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Yair Nitzani

Yair Nitzani is an Israeli musician, songwriter and television host, known as the keyboardist and a songwriter of the band T-Slam.

born 1958Keyboardist and songwriter of T-SlamThe radio show Ma YeshHosting Ahorei HaChadashotThe song Shir Hamangal

Born: 22 August 1958, Beersheba
Occupation: musician, songwriter, television presenter, singer

Yair Nitzani was born in 1958 in Beersheba

Yair Nitzani was born in Beersheba in 1958. His mother Miriam was born in Poland and his father Enzo in Italy, and he has 2 older brothers. He grew up in Beersheba, Haifa and Savyon.

He was drafted in 1976 and served as an armored personnel carrier driver in the Artillery Corps. He then worked as a broadcast technician at Galei Zahal, where he met Izhar Ashdot. With Ashdot and Danny Bassan he formed the core of T-Slam.

T-Slam broke through in late 1980 with the song Radio Chazak. Nitzani was the band's keyboardist and artistic director and wrote several of its songs, including Chatzavim Porchim. The band announced its breakup on October 23, 1983.

He then joined Erez Tal and Avri Gilad on the radio show Ma Yesh and later on HaOlam HaErev on Channel 2. He headed the Hed Artzi record company and served on the board of Acum. From 2003 to 2005 he wrote and hosted Ahorei HaChadashot on Channel 10.

His solo songs include Hashem Tamid and Shir Hamangal with Gani Tamir. He hosted Yanshufim and wrote a weekly satirical column for Israel Hayom until 2023. He published books in 2014 and 2025.