadadSarit HadadSarit Hadad is an acclaimed Israeli singer. She stems from a musician family with both origins in the Tunisia and Caucases...
- HaDag NahashHadag NahashHadag Nahash is an Israeli hip hop/funk band, founded in 1996 in Jerusalem. The band is known for its leftist political statements in many of its songs.- Name and symbols :...
(The Snakefish) - HadorbanimHadorbanimHaDorbanim was an Israeli disco, pop, funk and rock band, formed in 1999. The band sang mostly in Hebrew.The band announced its breakup in September 2009 soon after the release of their third album, "First After The Second".-Final lineup:...
(The Porcupines) (The Mandrakes) - HaGashash HaHiverHaGashash HaHiverHaGashash HaHiver |Tracker]]) were an Israeli comedy group. Often called HaGashashim , they are considered a classic of Israeli entertainment and the most influential comedy act in the history of Israel.The three members of the Gashash were:...
(The Pale Tracker) (vocal ensemble of Kibbutz Geva) - HaHalonot HaGvohim (The High Windows)
- The Friends of NatashaThe Friends of NatashaThe Friends of Natasha or Natasha's Friends is a former Israeli rock band, highly regarded by critics, which was one of the most popular Israeli bands during the 1990s...
- HaivritHaivritHaivrit are an Israeli rock band, composed of Oron Sherri , Eran Peretz and Amit Arbel . They started out in 2004 as "The Blush" and later changed their name to "Blush and Lure". They mostly sang in English and played shows in clubs in Tel Aviv and also in Europe...
(The Redheads) - HaKol Over HabibiHakol Over HabibiHakol Over Habibi was an Israeli musical band which represented their country in Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Halayla". The band consisted of: Shlomit Aharon, Kikki Rotstein, Yuval Dor and Ami Mendelman. They had originally been offered the song "Hallelujah" as a potential Eurovision...
(Everything Passes, Habibi) (The Witches) - HamsaHamsa (musical group)Hamsa is an Israeli musical quintet, perhaps best described as an Israeli Spice Girls. The group was formed in 2001 by music producers Eyal Buchbut and Dror Margalit...
- HamuchtarHamuchtarHamuchtar , Gilad Philip Ben-David, b. 1971, is a singer and cabaret artist who began his career in Tel Aviv in the late 1980s. He has also played various films most notably “Amazing Grace” by the late director Amos Guttman, as well as directing his own films and theatre plays...
- Shalom HanochShalom HanochShalom Hanoch is an Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer.He is considered to be the father of Israeli rock and the most important artist of that area. His works have profoundly influenced Israeli rock and modern Israeli music...
(The Pure Souls) (The Suburbs) (The Roosters) - Israeli Andalusian OrchestraIsraeli Andalusian OrchestraThe Israeli Andalusian Orchestra or Mediterranean Orchestra is an award-winning Israeli orchestra based in Ashdod, Israel founded in 1994. The orchestra is composed of around 50 musicians and lyricists mainly of Moroccon and Russian origin and features traditionel Sephardic Jewish-Arab and...
(The Good, the Bad & the Girl) - HaYehudimHaYehudimHaYehudim is an Israeli hard rock band, formed in 1992 by married couple Tom Petrover and Orit Shachaf, who share guitar playing and vocal duties. The band has achieved tremendous success in Israel despite commercial disregard in its first years, and has sold over 200,000 albums in Israel.The band...
(The Jews) - Ofra HazaOfra HazaOfra Haza was an Israeli singer of Yemeni origin, an actress and international recording artist....
(The Flies) - Nechama HendelNechama HendelNechama 'Nama' Hendel was an Israeli singer.She began in the IDF Nahal music troupe, and came out of the Tsahal music scene in the 1950s, first in the duet "Ran veNama" – with Ran Eliran – then later as a solo act...
- Uzi HitmanUzi HitmanUzi Hitman was an Israeli singer, songwriter, composer and television personality.-Early life:...
- Ariel HorowitzAriel HorowitzAriel Horowitz is an Israeli Singer-Songwriter, and the son of the late Naomi Shemer, widely regarded as one of Israel's most important song writers. He released three albums: Yallah Bye , Renée and Menase Sefer ....
