The following is a list of Israeli musical artists, singers and bands.

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Omer Adam Omer Adam (; born October 22, 1993) is an Israeli singer whose music fuses elements of Mizrahi music (a type of Middle Eastern music) with Western pop instrumentation. In 2023, Ynetnews named Adam "Israel's most famous singer". Biography Omer ...

* Ayal Adler *

Moshik Afia Moshik Afia (; born 3 October 1974 as Moshe Efroni) is a popular Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi or Eastern Mediterranean style. He was born in Holon, Israel to Lebanese Jewish parents. Biography Moshik Afiia was born on 3 October, 197 ...

* Aharit HaYamim (End of Days) *

Chen Aharoni Chen Aharoni (; also known as Chen and also transliterated as Hen Aharoni; born in Holon, Israel on 12 April 1990) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, musician and television presenter. Career ''Kokhav Nolad'' (2007) He came into fame after taking ...

Chava Alberstein Chava Alberstein ( , born 8 December 1946 in Poland) is an Israeli musician, lyricist, composer, and musical arranger. She moved to Israel in 1950 and started her music career in 1964. Alberstein has released over sixty albums in Hebrew, Englis ...

Alon De Loco Alon Cohen (, born November 25, 1974), known professionally by his stage name Alon De Loco, is an Israeli singer, rapper and record producer. De Loco is one of the leading artists of the Israeli reggaeton. Personal life Cohen was born in Beer ...

Jo Amar Yosef "Jo" Amar (, ) (1 June 1930 – 26 June 2009
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Etti Ankri Esther "Etti" Ankri (, also spelled "Eti" or "Etty," and "Ankari"; born January 4, 1963) 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. An ...

Keren Ann Keren Ann Zeidel (; born 10 March 1974), known professionally as Keren Ann (), is an Israeli and Dutch singer, songwriter, composer, producer, and Audio engineering, engineer based largely in Paris, Tel Aviv, and New York City. She plays guitar, ...

Yardena Arazi Yardena Shulamit Arazi (; born Yardena Finebaum; September 25, 1951) is an Israeli singer and entertainer. In 2008 Arazi was named the most popular Israeli singer of all time at the 60th Independence Day celebration. Early life Yardena Fineba ...

Zohar Argov Zohar Orkabi (; July 16, 1955 – November 6, 1987), known professionally as Zohar Argov (), was an Israeli singer. A distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene, Argov is widely known in Israel as "The king of Mizrahi music". However, he remai ...

Meir Ariel Meir Ariel (; 2 March 1942 – 18 July 1999) was an Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist. 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 ibn Gabirol, Na ...

Shlomo Artzi Shlomo Artzi (; born 26 November 1949) is an Israeli folk rock musician, composer, music producer, radio host and singer-songwriter. He is one of the most popular and successful musicians in Israel. Biography Shlomo Artzi was born on Moshav ...

* Asaf Amdurski * Michal Amdurski * The Apples * Izhar Ashdot *

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Astrix Avi Shmailov () known by his stage name Astrix, is an Israeli trance music DJ and producer. His specialty lies in the subgenre of progressive psychedelic trance. In 2006, Astrix achieved the 41st position in DJMag's "Top 100 DJs" annual rankin ...

Gali Atari Gali Atari (; born 29 December 1953) is an Israeli singer and actress. Atari won the Eurovision Song Contest 1979 which was held in Jerusalem, as part of Milk and Honey. Early life Atari was born as Abigail Atari (Hebrew: אביגיל עטרי) ...

Gilad Atzmon Gilad Atzmon (, ; born 9 June 1963) is an Israeli-born British saxophonist, novelist, political activist, and writer. As a musician, he is best known as a saxophonist and bandleader. His instruments include the saxophone, accordion, clarinet ...

Asaf Avidan Asaf Avidan () is an Israelis, Israeli Singing, singer and songwriter born in Jerusalem. He was raised in Jamaica, and currently resides in Europe. From 2006 to 2011, he was part of the band Asaf Avidan & the Mojos, independently releasing three ...

* Din Din Aviv * Alien Project

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Ehud Banai Ehud Banai (; born March 31, 1953) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, author, and a member of the prominent Banai family in Israel. Early life Ehud Banai was born in Jerusalem. His father was the actor Yaakov Banai, one of the Banai siblings. ...

* Eviatar Banai *

Meir Banai Meir Banai (‎; 5 July 1960 – 12 January 2017) was an Israeli musician, singer, and songwriter. Biography Meir Banai was born in Beersheba in 1960, the son of Yitzhak Banai, to a traditional Jewish family which has produced various actors ...

Yossi Banai Yosef "Yossi" Banai (; April 13, 1932 – May 11, 2006) was a singer, actor in film and theater, songwriter, comedian, lyricist, and Israeli theater director. He was awarded the Israel Prize for Theater in 1998 and the in 2004. Banai is considere ...

Yuval Banai Yuval Banay (; born June 9, 1962) is an Israeli musician, best known as the lead singer of the influential Israeli pop rock band Mashina. Career Banay served in the Artillery Corps of the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War. Wh ...

Shlomo Bar Shlomo Bar (; born 25 June 1943) is an Israeli musician, composer, and social activist. He is a pioneer of ethnic music in Israel. Biography Shlomo Bar was born in Rabat, Morocco. His family immigrated to Israel when he was six. He learned h ...

Abatte Barihun Abatte Barihun (; born 1967) is an Israeli jazz saxophonist and composer. His sound is reminiscent of John Coltrane's, who has highly influenced Barihun. Early life and career (1967–1999) Barihun was born in Addis Ababa, the capital city of E ...

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Rami Bar-Niv Rami Bar-Niv (; born December 1, 1945) is an Israeli pianist, composer and author. Life and career Bar-Niv is a graduate of the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv, where he studied piano with Karol Klein and composition with Paul Ben-Haim, Al ...

Netta Barzilai Netta Barzilai (, ; born 22 January 1993), also known mononymously as Netta, is an Israeli singer. After winning Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018#HaKokhav HaBa L'Eurovizion, the fifth season of ''HaKokhav HaBa'', she earned the right ...

* Danni Bassan * Batzal Yarok (Scallion) * Beer7 *

Zehava Ben Zehava Ben (born Zehava Benisti; ; November 8, 1968) is an Israeli singer. 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, do ...

Mosh Ben-Ari Moshe "Mosh" Ben-Ari (; born 21 September 1970) is an Israeli musician, lyricist, and composer. Biography Ben-Ari was born in Afula, Israel, to a family of Mizrahi Jewish background. He first discovered music as a child through the traditional ...

Amir Benayoun Amir Benayoun (; born on August 30, 1975) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. Biography Amir Benayoun was born in Beersheba to Maxim and Esther Benayoun who moved to Israel from Algeria. His father was an oud player. From a very young age he showe ...

Dana Berger Dana Berger (; born 2 November 1970) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She is also a graduate of the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music. Berger came to fame in the 1990s, appearing on the popular TV show ''Inyan S ...

Yoni Bloch Yoni Bloch (; born August 11, 1981) is an Israeli musician, songwriter, composer, rock singer and hi-tech entrepreneur. Biography Bloch grew up in Beersheba and at the age of 17 moved with his family to Lehavim. He started taking piano less ...

* Yisrael Borochov *

David Broza David Simon Berwick Broza (; born September 4, 1955) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. His music mixes modern pop with Spanish music. Biography David Broza was born in Haifa, Israel. His father was an Israeli–British businessman of German-Dutch ...

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Matti Caspi Matti Caspi () is an Israeli composer, musician, singer, arranger, and lyricist. Born in 1949, he is regarded as one of Israel's top popular musicians. His music's style is informed by classical music, Brazilian and Latin music, jazz, rock and ...

* The Churchills *

Anat Cohen Anat Cohen (; ; born 1975) is a New York City-based jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader from Tel Aviv, Israel. Biography Cohen was born into a musical family and began playing the clarinet at age 12 with Jaffa Conservatory’s Dixiel ...

* Avishai Cohen, bassist * Avishai Cohen, trumpeter * Meytal Cohen * Yizhar Cohen *

Riff Cohen Riff Cohen (; born on March 23, 1984) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, and musician who performs songs in Hebrew, French and Arabic. Biography Riff Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Tunisian-Jewish father and an Algerian-Frenc ...

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Daklon Daklon () (born Yosef Levy; ; 6 April 1944) is an Israeli singer. He was born in Tel Aviv's Kerem Hateimanim neighborhood, the son of Jewish immigrants from the Shar'ab region in Yemen. Daklon explains the source of his nickname: "In those day ...

* DJ Raphi *

Yair Dalal Yair Dalal (; born 25 July 1955) 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 ...

Shoshana Damari Shoshana Damari (; 31 March 1923 – 14 February 2006) was an Israeli singer known as the "Queen of Hebrew Music." Biography Shoshana Damari was born as Shodia Damari on the eve of Passover in Dhamar, Yemen as the eldest daughter in a family ...

David D'Or David D'Or (; born David Nehaisi on October 2, 1965) 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 Perf ...

Arkadi Duchin Arkadi Duchin (, ; born 1 June 1963) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musical producer. Music career Duchin sang in the rock band HaChaverim Shel Natasha ( The Friends of Natasha). The band, which he formed in 1986 with Micha Shitrit, ma ...

Dana International Sharon Cohen (; born 2 February 1969), professionally known as Dana International (), is an Israeli Pop music, pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums. She was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest ...

