Yoav Kutner

Yoav Kutner was born in 1954 in Jerusalem

Yoav Kutner was born in Jerusalem in 1954. His father, Menachem, taught the Alexander Technique and wrote poetry. His parents divorced when he was a child.

In 1968 he entered the military boarding school in Tel Aviv and studied at the Herzliya Gymnasium, where Gabi Ashkenazi was among his classmates. In 1972 he fell while climbing a mountain in Switzerland and lost his memory. During rehabilitation he relearned reading and writing, and music helped him recover.

Instead of joining Sayeret Matkal as he had planned, he volunteered for IDF Radio and worked there as a music editor and presenter. His programs included a long series on the history of The Beatles and a show about the Paul McCartney death legend. He played the song Creep by Radiohead often on air, and the band later came to Tel Aviv for its first show outside the UK.

On television he ran the music corner of Zehu Ze! and created a 1998 documentary series on Israeli rock. From 1981 to 1997 he wrote about music for the weekly 7 Days. In 2003 he helped found the music channel 24 and was its editor in chief until 2007.

He later broadcast on Radio Tel Aviv, returned to IDF Radio in 2010, and from 2016 presented a daily show on Galgalatz with Orly Yaniv. He lives in Tel Aviv, is married to Yael, and has 3 children.