- Harel MoyalHarel MoyalHarel Moyal is a popular young Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the second season of the Israeli television series Kochav Nolad...
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- Mika Karni
- KatamineKatamineKatamine is a collaborative musical project that joins a changing cast of artists with the Israeli singer and songwriter Assaf Tager...
- Shlomo KatzShlomo KatzShlomo Katz is a contemporary religious Jewish musician in Israel.- Biography :Shlomo Katz was born in New Jersey, son of Cantor Avsholom Katz. His family moved to Israel when he was nine years old and he has subsequently moved back and forth between Los Angeles and Israel...
- KaveretKaveretKaveret , also known as Poogy , was an Israeli rock band in the mid-1970s that won much fame around the world for their often humorous songs and unique style of music. Their shows included many skits, among which are the Sipurey Poogy...
(Beehive) - Kerach Tesha (Ice Nine)
- Amir KertesAmir KertesAmir Kertes is an Israeli musician and singer.Kertes is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band Ra'ash . Ra'ash released their debut album Noise Only Noise. N. in 1994 to critical acclaim...
- Rita KleinsteinRita KleinsteinRita Yahan-Farouz is an Iranian-born Israeli pop singer and actress.-Early life:Rita Yahan-Farouz was born in Tehran, Iran. Her family emigrated to Israel in 1970.-Musical and acting career:-1980s:...
- Knesiyat HasekhelKnesiyat HasekhelKnesiyat Hasekhel is an Israeli rock band from Sderot.Their name is a translation into Hebrew of Church of Reason, from Robert Pirsig's book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance....
(Church of the Mind) (Koko Bluff & the Mosquitoes)
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- Tzruya Lahav
- Oren LavieOren LavieOren Lavie is an Israeli singer, songwriter, playwright, and theatre director. His music video for "Her Morning Elegance" earned a 2009 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Short Form Music Video". On March 10, 2009, Oren released his debut album, The Opposite Side of the Sea, in the United States...
- Oshik LeviOshik LeviOshik Levi is an Israeli singer, actor, and entertainer.He started his career in the late 1960s, as a rock singer, first in the group Shlishiyat Ha-Teomim Oshik Levi (Hebrew: אושיק לוי, born April 7, 1944) is an Israeli singer, actor, and entertainer.He started his career in the late 1960s, as a...
- Yishai LeviYishai LeviIshay Levi is an Israeli musician, one of the valued artists of Mizrahi music in Israel.-Biography:...
- Ivri LiderIvri LiderIvri Lider is an Israeli pop rock singer-songwriter. He is one of the biggest-selling contemporary artists in Israeli music, and has won the Male Singer of the Year honor from major Israeli national and local radio stations since entering the Israeli music scene in the late 1990s...
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- MarbinMarbinMarbin is a Jazz-Rock group based in Chicago IL.Marbin first started in 2007 as an improvised music duo consisting of Israeli-American guitarist Dani Rabin and Israeli saxophonist Danny Markovitch. Markovitch and Rabin met shortly after Markovitch had completed his military service as an infantry...
- MashinaMashinaMashina are an Israeli pop rock band which was active from 1984 to 1995, and then again from 2003 to the present. The band is considered by many to be Israel's most important and influential rock band...
- Boaz Mauda
- MissFlagMissFlagmissFlag is an indie pop-rock band from Jerusalem, Israel. Originally formed in 2005, The band's music is mostly influenced by the new wave of British music and alternative rock....
- Monica SexMonica SexMonica Sex is an Israeli rock band that is very popular among young fans and the contemporary music scene. Their music is generally characterized by its alternative rock sound and catchy lyrics, which led many of their songs to become radio hits and greatly recognizable in Israeli culture.One of...
- Haim MosheHaim MosheHaim Moshe born 1956)is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean "ethnic" music to include mainstream Israeli and western pop elements. He has helped Mizrahi music achieve wide popularityboth in Israel...
- Harel MoyalHarel MoyalHarel Moyal is a popular young Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the second season of the Israeli television series Kochav Nolad...
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- Tamer Nafer
- Lior NarkisLior NarkisLior Narkis is a male Israeli singer. He was born to a mixed Iraqi and Serbian Jewish family.-Music career:...