Duo Datz Duo Datz (Hebrew: אורנה ומשה דץ, ''Orna U-Moshe Datz''; commonly referred in Hebrew as דץ ודצה ''Datz Ve-Datza'') is a group comprising Orna and Moshe Datz (colloquially known as Datz and Datza or as the Datzes). A musical duo ...

Roni Duani Liron Roni Duani-Moncaz (; born ), formerly known by her professional name Roni Superstar (), is an Israeli pop singer, model, actress, television host, fitness instructor and entrepreneur. During her singing career, she was often compared to B ...

* The Dudaim *

Dudu Faruk Ori Comay (; born October 21, 1996), better known by his stage name Dudu Faruk (), is an Israelis, Israeli Rapping, rapper, singer and actor. His musical style is Trap music, trap integrated with mizrahi music. The typical lyrics of his songs a ...

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Alon Eder Alon Eder (; born 8 July 1983), is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician. Early life He was born in Tel Aviv in Israel in 1983 to parents Miki Kam, an actress, and Yehuda Eder, a musician. He studied at the Tel Aviv School of Arts for elem ...

* Seffy Efrati * Eifo HaYeled (Where's the Child) *

Arik Einstein Arieh Lieb "Arik" Einstein ( ; (3 January 1939 – 26 November 2013) was an Israeli singer, songwriter, actor, comedian and screenwriter. He was a pioneer of Israeli rock music and was named "the voice of Israel." Through both high public and c ...

Gad Elbaz } Gad Elbaz () is an Israelis, Israeli Jews, Jewish singer who has gained international success and recorded several albums. Biography Elbaz is of Moroccan Jewish descent. He began to sing and write music at age four. He first appeared with hi ...

* Electrowavez * Dudu Elharar *

Ethnix Ethnix (, stylized as Xאתני, ) are an Israeli band mixing new wave music with Mizrahi music, oriental melodies. The band formed in 1989 as a collaboration between vocalist Ze'ev Nechama and keyboardist Tamir Kaliski, joined by drummer Gal Hadan ...

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Dudu Fisher David "Dudu" Fisher (; born 18 November 1951) is an Israeli cantor and performer, best known for his Broadway performance as Jean Valjean in the musical ''Les Misérables''. Biography The son of a Holocaust survivor, Fisher was born in Petah Tik ...

Rami Fortis Rami Fortis (; born July 7, 1954), or simply Fortis, is an Israeli rock singer. Born in Tel Aviv, Fortis became known as a pioneer of Israeli punk rock. His debut album ''Plonter'', released in 1978, was not a commercial success at the time, tho ...

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Nurit Galron Nurit Galron ( , born March 21, 1951) is an Israeli singer. She is married to Israeli TV and radio journalist . Biography Early life Nurit Galron was born as Nurit Klimburd. Her mother, Leah Sitin, retired from the stage after being a sin ...

Yehoram Gaon Yehoram Gaon (; born December 28, 1939) is an Israeli singer, actor, director, comedian, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure. He has also written and edited books on Israeli culture. The son of Sephardic Jewish parents—a Bosnian f ...

Aviv Geffen Aviv Geffen (; born 10 May 1973) is an Israeli rock musician, singer-songwriter, music producer and author. In addition to his solo career, Geffen is a founding member of the band Blackfield, he was also the global music director for WeWork. Ge ...

Yehonatan Geffen Yehonatan Geffen (; 22 February 1947 – 19 April 2023), also known as Yonatan Gefen, was an Israeli author, poet, songwriter, journalist, satirist and playwright. Early life and education Geffen was born in moshav Nahalal. In 1965, he serv ...

Eyal Golan Eyal Golan (; born Eyal Bitton; 12 April 1971) is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi music pop fusion genre and considered one of the most successful singers in Israel. Golan reported the highest income of all singers in Israel in 2011. ...

Zion Golan Zion Golan ( ''Tzion Golan''; ''Sahyoun Ghawlan''; ''Zion Golan''; born 1955), also known as Tzion Golan, is an Israeli singer of Yemenite Jewish origin. Background Most of Golan's songs are in Judeo-Yemeni Arabic and in Yemenite Hebrew. Most ...

Efrat Gosh Efrat Gosh (; born 3 November 1983) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. Biography Efrat Gosh was born in Herzliya. She studied in the music department of Alon high school in Ramat Hasharon. She continued her education at the Rimon School of Jazz an ...

* Nathan Goshen * Dan Gottfried *

Gidi Gov Gideon "Gidi" Gov (; 4 August 1950) is an Israeli singer, TV host, entertainer, and actor. He was married to Anat Gov before her death in 2012 and they had three children. Biography Early life Gov was born in Rehovot to Daniel and Tzipora ...

Dedi Graucher Oded David "Dedi" Graucher (; 1961 – 11 September 2023), known professionally as Dedi, was an Israeli Orthodox Jewish singer. Music career Dedi began his music career providing back-up vocals on Mordechai Ben David's albums in the late 1970s ...

