KAYMA
Ori Toledano, אורי טולדנו
Background information
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Genres
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active2006-present

Ori Toledano (Hebrew: אורי טולדנו; born 1985) is an Israeli musical artist and producer known by his stage name "Kayma".[1] His music has been featured in various TV shows and commercials.[2] Ori is the youngest son of Liora Gal and prominent Israeli singer Avi Toledano, who represented Israel at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest.[3]

Background

Ori Toledano was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1985 to Liora (née Gal) and Avi Toledano.[3] Toledano has two older siblings, Eran and Tal. When he was eight years old, Toledano's parents divorced and he continued to live with his mother.[3] Toledano claims that despite having grown up in a musical household, he was put off from engaging in music at an early age and that it was only in fourth grade, when he picked up a guitar for the first time, that he decided that music was going to be a part of his life.[1] In 2001, at the age of sixteen Toledano moved in to live with his girlfriend on Bugrashov street in Tel Aviv and started to work at a local bar.[3] His mother, Liora, relocated to Chicago and remarried. His father remarried as well and went on to father three more children.[3]

Career

After serving in the IDF, Toledano relocated to New York City where he worked in real estate.[1] He later moved to Tennessee and Miami, Florida[3] and then to Los Angeles where he lived for four years. During this time, he got married, divorced and opened up a failed business. Before moving back to Israel, Toledano studied at the SAE Institute.[1] Toledano later opened up his own recording studio and was eventually approached by representatives of an Israeli television station for which he started to produce commercial jingles, music and voice-overs.[1] He went on to produce for various big name companies such as Goldstar Beer, Soda Stream, Fiverr and Intel.[1]

Toledano later moved back to Israel and managed the sound department at Ono Academic College.[3]

In 2021, Toledano launched his solo career under the stage name "Kayma". His first solo single, "Onsitelover", was released in May of that year.[1] His second single "Learn to Say No" was released later that year.

Discography

Singles
  • Just Like Me (2013)
  • Wishing Girl (2017) (with Gil Landau)
  • Joker Up My Sleeve (2018)
  • Daffodil Without A Sunlight (2018)
  • Onsitelover (2021)
  • Learn to Say No (2021)
  • Bad Blood (2023)

Personal life

Toledano lives with Dalit Namirovsky and the two have a daughter named Aliyah.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Niron, Mickey (8 May 2021). "שר וקיים" (in Hebrew). Mako. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. ↑ Freidman, Ami (29 July 2021). "האזינו: הבן של אבי טולדנו הוציא שיר, וזה בכלל לא מה שאתם חושבים" (in Hebrew). Israel HaYom. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Freidman, Amit (24 February 2022). "האזינו: הבן של אבי טולדנו הוציא שיר, וזה בכלל לא מה שאתם חושבים" (in Hebrew). Ynet. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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