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The 2025 Showcase Music Festival, meant to introduce Israeli musicians to visiting music scouts (Courtesy)
'If last year there was some understanding, now it's over'
Global industry professionals spurn major Israeli music showcase amid cultural boycott
By Jessica Steinberg
Upcoming festival seeks to bring local talent to the attention of international scouts, but funding cuts and hostile attitudes to Jewish state have it starting on a sour note
Israeli singer Noga Erez performs in Katzrin on October 4, 2023 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 1, 2026, 12:06 pm
From ‘pariah’ to sold-out shows: Noga Erez on career during war
Indie singer gives first Hebrew media interview in years, with partner Ori Rousso: ‘You think you’re finished’
By Jessica Steinberg
Composer Gilad Benamram working on the score for the fifth and final season of 'Fauda,' which premiered on Netflix on September 8, 2026 (Courtesy)
September 8, 2026, 7:24 pm
‘Fauda’ composer channels October 7 trauma into new season’s searing soundtrack
All eight episodes premiere worldwide on Netflix, with Gilad Benamram’s new score, rewritten around Israel’s complex emotional landscape following the Hamas onslaught
By Jessica Steinberg
Choreographer Adi Boutrous' new dance will premiere at the 2026 Israel Festival, July 28-August 20, 2026 (Ascaf)
July 5, 2026, 2:13 pm
Israel Festival to mark 65 years with aerial feats, hostage songs and art in wartime
Three-week festival, running July 28 to August 20, will feature music, dance, spoken word and theater created over recent years of war and recovery
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli singer Yishai Levi, November 8, 2024. (Moshe Shai/FLASH900
June 7, 2026, 12:51 pm
Singer Yishai Levi, staple of Mizrahi music genre, dies at 63
Artist, whose career spanned decades from the 1980s, remembered for unique voice that ‘touched the hearts of millions of Israelis’
By ToI Staff
Elai Botner (seen playing the guitar) performs and celebrates with members of Kibbutz Nahal Oz on May 21, 2026 (Courtesy)
May 30, 2026, 1:06 pm
At reopened Nahal Oz pub, Israeli musician comes full circle after October 7
Singer Elai Botner reunites on Shavuot holiday with uprooted kibbutz members he played for days after the massacre, bringing back the song he wrote with them in mind
By Jessica Steinberg
At an event for the Youth Creating Memory project, in which musicians work with bereaved families to create songs for those lost since October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
April 20, 2026, 8:01 pm
In Jerusalem, young composers partner with bereaved families to create musical memories
The Tarbut Movement pairs families who lost loved ones on or after Oct. 7, 2023, with local school musical programs to create and record songs commemorating them in the styles they loved
By Jessica Steinberg
Indie singer Noga Erez performs at Coachella music festival on April 11, 2026. (Screenshot)
April 12, 2026, 5:38 pm
Noga Erez tells Coachella she’s ‘heartbroken’ about situation at home
Indie singer, first Israeli female musician to perform at California music festival, shares thoughts onstage about war turmoil
By Jessica Steinberg
Noga Erez poses on the cover of Harper's Bazaar Czech Republic March 2026 issue (Courtesy)
April 7, 2026, 4:35 pm
Noga Erez to play Coachella, despite haters, war and canceled flights
The Israeli singer and her partner, musician Ori Rousso, share glimpses of life on the road as they wait for the rest of their band to join them
By Jessica Steinberg
Family members and friends attend a funeral service for singer and composer Matti Caspi, who died after a prolonged battle with cancer, in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 10, 2026, 12:04 am
‘Greatest musician of our generation’: Legendary artist Matti Caspi laid to rest
Thousands pay respects to iconic Israeli singer as his children hail him as an inspiration; ‘We wouldn’t have Israeli culture without you,’ says Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai
By ToI Staff
Israeli musician Matti Caspi performs in Gush Etzion on December 10, 2015. (Gershon Elinson/Flash 90)
February 8, 2026, 9:43 am
Matti Caspi, singer and composer who helped mold Israeli culture, dead at 76
Caspi, who performed and wrote some of the country’s most enduring tunes, succumbs to cancer; Herzog mourns loss of ‘one of the greatest Israeli composers of our generation’
By Jessica Steinberg
Israeli-American music producer Yuval Chain. (The Revels Group)
February 7, 2026, 5:07 pm
As Bad Bunny plays the Super Bowl, he’ll be cheered on by the Israeli-American producer on his team
Yuval Chain helped create music for Latin rapper’s Grammy-winning album, and has worked with stars including Drake and Post Malone
By Zev Stub
Rapper and reservist Noam Tsuriely in Gaza in December 2024. (Courtesy)
January 26, 2026, 7:27 am
Farewell, tour? Wary Israeli entertainers increasingly reluctant to face BDS abroad
As stonewalling from colleagues, protests outside performances and even threats of arrest aim to prevent the show from going on, some artists think it may be better to sit out 2026
By Jessica Steinberg
The Borochovs Band host Ravid Kahalani on November 10, 2025, at the annual Jerusalem International Oud Festival. (Courtesy, Ronen Goldman)
November 3, 2025, 1:17 am
Oud festival gathers every kind of musician, with focus on the east
This year’s performers include Ehud Banai, Shalom Hanoch, Yehuda Poliker, alongside Dudu Tassa, Ravid Kahalani and others
By Jessica Steinberg
Image from a recent Showcase Festival, organized each year in Israel to expose Israeli artists to artistic directors and booking agents. (Courtesy)
October 24, 2025, 8:11 am
Music Showcase Festival brings showbiz to Israel, in spite of growing cultural boycott
Annual event exposes local talent to industry professionals from Asia, UAE, North America and Europe
By Jessica Steinberg
Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever (R) poses with Israeli conductor Lahav Shani (L) following his performance with a philharmonic orchestra in Essen, Germany, September 13, 2025. (Bart De Wever via X)
September 14, 2025, 3:16 am
Belgium PM attends concert of Israeli conductor disinvited by festival
De Wever makes trip to support Lahav Shani after Ghent festival organizers scrapped performance as he hadn’t ‘unequivocally’ distanced himself from Israel’s government
By AFP
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