Ori Toledano

Ori Toledano' (; born on March 21, 1985) is a creative artist, singer, and music producer Israeli known by his stage name – "KAYMA" ("Sustainable" in Hebrew).

Background Ori Toledano was born in Tel Aviv to Liora Gal and the singer Avi Toledano, who represented Israel in the Eurovision 1982 contest. Toledano has two older brothers, Eran and Tal and three younger siblings from his father's second marriage, including the singer Lihi Toledano.

In 2005, after his Military service, Toledano moved to the US and moved between New York City, which reached number one on the Italian official radio chart (Earone). "Learn to Say No" was the third most played songs on Spotify Italy and entered the playlists of major radio stations in Israel, Germany and Italy. With this single KAYMA became one of the most played artists in Italy. The music video for the song, which Toledano wrote and directed himself, entered the official playlists of MTV and VH1 in Italy.

After the first two singles, Toledano released his first EP called "Mid Side Notes", which included 4 songs and another special rendition of "Onsitelover", from a live show he filmed at Emmanuel Church with 11 musicians and backing singers.

In June 2022 KAYMA went on tour in Germany together with the band Lola Marsh, for which he also produced two songs on the album "Shot Shot Cherry".

In the summer of 2022 Keima was invited to perform at a number of large festivals in Italy including: Battiti live, where he performed in front of an audience of about 40,000 people. As part of his activities in Italy, he was covered in the magazines including Elle, billboard, Panorama, and Corriere della sera.

In December 2022, with the release of his third single "Bad Blood", KAYMA was invited to perform at the Vatican at an event marked by world peace, where he was also invited to meet Pope Francis. The event was broadcast on national television Canale 5 to about 60 million viewers in Italy. At the event, KAYMA appeared alongside international artists such as Amy Lee, Riccardo Cocciante José Carreras, and Aka7.

In June 2023, KAYMA made his debut at The Barbie Club in Tel Aviv, with a promise to release the debut album "New Trying Outs" on October 13.

Due to 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, the release date of the album was postponed to April 12, 2024. In December 2023, he released the song "Dancing on dust" in memory of those murdered in the Nova Festival.

Personal life During his stay in the US, Toledano got married, but later divorced after two years of marriage. Toledano currently lives jointly with Dalit Namirovsky and their two children, Elia who was born in 2015 and Jonathan from Nemirovsky's previous relationships.

Discography

Singles

Onsitelover (July 28, 2021) Learn To Say No (November 23, 2021) Learn To Say No – Radio Edit (April 1, 2022)

Mid Side Notes E.P (June 24, 2022) [Onsitelover, Learn To Say No, Mama, Sympathy, Onsitlover (live from Immanuel church, Jaffa 2021)]

Bad Blood (January 20, 2023) Blue (May 18, 2023) World on a Wait (September 11, 2023) Dancing On Dust (December 21, 2023)