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. 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.
Under Russian conductors she made the world premiere recordings of Op79a, the Yiddish version of Shostakovich's songs From Jewish Folk Poetry. 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)
- "Musiques Juives Russes" (From Jewish Folk Poetry) - Shostakovich (2000)
- "Stride Between Verses" – Israeli Art Songs. IMC (Israeli Music Center) (1998)
- "Simeni Kahotam Al Libeha" - Anatolijus Senderovas (1995)
- "The Diary of Anne Frank" - Grigory Frid (1991)
Family
- Husband - Shmuel Ben-Zvi
- Son - Zvi Orleansky
References
- בן-צבי אווה | המחלקה למוזיקה
- habama.co.il אמנים - אוה בן צבי - הבמה
- 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)."
- 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, ..."
- Ben-Zvi, Eva (2008). Ethalech be'artsot hachayim (I will walk in the land of the living) (Media notes) (in Hebrew). performed by Nicholas Carthy, conductor; Eva Ben-Zvi, soprano; Orit Orbach, clarinet; Gilad Hildesheim, violin; Raz Kohn, cello; Allan Sternfield, piano. Tel-Aviv: Tel Aviv : Israel Composers' League., Composer: Rachel Galinne
- Ben-Zvi, Eva (2000). Musiques Juives Russes (Media notes) (in Yiddish). 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). Chant du monde : Distribution Harmonia Mundi, 2000., Composer: Shostakovich, arr: Prokofiev
- Ben-Zvi, Eva (1998). Stride between verses a collection of Israeli art songs (Media notes) (in Russian and Hebrew). performed by Eva Ben-Zvi (soprano) and Natasha Tadson (pianist). Tel-Aviv: Tel-Aviv : Israeli Music Center., Composers: Several.
- Ben-Zvi, Eva (1995). Simeni Kakhotam al Libeha (Media notes) (in Hebrew). performed at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire by Eva Ben-Zvi (soprano) and Anatoly Safiulin (bass). Vilnius: Sonore Records., Composer: Anatolijus Šenderovas
- Ben-Zvi, Eva (1991). Frid: The Diary of Anne Frank (Media notes) (in Russian). Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. mosfilm studios, Moscow., Composer: Grigory Frid
- "Anne Frank’s Israeli voice" https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/anne-franks-israeli-voice-588548
External links
- Homepage Archived 2015-04-15 at the Wayback Machine