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Shlomo Gronich Shlomo Gronich (; born January 20, 1949) is an 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 A ...

* Amir Gwirtzman

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The Brothers & the Sisters The Brothers & the Sisters (, ''Ha'Achim Veha'Achayot'') is a group of four Israeli singers, two men and two women, that was active between 1971 and 1983, and made a comeback in 2003. The group sang mostly pop-folk songs composed by Gideon Koren, ...

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HaClique HaClique (; Eng: The Clique; lit. Haklik; AKA: The Click/HaClick) were an Israeli New wave music, new wave band, founded in 1980 by (lyrics and vocals) and (music, guitar and production), with (drums) and Oved Efrat (Bass) joining later in the ...

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Sarit Hadad Sarit Hadad (, ; born September 20, 1978) is an Israeli singer. She was named by Channel 24 as the "best female singer of the 2000s" in October 2009. She represented Israel with the song " Light a Candle" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 in T ...

HaDag Nahash Hadag Nahash ( ', ) is an Israeli hip hop and funk band, founded in 1996 in Jerusalem, which makes leftist political statements in many of its protest songs. History Hadag Nahash has been a major contributor to the Israeli hip-hop scene, and ...

(The Snakefish) * Hadorbanim (The Porcupines) *

HaGashash HaHiver HaGashash HaHiver (, ''lit.'' The Pale Tracker) was an iconic Israeli comedy trio. It was also known as the ''Gashashim.'' Its three members were Yeshayahu Levi ("Shaike"), Yisrael Poliakov ("Poli") (deceased) and Gavriel "Gavri" Banai. Hist ...

(The Pale Tracker) * Hagit Yaso * HaHalonot HaGvohim (The High Windows) * The Friends of Natasha * Haivrit *

HaKol Over Habibi Hakol Over Habibi (, ; also known as Habibi) is an Israeli musical band consisting of Shlomit Aharon, Kiki Rothstein, Yuval Dor and Ami Mandelman. Habibi peaked in popularity in Israel during the 1980s. The band toured internationally and represe ...

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Victoria Hanna Victoria Hanna (Hebrew: ויקטוריה חנה; a stage name consisting of her first and middle names) is an Israeli multi-disciplinary artist, singer and musician.Shalom Hanoch Shalom Hanoch (; born September 1, 1946) is an Israeli rock singer, lyricist and composer. He is considered one of the founders of Israeli rock and modern Israeli music in more generally, both of which have been profoundly influenced by his w ...

* Yaron Hasson *

Israeli Andalusian Orchestra The Israeli Andalusian Orchestra () is a musical ensemble based in Ashdod, Israel. History Originating as a project to honor the heritage of immigrants from the Maghreb, the Israeli Andalusian Orchestra was formed in Ashdod in December 1987, as a ...

HaYehudim HaYehudim or I.U.D.M (, lit. ''The Jews'') is an Israeli hard rock band, formed in 1992 by (now married) couple Tom Petrover and Orit Shahaf, who share guitar playing and vocal duties. The band gained success in Israel, despite relative commer ...

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Ofra Haza Ofra Haza (; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was an Israeli singer, songwriter, and actress, commonly known in the Western world as " the Madonna of the East", or "the Israeli Madonna". Her voice has been described as a "tender" mezzo-sop ...

Nechama Hendel Nechama 'Nama' Hendel (; 22 August 1936 – 30 September 1998) was an Israeli singer. Biography Nechama Hendel was born in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. Her parents, Michael and Chana immigrated to Palestine from Poland. Her father ...

Uzi Hitman Uzi Hitman (; 9 June 1952 – 17 October 2004) was an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, actor, director and television personality. Biography Uzi Hitman was born in Giv'at Shmuel and lived all his life in Ramat Gan. His parents, Holocaust su ...

Ariel Horowitz Ariel Horowitz (; born 10 January 1970) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, and the son of the late Naomi Shemer, widely regarded as one of Israel's most important songwriters. He is married to the Israeli singer Tamar Giladi. He has released six a ...

Harel Moyal Harel Moyal (; born April 12, 1981) is an Israeli pop singer-songwriter and stage actor who won the Kokhav Nolad#Second season, second season of the Israeli television series ''Kochav Nolad'' (Hebrew for ''A Star Is Born''). He has released two ...

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Ilanit Hanna Dresner-Tzakh (; born 17 September 1947), known by her stage name Ilanit (, ), is an Israeli singer. She was one of Israel's most popular singers from the late 1960s to the 1980s, both as a soloist and in the duo Ilan & Ilanit. Ilanit also ...

* Inbal Perlmuter *

Infected Mushroom Infected Mushroom () is an Israeli musical duo formed in Haifa in 1996 by producers Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani. They produce and perform psytrance, electronica, dream trance and psychedelic music. They are one of the best-selling groups in ...