- Nikmat HaTraktorNikmat HaTraktorNikmat HaTraktor is an Israeli rock music band established in 1988 in Tel Aviv by singer and bass player Avi Balali and guitarist Ofir Leibovitz. Other band members include Eyal Parson Shachar on keyboard , and Aviv Barak on drums...
(The Tractor's Revenge) - Achinoam NiniAchinoam NiniAchinoam Nini , also known by her professional name, Noa, is a leading Israeli international concert and recording artist.-Career:...
- Offer NissimOffer NissimOffer Nissim is a popular Israeli DJ and producer. He was born in 1964 in Tel Aviv, Israel.Nissim produces house music in mostly tribal, hard and progressive styles, including exclusive tracks featuring female vocalists and Meital De Razon...
(Fringe Youth) - Shy NoblemanShy NoblemanShy Nobleman is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist, guitarist and Actor.He is one of Israel's leading indie musicians, whose English language psychedelic and power-pop albums have been hits in Israel and enjoys increasing popularity in a number of European...
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- Esther Ofarim
- Orphaned LandOrphaned LandOrphaned Land is an Israeli progressive metal band, formed in 1991, that combines Death/doom, Jewish and Arabic influences.- History :In 1992, the band changed its name from the original Resurrection to Orphaned Land....
- Shaike Ophir
- Kobi OzKobi OzKobi Oz is the lead singer of Israeli group Teapacks.-Biography:Yaakov Oz was born in Sderot to Tunisian Jewish parents. He began playing music and composing at the age of 15...
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- Natalia ParuzNatalia ParuzNatalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz is a New York City-based musical saw and novelty instruments player and busker. She is the founder and director of the annual Musical Saw Festival in New York City. She also organized the musical saw festival in Israel...
- Kobi PeretzKobi PeretzKobi Peretz , also Koby Perez, is a popular Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi style. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Kobi comes from a big family, being the youngest of 10 siblings. After his one hit wonder Balbeli Oto , He sang in major concerts...
- Inbal Perlmutter
- Tzvika Pik
- Yehuda PolikerYehuda PolikerYehuda Poliker is an Israeli singer, songwriter, musician, and painter.-Early life:Poliker was born in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa, Israel to a Greek Jewish family. Poliker is the son of Holocaust survivors deported to Auschwitz from Salonika, Greece.-Music career:Poliker's music combines rock...
- Pharaoh's DaughterPharaoh's DaughterPharaoh's Daughter is a world music band from New York City. Their music is a mix of American folk, Jewish klezmer, and Middle Eastern sounds.The bandleader is Basya Schechter...
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- Idan RaichelIdan RaichelIdan Raichel is an Israeli singer-songwriter and a musician, known for his Idan Raichel Project , distinctive for its fusion of electronics, traditional Hebrew texts, Middle Eastern and Ethiopian music. Prior to the Project, Raichel was a keyboardist, collaborating with artists such as Ivri Lider...
- Adi RanAdi RanAdi Ran is an Israeli singer, musician, lyricist and composer who innovated a new music genre called Hasidic Underground . He is a Na Nach Breslover...
- Ras DeshenRas DeshenRas Deshen can refer to*The highest mountain of Ethiopia, most often spelled Ras Dashen*The Ras Deshen Ensemble, an Israeli jazz duo named after the mountain...
duo - Yehudit RavitzYehudit RavitzYehudit Ravitz is an Israeli singer-songwriter. She was born in Be'er Sheva, in southern Israel. As of 2010, she had released 20 albums and has been performing for nearly 20 years, also musically producing several albums for other musicians.-Music career:...
- Yoni RechterYoni RechterYoni Rechter is an Israeli musician, composer, pianist, arranger and singer.-Biography:Yonatan Rechter was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He was the son of Israeli architect Ya'akov Rechter and stepson of Israeli actress Hanna Meron. He attended Tichon Hadash high school...
- Danny RobasDanny RobasDanny Robas is an Israeli pop-rock singer and songwriter.Daniel Robas was born in 1957 in a Kibutz named Shoval, and grew up in Rehovot. He completed his military service in the artillery corps at the rank of a lieutenant....
- RockfourRockfourRockfour is a Psychedelic rock band, formed in 1988 in Holon, Israel. Most of their catalog is in English, and they regularly tour the United States.-Early years:...
