Eva Ben-Zvi Explained

Eva Ben-Zvi (Hebrew: אוה בן צבי; born Chaja Ermanaite, Kaunas May 7, 1947) is a Lithuanian-born Israeli soprano. She teaches singing at Bar-Ilan University.^{[1] [2]} She has made several notable premiere performances and premiere recordings of Jewish music. She premiered Gabriel Iranyi's song cycle The Hymns of Job in 1993.^[3]

Under Russian conductors she made the world premiere recordings of Op79a, the Yiddish version of Shostakovich's songs From Jewish Folk Poetry.^[4] and also the solo role of Anne Frank in Grigory Frid's opera The Diary of Anne Frank.

Discography

• "I Will Walk in the Land of the Living" (Ethalech be'artsot hachayim) - Rachel Galinne (2008)^[5]
• "Musiques Juives Russes" (From Jewish Folk Poetry) - Shostakovich (2000)^[6]
• "Stride Between Verses" – Israeli Art Songs. IMC (Israeli Music Center) (1998)^[7]
• "Simeni Kahotam Al Libeha" - Anatolijus Senderovas (1995)^[8]
• "The Diary of Anne Frank" - Grigory Frid (1991)^[9]

Family

• Husband - Shmuel Ben-Zvi^[10]
• Son - Zvi Orleansky

External links

• Homepage
• https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/anne-franks-israeli-voice-588548

Notes and References

1. http://music.biu.ac.il/eva בן-צבי אווה | המחלקה למוזיקה
2. habama.co.il אמנים - אוה בן צבי - הבמה
3. Twenty Israeli Composers: Voices of a Culture Robert Jay Fleisher - 1997- Page 225 "In Israel, soprano Eva Ben-Zvi and pianist Natasha Tadson premiered Iranyi's The Hymns of Job (1993)."
4. DSCH Journal - Issues 9-13 - Page 91 1998 "One would not expect a soprano as brightly toned as Eva Ben-Zvi to be ideally suited to this cycle, ..."
5. Ethalech be'artsot hachayim (I will walk in the land of the living) . performed by Nicholas Carthy, conductor; Eva Ben-Zvi, soprano; Orit Orbach, clarinet; Gilad Hildesheim, violin; Raz Kohn, cello; Allan Sternfield, piano . 2008 . Ben-Zvi. Eva. Tel Aviv : Israel Composers' League . Tel-Aviv . he ., Composer: Rachel Galinne
6. Musiques Juives Russes . recorded at the Mosfilm studios performed by the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (conductor: Andrei Chistiakov), Eva Ben-Zvi (soprano), Elena Goubina (contralto) and Nikolai Kurpe (tenor) . 2000 . Ben-Zvi. Eva. Chant du monde : Distribution Harmonia Mundi, 2000 . yi ., Composer: Shostakovich, arr: Prokofiev
7. Stride between verses a collection of Israeli art songs . performed by Eva Ben-Zvi (soprano) and Natasha Tadson (pianist) . 1998 . Ben-Zvi. Eva. Tel-Aviv : Israeli Music Center . Tel-Aviv . ru, he ., Composers: Several.
8. Simeni Kakhotam al Libeha . performed at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire by Eva Ben-Zvi (soprano) and Anatoly Safiulin (bass) . 1995 . Ben-Zvi. Eva. Sonore Records . Vilnius . he ., Composer: Anatolijus Šenderovas
9. Frid: The Diary of Anne Frank . Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra . 1991 . Ben-Zvi. Eva. mosfilm studios, Moscow . ru ., Composer: Grigory Frid
10. "Anne Frank’s Israeli voice" https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/anne-franks-israeli-voice-588548