The singer and creator Itzik Kalla He started his musical career as a child prodigy, and today he is considered one of the most prominent singers in the Mediterranean genre. Behind him, over 30 albums, dozens of hits, and a particularly loyal audience that has followed him for many years. This year the singer will celebrate his 70th birthday, and we are lucky that he decided to take part in the project, and arrange an hour of particularly exciting Hebrew music for us.
If you ask Kala where it all started, he will say that at the age of 10, the bard Rahamim Amar discovered him, and was able to recognize the musical potential in him. Amr taught him to read sheet music, invested in learning to play mandolin, guitar, oud, and even bouzouki. Kala developed his skills under Amr’s wings, became his mentor, and already at the age of 11 he took part in his first recording, and was a choir singer. Later he moved to events, and the rest is history.
During his extensive career, it was easy to choose to collaborate with the best creators in Israel. His albums were decorated with songs by Uzi Hitman, Ehud Manor, Avihu Medina, Danny Shoshan, and others. Among his prominent songs you can find ‘Mami Mami’, ‘Abba Nesham’, I am the slave’, ‘Rafani’, ‘Why not’, ‘A beautiful woman’, ‘I call your name’, ‘What happened to you’, ‘The passing of the years’ , and the immortal ‘Seeking the Way’.
At the beginning of the year, Kella returned to perform after dealing with cancer. Today we are in the recovery process, and very happy to return and receive the warm hug from his loyal audience. He returned to the front of the stage, continues to perform throughout the country, and move everyone with his unforgettable music. Kala’s upcoming performance will take place on March 23 at the Hagray club in Modi’in. Tickets can be found here. Another performance will be held on May 2, where he will celebrate his 70th birthday at the Cultural Hall in Petach Tikva. For tickets: click here.
As part of the project ‘Artists Edit Shabbat Hebrew’, exclusive to 103FM’s digital, it is easy to choose to entertain our time with the best Hebrew songs of all the favorite performers. Among them, Eric Einstein, Danny Robs, Rivka Zohar, Zohar Argov, Rita, Yossi Banai, Ricky Gal, and many more.
The list of songs:
- Rivka Zohar – The road to the village
- Itzik Kala – Looking for the way
- Jordana Arzi – May the sun pass over me
- Yehoram Gaon – in an orchard near the trough
- Esther Ofarim – Shaharhorot
- My beloved helper – a voice calls to me in the desert
- Danny Robbs – How he sings
- Ethnics – a desert bird
- Mashina – night train to Cairo
- Ricky Gal – to live with him
- Zohar Argov – Bedad
- Shimi Tabori – I have no love
- Itzik Kala – I am the slave
- Rita – the song of the Spanish lover
- Yossi Banai – out of love
- What you like – Atari waves
- Haim Moshe – swore
- Shlomo Artzi – I loved her
- Special Education Band – Winter 73
- Eric Einstein – Chicken chick
- Itzik Kala – The road to the village