Ishtar Inanna is the List of Mesopotamian deities, ancient Mesopotamian goddess of war, love, and fertility. She is also associated with political power, divine law, sensuality, and procreation. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akk ...

Ishay Ribo Ishay Ribo (; born February 3, 1989) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. A Sephardic Orthodox Jew, he has gained popularity in Israel among Haredi, national-religious, and secular Jewish audiences. He has released five studio albums, two of which h ...

Idan Raichel Idan Raichel (, ; b. 12 September 1977) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician known for his "Idan Raichel Project" (Hebrew: ), distinctive for its fusion of electronics, traditional Hebrew texts, and diverse musical influences. Prior ...

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Noam Jacobson Noam Jacobson (; born April 27, 1975) is a musician, singer, songwriter, and bandleader from Ramat Gan, Israel. Jacobson was born and raised in Petah Tikva. He studied at the Nehalim, Nachalim Yeshiva, Amit Gush Dan, Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Yesh ...

* J.Viewz

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Itzik Kala Itzhak "Itzik" Kala () is an Israeli singer of Kurdish-Jewish descent who sings in Aramaic, Kurdish and Hebrew. He has released over 30 studio albums. He is married to Ziona Kala. In late 2012 his wife was severely injured by four Palestinia ...

Mika Karni Mika Karni () is an Israeli pop singer and trained violinist. Discography * ''Mika Karni'' (1997) * ''Sipur Amiti'' ("A True Story") (2000) * ''Another World'' (2001) * ''Mi'rega Le'rega'' ("Minute by Minute" / "Moment by Moment") (2002) * ''Li ...

Katamine Katamine () is a collaborative musical project that joins a changing cast of artists with the Israeli singer and songwriter Assaf Tager (אסף תג'ר). Today, Assaf Tager collaborate with Uri Frost (guitar), Haggai Fershtman (drums) and Zoe Pol ...

Shlomo Katz Shlomo Katz () is a contemporary religious Jewish singer in Israel. Biography Shlomo Katz was born in New Jersey, the son of Cantor Avsholom Katz.Kaveret Kaveret (, lit. "beehive"), also known as Poogy (, nickname of band drummer Meir Fenigstein chosen for their performances abroad), was an Israeli pop rock band, which operated originally from 1973 to 1976. Representing Israel in the 1974 Eurovisi ...

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Rami Kleinstein Rami Kleinstein (; born 10 November 1962) is an Israeli singer and composer. Early and personal life Kleinstein was born in New York City to a family of Ashkenazi Jews in 1962. In 1968, they immigrated to Israel. After a year, the family moved ba ...

Rona Kenan Rona (Aharona) Rachel Kenan (; born 26 July 1979) is an Israeli singer-songwriter. Biography Kenan was born on 26 July 1979. Her father is the late Amos Kenan and her mother is the scholar Nurith Gertz. She was attracted to music at a young age ...

* Kerach Tesha (Ice Nine) * Amir Kertes *

Knesiyat Hasekhel Knesiyat Hasekhel (; "''The Mind Church''") is an Israeli rock band from Sderot. History The name of the band, established in the early 1990s, is a translation into Hebrew of ''Church of Reason'', from Robert Pirsig's book ''Zen and the Art of M ...

(Church of the Mind) * Yael Kraus *

Kruzenshtern & Parohod Kruzenshtern & Parohod () (KIP) is an Israeli klezmer-rock (music), rock band from Tel Aviv founded by the Israeli musician and composer Igor Krutogolov. The name of the band is a pun easily recognizable by post-Soviet Russophones. The pun is ba ...

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klezmer Klezmer ( or ) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe. The essential elements of the tradition include dance tunes, ritual melodies, and virtuosic improvisations played for listening; these wou ...

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Tzruya Lahav Tzruya (or Tsruya) "Suki" Lahav (; born July 16, 1951) is an Israeli violinist, vocalist, actress, lyricist, screenwriter, and novelist. Lahav was a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band from September 1974 to March 1975, then returned to I ...

Daliah Lavi Daliah Lavi (born Daliah Lewinbuk or Levenbuch, ; 12 October 1942 – 3 May 2017) was an Israeli actress, singer, and model. Early life Daliah Lewinbuk (or Levenbuch) was born in Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel). Her mother Ru ...

Arik Lavie Arik Lavie (; 9 March 1927 – 29 June 2004) was an Israeli pop-rock-folk singer and actor. Early life Lavie was born to a Jewish single mother named Edith Hauben who gave birth to him at the age of 19. His father was a medical student from R ...

Oren Lavie Oren Lavie (; born June 13, 1976) is an Israeli songwriter, author, theatre and video director. His music video for "Her Morning Elegance" earned a 2009 Grammy Award nomination for "Best Short Form Music Video" and has become a YouTube hit wit ...