- Pavlo RosenbergPavlo RosenbergPavlo Rosenberg is an Israeli singer.Pavlo Rosenberg was born in Argentina. His family immigrated to Israel when he was 6 years old...
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- Sagol 59Sagol 59Sagol 59 is a Jerusalem-based hip-hop MC. Raised on a Kibbutz in Israel, Khen Rotem took the name Sagol 59, or “purple 59,” from his personal Kibbutz laundry bag tag. After his required 3 year stint in the Israeli Defense Forces, Sagol turned to music, beginning his career in blues, funk and rock...
(Purple 59) - Berry SakharofBerry SakharofBerry Sakharof is an Israeli rock guitarist, songwriter and singer.-Biography:Sakharof was born in Izmir, Turkey in 1957. His family immigrated to Israel when he was 3 years old.-Start of career:...
- Daniel SalomonDaniel SalomonDaniel Salomon is an Israeli pop rock singer and musician. He was born and raised in Haifa. Salomon has been playing the piano since the age of six and began writing music at age 12. He studied composition and orchestral arrangements with Prof...
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- Aris SanAris SanAris San was Greek singer and nightclub owner who popularized Greek music in Israel in the late 1950s and 1960s. -Biography:Aristides Saisanas was born in Kalamata, Greece. At the age of 17, he sailed from Athens to Israel, changing his name to "Aris San" on board. San began playing at the...
- Danny SandersonDanny SandersonDanny Sanderson is an Israeli musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist.-History:In 1972, after a short and unsuccessful bout in London, Sanderson returned to Israel and founded, along with friends Alon Oleartchik, Ephraim Shamir, Gidi Gov, Meir Feningstein and later on Yoni Rechter and Yizkhak...
- SfatayimSfatayimSfatayim is a rock band from Sderot, Israel. The name means Lips in English. The band is considered to have consolidated an Israeli Moroccan style, blending the music of the mostly Moroccan immigrants of Sderot with international rock. The lead singer was Haïm Ulliel....
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- Avner StraussAvner StraussAvner Strauss is an Israeli music producer, musician, guitarist singer/songwriter and poet. He has also written books and music for children.- Biography :...
- Shlomi ShabatShlomi ShabatShlomi Shabat is a popular Israeli singer, musician, and artist who sings in the oriental Mizrahi style. He comes from a sephardic family that immigrated from Turkey, and sings in Hebrew, Turkish, and Spanish.-Musical career:...
- Boaz SharabiBoaz SharabiBoaz Sharabi is an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, crooner, pianist, actor, tenor, chazan and lyricist, well-known for such integral Israeli classics as Latet, Halevai, At Li Laila, Pamela, Lashir Itach, Kol Od, Mi Yada Shekach Yihiyeh, K'Shetavo , Im At Adain Ohevet Oti and Etzli...
- Naomi ShemerNaomi ShemerNaomi Shemer was a leading Israeli songwriter hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry."-Biography:Naomi Sapir was born on Kvutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz her parents had helped found, on the shores of the Sea of Galilee. In the 1950s she served in the Israeli Defense Force's Nahal...
- Yahel Sherman (Man Friday)
- ShevaSheva (band)Sheva is an Israeli world music band founded in 1997. While focusing on traditional Jewish and Arab musical influences, the band attempts to use spiritual and creative influences from across the world in their music...
(Seven) (Temporary Sanity) - Shotei HaNvu'a (Fools of Prophecy)
- Harel SkaatHarel SkaatHarel Skaat is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Milim" ....
- SkaziSkaziSkazi is an Israeli psychedelic trance DJ group, formed in 1998, with two members: Asher Swissa and Assaf B-Bass.-History:Skazi was formed in 1998 by Asher Swissa and Assaf B-Bass, to form a duo producing Soft Psy-Trance Electro Punk music....
- Malka SpigelMalka SpigelMalka Spigel is a founding member of the Israeli rock band Minimal Compact. She has also worked as a solo artist, and as a visual artist, exhibiting in prominent venues such as The Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Royal Festival Hall...
- Stella MarisStella MarisStella Maris may refer to* Polaris * A title of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known in English as Our Lady, Star of the Seaplaces or organizations named for the Virgin Mary:...
