Gilad Kahana

Kahana was born in Mexico to an Israeli Jewish family. His family moved back to Israel when he was nine years old and settled in Tel Aviv. He started the musical band Girafot in 1992 with Yair Kass. In 1999, the band released its first Hebrew album named Conversations with a Chair.[2] In 2000 Kahana released his first solo album, I Forgot How to Eat, which he produced and recorded himself.

In 2002, the band toured Israel, garnering them much recognition and popularity. In 2004, he published his first English solo album, The Promised Landing, and the instrumental album 360. In 2006, he co-released Girafot's Roof, which received positive reviews and went gold.

In 2008, the band toured India and filmed a documentary. Kahana was in Mumbai with Girafot during the 2008 Mumbai attacks and was able to capture the events on camera. The documentary film was published in 2009. He published another solo album that year, The Walking Man (2bVIBES) and Girafot's Hebrew album No Elephants Allowed in early 2010.

In September 2011, he produced the album Bad Love in English, under the pseudonym The Walking Man. Its first release was free to readers of the Tel Aviv newspaper Akhbar Ha'ir in Ha'ir. He composed the music and lyrics, and the performance was accompanied by Ninet Tayeb.

Kahana has also written songs for other Israeli singers, including Yoni Bloch, David Broza, Eviatar Banai, Hadag Nahash and Arkadi Duchin.

He published two books in Hebrew in 2003 and 2009.

In 2015, Kahana co-starred in the films A Tale of Love and Darkness, opposite Natalie Portman (who also directed), and in The Man in the Wall.

• Gilad Kahana Official Website
• Adam James Lenine-Areddy, Chaos wrought of effortless charm, The Jerusalem Post, September 13, 2010