Oshik Levi Oshik Levi (; born April 7, 1944) is an Israeli singer, actor, and entertainer. Biography Oshik Levi started his career in the late 1960s as a rock singer, first in the group ''Shlishiyat Ha-Te'omim'' (Hebrew: שלישיית התאומים, lit. ...

Yishai Levi Yishay Levi, also translated as Ishay Levi (; born January 20, 1963, in Rosh HaAyin, Israel) is an Israeli singer, specializing in Mizrahi music. Biography Levi was born into a family of Yemenite Jews. He began singing in clubs in Israel in 1983 ...

* Avner Levy *

Ivri Lider Ivri Lider (; born 10 February 1974) is an Israeli pop star and part of the duo TYP, also known as The Young Professionals. He served as a judge on the first season of '' The X Factor Israel''. Music career In October 2005 Lider received the ...

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Marbin Marbin is a jazz rock band formed by two musicians from Israel. History Markovitch and Rabin met shortly after Markovitch completed his military service as an infantry sergeant and Rabin had graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston. I ...

Mashina Mashina () are an Israeli pop rock band which was active from 1983 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. Their musical style took inspiration fro ...

Boaz Mauda Boaz Ma'uda (; born April 23, 1987) is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He won the fifth season of ''Kokhav Nolad'', the Israeli version of ''Pop Idol'', and represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, finishing in 9th place. His vo ...

Minimal Compact Minimal Compact is an Israeli rock music, rock band associated with the post-punk and indie rock movement of the 1980s. Biography Between its foundation in 1980 and its dissolution seven years later, Minimal Compact played an important role in ...

Miri Aloni Miri Aloni (; born December 25, 1949) is an Israeli singer and actress. Already a popular singer, she became an iconic figure after singing " Shir Lashalom" ("Song for Peace") minutes before the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995.Meredith ...

MissFlag missFlag is an indie pop-rock band from Jerusalem. Formed in 2005, the band's music is mostly influenced by the new wave of British music and alternative rock. The band consists of Gil Assayas ( keyboards and lead vocals), Assa Bukelman (electr ...

* Monica Sex *

Haim Moshe Haim Moshe (, , sometimes Chaim Moshe on recordings), born 20 September 1955 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 ha ...

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* Tamer Nafer *

Lior Narkis Lior Narkis (; born November 8, 1976, in Holon, Israel) is an Israeli singer. Biography Lior Narkis was born in Holon. His father, David Narkis, was of Iraqi-Jewish origin. His mother Hanna Narkis, was of Serbian-Jewish descent and also had Gr ...

* Ron Nesher *

Nikmat HaTraktor Nikmat HaTraktor (Hebrew: נקמת הטרקטור, '' lit.'' Tractor's Revenge) is an Israeli rock music band. History Nikmat Hatraktor was established in 1988 in Tel Aviv by singer and bass player Avi Balali, keyboardist Ilan Green and guitar ...

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Achinoam Nini Achinoam Nini (; born ), known professionally as Noa (), is an Israeli singer-songwriter, percussionist, poet, composer, and human rights activist working internationally. She is accompanied by guitarist Gil Dor and often plays the conga drums a ...

Offer Nissim Offer Nissim () is an Israeli DJ, remixer, and record producer. He produced the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, "Diva", by Dana International. Besides his work with Dana International, Nissim has often collaborated with Maya ...

Shy Nobleman Shy Nobleman (; born July 2, 1974) is an Israeli rock musician, singer, songwriter, producer, keyboardist, guitarist and sports broadcaster. Discography Solo albums * 2001 – '' How to Be Shy'' * 2005 – '' Beautiful Life'' * 2013 ...

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Esther Ofarim Esther Zaied, better known by her married name Esther Ofarim (; born June 13, 1941), is an Israeli singer. She came second in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963, 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "T'en va pas (Esther Ofarim song), T'en va ...

Orphaned Land Orphaned Land is an Israeli Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in 1991. They combine Mizrahi music, Mizrahi and Maghrebi Jews, Maghrebi Jewish, Arabic music, Arabic, Music of Turkey, Turkish, and other Middle Eastern music, Middle Easter ...

Shaike Ophir Shaike Ophir (; 4 November 1928 – 17 August 1987) was an Israeli film and theater actor, comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director, and the country's first mime. Early life Yeshayahu (Shaike) Goldstein-Ophir was born in Jerusalem. His famil ...

Kobi Oz Kobi Oz (, , born Ya'akov Uzan (, ) on 17 September 1969) is the lead singer of Israeli group Teapacks. Biography Yaakov Uzan was born on 17 September 1969 in Sderot to Tunisian Jewish parents who moved to the British Mandate of Palestine in ...

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Keren Peles Keren Peles Toor (; born 11 March 1979) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician. Peles embarked her musical career in Israel in 2005 as a songwriter and later with her debut album ''If This Is Life (album), Im Ele Ha'Hayim'' (2006), and has ...

