Music

ACUM awards music and literature prizes

Author Etgar Keret and composer Hagar Kadima receive Lifetime Achievement Awards.

 ETGAR KERET receives a Lifetime Achievement award from Roni Kuban.
 The Velvet Sundown.

'Not quite human': Popular band confirmed to have been AI, stunning fans

 People visit the Ozzy Osbourne exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery ahead of Black Sabbath's upcoming concert in Birmingham, Britain, July 2, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath delight adoring fans in emotional farewell gig

  A portrait of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, c. 1920.

Ralph Vaughan Williams: A humanist composer who opposed the Nazis, helped Jews


Jerusalem highlights: July 4-10

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Bar Rose

Israeli artists should compete in Eurovision under a neutral flag, Icelandic official suggests

The EBU will discuss a call from Iceland’s public broadcaster to ban Israel from the Eurovision Song Contest in its upcoming meeting of the EBU General Assembly in London.

 Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, attends the second semi-final of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, in Basel, Switzerland, May 15, 2025

'Israel are war criminals' Kneecap declares at Glastonbury after terror charges

The group has previously claimed that they were "playing characters" on stage, and it was up to the audience to interpret their messages.

 Mo Chara of Kneecap, wearing a keffiyeh, performs at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025.

Grammy-winning producer Lawrence ‘Boo’ Mitchell gives master class to Israeli music students

MITCHELL WAS invited to Israel because of his impressive resume as a key figure in shaping the Memphis sound – as owner of legendary Royal Studios. 

 LAWRENCE ‘BOO’ MITCHELL talks to students at Ono Music earlier this month.

Finding spiritual resilience through prayer and music

The intensive four-day festival offers its participants a variety of master classes, study sessions, collaborative experimentation, and creation.

 Jerusalem’s Fuchsberg Center.

Twelve arrested after nearly 150 people stabbed with needles at French music festival

The French Interior Ministry reported that some victims were hospitalized for toxicological testing.

Paris Olympics 2024 - Arrival of the Olympic Flame in Marseille - Marseille, France - May 8, 2024 French police officers patrol the streets in the Old Port before the arrival of the Olympic flame

Kneecap rapper, facing UK terror charges over his pro-Palestinian activism, may headline US show

The potential uncertainty over Kneecap’s North American tour comes as one band member, Mo Chara, faces terrorism charges in London over wearing a Hezbollah flag.

Members of Kneecap pose on the red carpet at the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards in Dublin, Ireland, February 14, 2025.

Max Brod: The forgotten music of the man who saved Kafka's works at National Library

The recent depositing of Max Brod’s estate at the National Library offers a crucial opportunity to reexamine his musical contributions.

 Max Brod

When the curtain falls, again: Israel's cultural institutions are suffering from war closures

Cultural institutions throughout the country are coping with closures amid the war.

 THE CODEX SASSOON, the oldest complete Hebrew Bible, purchased for $38 million, arrived at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People, just two days before October 7.

Summer’s here! A snapshot of Jerusalem's warm-weather activities to enjoy

In Jerusalem set out to uncover some of the events that the whole family can look forward to this summer. Here they are, in calendar order. 

 Folk Trio & The Gang.

Jerusalem highlights: June 20-26

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 Lama Ani Hai in a concert.