Aviv Geffen

Aviv Geffen was born in 1973 in Ramat Gan

Aviv Geffen was born in Ramat Gan in 1973 to poet Yehonatan Geffen and Nurit Geffen. He grew up in several places, including Beit Yitzhak, and his sister is Shira Geffen. He was named after his grandmother Aviva, sister of Moshe Dayan.

He first appeared in public in 1984 on the television program Shminiyot Ba'Avir, singing a song he composed to his sister's lyrics. He studied at the Ruppin high school in Emek Hefer but was removed from the school system.

He did not serve in the army and received an exemption. His enlistment drew wide public debate.

His first album, It's Only the Moonlight, came out in 1992, and his second, It's Cloudy Now, followed in 1993. His songs dealt with love, peace, death, politics and the army, and his young fans were called the Moonlight Children. On 4 November 1995 he performed at the peace rally in Tel Aviv where Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.

In 2001 he began working with Steven Wilson, and together they formed Blackfield. He released his first English-language album in 2009 and later served as global music director for WeWork. In 2024 he received an honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan University.