Natalia Paruz Natalia 'Saw Lady' Paruz is a New York City-based musical saw player, bell ringer, busker and film maker. She was the founder and director of the annual Musical Saw Festival in New York City and ran it for 11 years. She also organized the music ...

* Avi Peretz *

Kobi Peretz Kobi Peretz (; born October 28, 1975), is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi style. Biography Yaakov (Kobi) Peretz was born and raised in Tel Aviv, the youngest of 10 children. He is of Moroccan Jewish descent. He is known for his hit ...

Inbal Perlmutter Inbal Perlmuter (; 15 January 1971 – 1 October 1997) was an Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and lyricist, and a founding member of the band Ha-Mechashefot ("The Witches"). She began her musical career in 1992 when she founded ...

* Eytan Pessen, pianist and opera director of the Semperoper * Tzvika Pik *

Ravid Plotnik Ravid Plotnik (; born 13 January 1988), also known by his stage name Nechi Nech (, from Amharic ነጭ, white) is an Israeli singer and rapper. Biography Ravid Plotnik was born in Petah Tikva, Israel, to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His ...

Yehuda Poliker Yehuda Leon Poliker (; born Leonidas Polikaris; 25 December 1950) is an Israeli singer, songwriter, and musician. Poliker first became known in the 1980s as the lead vocalist for the band Benzene. In 1985, after Benzene broke up, he began a sol ...

Pharaoh's Daughter Pharaoh's Daughter is an American Jewish world music band from New York City. Formed in 1995 by Basya Schechter. History Basya Schechter formed Pharaoh's Daughter in 1995 while attending Barnard College. The band's name is a reference to Sc ...

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Nasreen Qadri Nasrin Kadri or Nasreen Qadri (; ; born 2 September 1986) is an Israeli singer. She mostly performs Hebrew songs, with a focus on Mizrahi music. However, she also performs Arabic songs, notably including those by Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. ...

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Adi Ran Adi Ran (; born 1961 in Ramat Gan) is an Israeli singer, musician, lyricist and composer who innovated a new music genre called Hasidic Underground (also known as ''Alternative Hasidic''). He is a Na Nach Breslover. He has been called "The Bru ...

* Ras Deshen duo *

Yehudit Ravitz Yehudit Ravitz ( ; born December 29, 1956) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, arranger, and music producer. Active since the 1970s, she is considered one of the prominent figures in Israeli popular music. Music career Ravitz was born in ...

Yoni Rechter Yoni Rechter (; born 18 November 1951) is an Israeli musician, composer, pianist, arranger and singer. Biography Yonatan (Yoni) Rechter was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is the son of Israeli architect Ya'akov Rechter and stepson of Israeli actr ...

* Rinat Gabay * Rita *

Danny Robas Danny Robas (; born December 24, 1957) is an Israeli pop-rock singer and songwriter. Daniel (Danny) Robas was born in 1957 in Kibbutz Shoval and grew up in Rehovot. He completed his military service in the artillery corps at the rank of lieut ...

Rockfour Rockfour () 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. History Early years Rockfour began writing and performing in Hebrew, and in 1991 released ...

* Pavlo Rosenberg

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Sagol 59 Khen Rotem, known by his stage name Sagol 59 (; born on October 1, 1968), is an Israeli rapper, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being a Jerusalem-based hip-hop MC and has been hailed as the "Israeli godfather of hip hop."T ...

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Berry Sakharof Berry Sakharof (, ; born 7 July 1957) is an Israeli rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer who is popular and critically acclaimed. He is often referred to as "the prince" or "the prince of Israeli rock". Biography Sakharof was born i ...

* Daniel Salomon * Sheygets *

Aris San Aris San (, ; January 19, 1940 – July 25, 1992) was a Greek- singer and nightclub owner who popularized Greek music and based in Israel in the late 1950s and 1960s. Biography Aristides Seisanas () was born in Kalamata, Greece. At the age of 17, ...

Danny Sanderson Danny Sanderson (; born November 30, 1950) is an Israeli musician, singer-songwriter and guitarist. In 2005, Sanderson received a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Israeli music. Biography Sanderson was born in Kibbutz Kfar B ...

* Seek Irony *

Sfatayim Sfatayim (, , "lips") was a rock band from Sderot, Israel. 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 Ul ...

(Lips) * Shabak S *

Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; ; born August 25, 1949) also known by his stage persona "The Demon", is an Israeli-born American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss, which he co-founded wit ...

* Avner Strauss *

Shlomi Shabat Shlomi Shabat (; born August 30, 1954) is an Israeli vocalist and musician. He is of Turkish Jewish origin. Early life Shabat was born in Yehud, Israel, to a family of Turkish Jewish descent who immigrated from Turkey. He sings in Hebrew, Tu ...

