Neta Elkayam is a Jewish-Moroccan singer, multidisciplinary artist, and cultural leader whose work reimagines the musical traditions of North African Jewish communities through a contemporary lens. Leading ensembles across Morocco, Europe, Jerusalem, and New Orleans, she blends Andalusian, Chaabi, and Amazigh traditions with jazz, electronic music, and original composition. Developed in close collaboration with musical director and producer Amit Hai Cohen, her work is rooted in archival research, oral histories, and rare recordings while maintaining a distinctive artistic voice shaped by migration, memory, and belonging. Singing primarily in Moroccan Arabic, Elkayam creates powerful connections between ancestral heritage and contemporary expression. Alongside her musical work, she creates installations, performance art, and paintings exploring memory, displacement, and women’s narratives. Neta Elkayam has performed at leading festivals and venues worldwide, including the Festival des Andalousies Atlantiques (Essaouira), Krakow Jewish Festival, Gibraltar World Music Festival, Institut du Monde Arabe and New Morning (Paris), Jazz & Klezmer Festival (Paris), Fête de la Musique (Casablanca), Marrakech International Film Festival, Jerusalem International Oud Festival, and the Mediterranean Music Festival in Tavira, Portugal. In the United States, she has appeared at Joe’s Pub (New York), The Kitchen (San Francisco), the Back Porch Festival (Northampton), and the Weitzman National Museum (Philadelphia). As a vocalist and creative collaborator, she has performed with the National Arab Orchestra (Michigan), the Belgian Philharmonic (Brussels), the Symphoniat Orchestra (Casablanca), and numerous ensembles across Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Her honors include the ACUM Music Prize, the Sami Michael Award for Social Equality, the Salam Contemporary Arts Forum Prize, the American Sephardi Federation’s Pomegranate Award, and the Trophée Marocains du Monde. She currently teaches at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans.