Ten Musicians

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Ten Musicians

Ten musicians who shaped the sound of the country, in the order of their place on the timelines. Not all were born in Israel.

1 Bronislaw Hubermanברוניסלב הוברמן1882 TO 1947 The Polish violinist who founded the Palestine Symphony Orchestra in 1936 and gave Jewish musicians fleeing Europe a new home.

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2 Arturo Toscaniniארתורו טוסקניני1867 TO 1957 The Italian conductor who led the orchestra’s first concert in 1936, as a stand against fascism.

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3 Itzhak Perlmanיצחק פרלמןBORN 1945 Born in Tel Aviv, he had polio as a child and became one of the best-known violinists in the world.

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4 Naomi Shemerנעמי שמר1930 TO 2004 She wrote Jerusalem of Gold in 1967, a song that became a second anthem after the Six-Day War.

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5 Zubin Mehtaזובין מהטהBORN 1936 Music director of the Israel Philharmonic from 1977 and music director for life from 1981.

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6 Ofra Hazaעפרה חזה1957 TO 2000 A singer from a Yemenite Jewish family in Tel Aviv. She placed second at Eurovision in 1983 and reached audiences around the world.

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7 Dana Internationalדנה אינטרנשיונלBORN 1972 She won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 with Diva and was the first openly transgender winner.

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8 Daniel Barenboimדניאל ברנבויםBORN 1942 Pianist and conductor who founded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Edward Said in 1999.

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9 Arik Einsteinאריק איינשטיין1939 TO 2013 A leading voice of Israeli pop and rock from the 1960s onward. Crowds gathered in Tel Aviv to mourn him.

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10 Netta Barzilaiנטע ברזיליBORN 1993

She won Eurovision in 2018 with Toy, and Tel Aviv hosted the contest in 2019.

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