IDF March

IDF March (Hebrew: מארש צה"ל or צה"ל צועד, Tzahal Tzo'ed) is the official march music of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), which is played in ceremonies and parades held by the military.

[2] At the beginning of 1963, a competition was declared for an official march song for the IDF, with 208 competing composers registering to the contest.

[3] The marches that made it to the final stage of the competition were played by the IDF Orchestra (led by Conductor Izhak Graziani) to the general public at Heichal Hatarbut concert hall, and the Army Radio broadcast the ceremony live to all army bases.

[2] The jury included senior musicians on the one hand, and IDF soldiers themselves on the other.

[3] Corporal Yoav Talmi, then a 19-year-old young player in the IDF's orchestra and a student of composition at the Israel Conservatory of Music in Tel Aviv, registered for the contest anonymously.