Stav Beger (; born 21 October 1991) is an Israeli record producer, arranger, composer, songwriter and artistic director.

Career

At his career's beginning, Beger worked as recording engineer for Israeli musician

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. In 2015 he helped him to produce Israel's Eurovision 2015 song " Golden Boy". Starting his independent career as a record producer and composer, Beger produced Israeli rapper Talisman's hit "Zanzibar" in 2016, which reached the top of

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's weekly chart. In 2018, he wrote and produced

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's biggest hit "Shney Meshugaim", which reached the top of

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's chart and got more than 7 million streams on

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, becoming the most-streamed Hebrew song on the platform. At the same year, Beger wrote and produce Israel's 2018 Eurovision-winning song by

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, "

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", with

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, winning

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prizes for "extraordinary achievement in the international arena" and "arranger of the year". In 2019, Beger co-wrote the songs " Bassa Sababa" and "

Nana Banana "Nana Banana" is a song performed by Israeli singer Netta. The song was released as a digital download on 10 May 2019 as the third single from her debut extended play '' Goody Bag''. The song was written by Nathan Goshen, Stav Beger and Netta Bar ...

" by

. That year, he also produced "Katov Mi'lemala" by

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, which reached the top of

's weekly chart. In 2020, he wrote with Nathan Goshen the song "Roots" by

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, one of the four nominated songs to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The same year, he produced Goshen's sixth album, ''Bati Lachlom'', which received much praise. In 2023, Beger joined

, Tal Forer, Amit Shine and Oudi Antebi to start Session42, an Israeli based music label and music tech company. Session42 is the management company and label behind

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. He co-authored the 2024 song "

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", which represented

Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 Israel was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Hurricane (Eden Golan song), Hurricane", written by Avi Ohayon, Keren Peles, and Stav Beger, and performed by Eden Golan. The Israeli participating broadcaster, the Israe ...

. The song got 5th place in the Grand Final. Also in 2024, he co-wrote and co-produced the song "

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" by Eden Golan.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beger, Stav 1991 births Living people Jewish Israeli musicians Israeli record producers Israeli male songwriters Israeli songwriters Eurovision Song Contest-winning songwriters