- SubliminalSubliminal (rapper)Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimoni , generally known by his stage name Subliminal , is an Israeli hip hop artist and music producer.-Background:...
- SuZySuZySuZy is a Turkish-Israeli singer in ladino.Suzy immigrated to Israel in 1979. After attending high school in Jaffa, Suzy completed her post secondary education at the University of Tel Aviv, where she studied English and French Philology...
, Sefardi (in Judeo-Spanish), Israeli and Turkish singer
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- Shimi TavoriShimi TavoriShimi Tavori is an acclaimed Israeli singer. He performs in Hebrew and French.-Biography:Shimi Tavori was born to a Yemenite Jewish family in Ness Ziona, Israel....
- Ninette TayebNinette TayebNinet Tayeb is an Israeli-pop rock singer and actress who became widely known as the first winner of Kochav Nolad ....
- TeapacksTeapacksTeapacks was an Israeli band that formed in 1988 in the southern Israeli city of Sderot. Originally the band was named after the correction fluid Tipp-Ex, but the name was then changed so as not to infringe on the well-known brand....
- Tislam (Doppler effectDoppler effectThe Doppler effect , named after Austrian physicist Christian Doppler who proposed it in 1842 in Prague, is the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave. It is commonly heard when a vehicle sounding a siren or horn approaches, passes, and recedes from...
) - Avi ToledanoAvi ToledanoBorn in Meknes in Morocco April 4, 1948, Avraham Toledano is known to European audiences for his involvement with the Eurovision Song Contest. In 1982 he represented Israel in Harrogate, UK with the uptempo revivalist number Hora...
- Margalit Tzan'aniMargalit Tzan'aniMargalit Tzan'ani , also known as Margol, is an Israeli singer and television personality. Tzan'ani is famous for her repertoire of Israeli oriental music style with soul influences, as well as jazz, blues, rock, pop and Arab music.-Biography :...
- Tzofei Tel AvivTzofei Tel AvivTzofei Tel Aviv is a musical group originating from Israel. The performers are teenagers, picked out of the Israel Scouts in Tel-Aviv, Israel. They tour around the world, performing mostly Hebrew songs for Jewish organizations and others the world over. For example, they performed Yom Ha'atzmut...
- The Voca PeopleThe Voca PeopleThe Voca People are an Israel-based ensemble performing vocal theater combining a cappella and beat box vocals to reproduce the sounds of an entire orchestra....
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- Yaffa Yarkoni
- Yitzhak YedidYitzhak YedidYitzhak Yedid is an Israeli Australian composer of classical music and jazz pianist.-Biography:Yitzhak Yedid was born on September 29, 1971 in Jerusalem, Israel. His family immigrated from Syria. He studied at the Rubin Academy of Music and the New England Conservatory in Boston with Ran Blake...
- Shefi YishaiShefi YishaiShefi Yishai is an Israeli musician, mostly active as composer and musical director for theater.Shefi Wrote music to songs written by well-known Israeli poets - Nathan Zach, Yehuda Amichai, Yona Wallach, Ronny Someck...
- Shimon Yisra'eli
- Idan YanivIdan YanivIdan Yaniv is an Israeli singer born in Tel Aviv to Bukharan Jewish parents. He has successfully recorded two albums with many popular singles from both albums. His debut single was "Hoshev Aleya" and it was a hit that generated a lot of attention in Israel and in other Jewish communities in the...
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- Ziknei Tzfat (The Elders of SafedSafedSafed , is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and of Israel. Due to its high elevation, Safed experiences warm summers and cold, often snowy, winters...
) - Ariel ZilberAriel ZilberAriel Zilber is an Israeli singer-songwriter and composer. He is considered one of the most prominent musicians and singer-songwriters in Israeli music, known for his highly literate lyrics and for his simple yet profound style.Zilber became a Baal Tshuva following the 2005 disengagement from...
- Zino and TommyZino and TommyHaim Zinovitch, a.k.a. ZINO, is a prominent and prolific musician in Israel.Zino is a pioneer and self-described chameleon. His music encompasses a wide variety of musical genres, from folk to rock to ambient/electronica. With his partner Tomer Biran , he also creates music for films, TV shows,...
(a.k.a. HaSaruf, The Burned)