Eva Ben-Zvi

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

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


References
  1. 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. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. Ben-Zvi, Eva (1991). Frid: The Diary of Anne Frank (Media notes) (in Russian). Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. mosfilm studios, Moscow., Composer: Grigory Frid
  10. "Anne Frank’s Israeli voice" https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/anne-franks-israeli-voice-588548
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