Kobi Farhi

Kobi Farhi (Hebrew: קובי פרחי) (Born 8 September 1975) is an Israeli musician, the lead singer and founder of Oriental metal band Orphaned Land.

[4][5][6] Farhi has received three honorary awards for peace: From Istanbul Commerce University, from the Mayor of Çankaya in Ankara, and from the Turkish government's official advisor, after a show Orphaned Land played in the country, donating all earnings to the people affected by the 2011 Van earthquake.

[9] Besides his involvement with Orphaned Land, Farhi has worked as a musical editor at Century Media Records, the label to which the band is signed, editing a compilation titled Oriental Metal.

[citation needed] He also recorded a cover of "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam with fellow musicians, as part of a campaign to get the band to perform in Israel.

Hackett then recorded a guitar solo on the track "Chains Fall to Gravity" from Orphaned Land's 2018 album, Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs.

Kobi Farhi and Steven Wilson
Kobi Farhi and Steven Wilson in 2011