Ivri Lider

Ivri Lider was born in 1974 in Givat Haim (Ihud)

Lider was born on 10 February 1974 at Kibbutz Givat Haim Ihud, the third child of Dalia and Asher Lider, immigrants from Argentina. His mother is a Holocaust survivor from the Warsaw Ghetto. The family later moved to Bat Yam and then to Herzliya.

He began playing piano at age 5 and later learned guitar and synthesizer. He graduated from the music program at Alon High School in Ramat HaSharon. As a teenager he played in bands, including one called Kach Osot Kulan.

He joined the IDF in 1992 and was released early for medical reasons after about a month. He then wrote music for dance companies, including Batsheva. His debut album came out in 1997 and reached platinum status, followed by further albums in 1999, 2002 and 2005.

He composed soundtracks for films by Eytan Fox, including Walk on Water and The Bubble. In January 2002 he spoke publicly about being gay in a Maariv interview. He served as a judge on The X Factor Israel and is part of the duo TYP.

In 2024 he was one of the torchbearers at the national Independence Day ceremony.