Banai was born in 1953 in Jerusalem to the actor Yaakov Banai, the eldest of the Banai siblings, and moved to Givataim at the age of four. At the age of ten he learned to play the cello and listened to Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard and later The Beatles.
Ehud Banai writes the lyrics and composes the music for almost all of his own songs. Banai, for the greater part of his musical career, observed Jewish traditions, and even “returned” to Orthodox Jewish religious observance over the course of the early 2000s. Banai habitually scatters references to his connection to Jewish subjects throughout many of his songs. Ehud Banai is married to Odeliah, and they have three daughters.
In 2008, "On The Move", a documentary film directed by Avida Livny about Ehud Banai and the Refugees, participated in the official competition of the Jerusalem Film Festival and screened in cinemateques around Israel. The film traces Ehud Banai's early years on the music scene, through the struggle, musical passion and deeply rooted friendship he shared with members of his first band, "The Refugees" – Yossi Elephant, Jean Jacques Goldeberg, Noam Halevi and Gil Smetana. In September of 2008, Ehud Banai released Shir Chadash, an album of traditional Jewish songs (zemirot), including several melodies composed by Shlomo Carlebach.
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I appreciate reading and knowing a little of Ehud's background and early development as I much enjoy listening daily to his music and watching his performances since 2013 when I was I given a three CD copy of his 'Live' performance and then attended his performances in Jerusalem in 2014.
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