Boaz Sharabi Boaz Sharabi (; born 28 May 1947) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and lyricist, known for Israeli classics as ''Latet'', ''Halevai'', ''At Li Laila'', ''Pamela'', ''Lashir Itach'', ''Kol Od'', ''Mi Yada Shekach Yihiyeh'', ''K'Shetavo'' ...

Naomi Shemer Naomi Shemer (; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song " Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold"), written in 1967, became an unoffic ...

* Sheva (Seven) *

Shiri Maimon Shiri Maimon (or Maymon; , ; born ) is an Israeli singer, television personality and actress, who rose to fame as the runner-up in the inaugural season of singing reality competition '' Kokhav Nolad''. She represented her native Israel in the ...

* Shotei HaNvu'a (Fools of Prophecy) * Ofir Shwartz *

Harel Skaat Harel Skaat (; born 8 August 1981) sometimes known by the mononym Harel is an Israeli singer and songwriter. He represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Milim" ("", "Words"). Skaat has been singing and performing in publi ...

* Skazi *

Malka Spigel Malka Spigel (; born 19 July 1954) is a London-based Israeli musician and artist. She was a founding member of the Israeli-Belgian rock band Minimal Compact. She has also worked as a solo musician and as a visual artist, exhibiting in prominent v ...

* Edna Stern (born 1977), pianist *

Subliminal Subliminal may refer to: * Subliminal stimuli, sensory stimuli below an individual's threshold for conscious perception * Subliminal channel, in cryptography, a covert channel that can be used over an insecure channel * Subliminal (rapper) (born 1 ...

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Pe'er Tasi Pe'er Tasi (; born 10 May 1984) is an Israeli singer and songwriter in the Mizrahi genre. Biography Tasi was born on 10 May 1984 in Israeli town Pardes Hanna-Karkur, and is of Jewish ancestry. He began singing at age six in the Yemenite sy ...

Shimi Tavori Shimshon "Shimi" Tavori (; born February 9, 1953) is an Israeli singer. He performs mostly in Hebrew but also in French. Biography Shimshon Tawili was born in Ness Ziona, Israel, to a Yemenite Jews, Yemenite-Jewish family. He was the youngest of ...

* Ninette Tayeb *

Teapacks Teapacks (also known as Tipex) () is an Israeli band that formed in 1988 as HaHotzaa La'Poal (Hebrew: , ''The Execution'') in the southern Israeli city of Sderot. Originally the band was named after the correction fluid Tipp-Ex, but in 1995 th ...

* Tislam *

Avi Toledano Avi Toledano (; born April 4, 1948) is an Israeli singer and songwriter. Biography Avraham ("Avi") Toledano was born in Meknes, Morocco to a Jewish family. At the age of 5, the family relocated to Casablanca, where Toledano attended the Allianc ...

Margalit Tzan'ani Margalit "Margol" Tzan'ani (; born December 19, 1948) 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, and pop. Biography ...

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The Voca People The Voca People is an ensemble performing vocal theater combining a cappella and beat box vocals to reproduce the sounds of an entire orchestra. They have performed in Spain, United States, Hungary, Italy, France, England, Israel and many othe ...

Totemo Rotem Or (; born October 13, 1985) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and electro-pop musician, created in recent years under the stage name Totemo. Early life and career Or was born in a family home at Tel Nof Airbase. As a child she wandere ...

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Useless ID Useless ID () is an Israeli punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 197 ...

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Ilana Vered Ilana Vered (; born December 6, 1943, in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a concert pianist and professor of piano. Biography From age 13 to 15 Vered attended the Paris Conservatoire, which awarded her first prize in piano upon her graduation; among her teac ...

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Yaffa Yarkoni Yafa Yarkoni (, also Yaffa Yarqoni, 24 December 1925 – 1 January 2012) was an Israeli singer. She won the Israel Prize in 1998 for her contributions to Hebrew music. She was dubbed Israel's "songstress of the wars" due to her frequent performan ...

Yitzhak Yedid Yitzhak Yedid (; born 29 September 1971) is an Israeli-Australian composer of contemporary classical music. He is also a pianist and an educator. The recipient of numerous awards, Yedid is an Azrieli Prize Laureate in Jewish Music, a Laureat ...

* Shefi Yishai *

Idan Yaniv Idan Yaniv (; born October 18, 1986) is an Israeli singer. Biography Yaniv was born in Tel Aviv, to a family of Bukharian origin. In 2005, Yaniv released his first single, "Wishing Only to Rejoice", which he translated freely from Greek. In ...

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Safed Safed (), also known as Tzfat (), is a city in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevation of up to , Safed is the highest city in the Galilee and in Israel. Safed has been identified with (), a fortif ...

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Ariel Zilber Ariel Zilber (; born September 23, 1943) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and composer. Biography Ariel Zilber was born in Tel Aviv. His mother, Bracha Zefira, was a popular singer of Yemenite Jewish origin and his father, Ben Ami Zilber, play ...

* Zino and Tommy

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