Chava Alberstein

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Chava Alberstein (2007)

Chava Alberstein ( Hebrew חוה אלברשטיין ; * December 8, 1946 in Stettin ) is an internationally known Israeli singer and composer with a career spanning over 40 years. According to the most popular Hebrew-language Israeli daily newspaper, Jedi'ot Acharonot , she is the most important Israeli folk singer: "If Israel has a real folk singer, it's Chava Alberstein."

Life

In 1951, her parents emigrated to the newly founded state of Israel . There they lived in the Kiryat Chaim settlement . She had her first successes in 1965 as a conscript, performing in front of other members of the Israeli military . From 1980 Alberstein also wrote his own lyrics and music. Although Chava Alberstein became famous mainly for her Hebrew songs, she also feels very attached to the culture of the Jews in Eastern Europe .

Alberstein has recorded over 50 albums, many of which achieved gold and platinum status. Some have also been awarded the Israeli Grammy equivalent, the Kinor David Prize. Her repertoire includes texts in Hebrew , Yiddish , Arabic and English .

She is known as a human rights activist and is committed to Israeli-Arab reconciliation. During the first Palestinian Intifada , she took a critical stance on Israeli occupation policy, her song Chad Gadya was even boycotted by Israeli state radio for some time .

She was married to Israeli director Nadaw Levitan , who died in 2010.

“ Even though I've lived in Israel most of my life, I still question my place in the world. Perhaps this search stems from being an artist, perhaps from being a Jew. I am not really sure. "

Discography

  1. Hine Lanu Nigun ('Here We Have a Tone' - 1967)
  2. Perach haLilach ('Lilac Flower - 1967) Gold
  3. Tza'atzueiah shel Osnat (Osnat's Toys - 1967) Gold
  4. Mirdaf ('The Chase' - 1968) gold
  5. Mot haParpar (Death of the Butterfly - 1968) Gold
  6. Chava Alberstein beShirei Rachel ('Songs of Rachel' - 1968)
  7. Margaritkalach ('Daisies' - 1969)
  8. Mishirei eretz ahavati (songs of my beloved country) Gold
  9. Chava beTochnit Yachid 1 ('One Woman Show 1' - 1971) Gold
  10. Chava beTochnit Yachid 2 ('One Woman Show 2' - 1971) Gold
  11. Isha ba'Avatiach ('A Woman in a Watermelon' - 1971) gold
  12. Chava vehaPlatina ('Chava and the Platina Jazz band' - 1972)
  13. Chava veOded be'Eretz haKsamim ('Magic Land' - 1972)
  14. Lu Yehi ('Let it be' - 1973) platinum
  15. K'mo Tzemach bar ('Like a wild flower' - 1975) triple platinum
  16. Lehitei haZahav ('Golden hits' - 1975) Gold
  17. Tzolelet Tzabarit ('Sabra Submarine' - 1976)
  18. Elik Belik Bom - (1976)
  19. Halaila hu shirim ('The Night Is Songs' - 1977) Gold
  20. Karusella 1 ('Carousel 1 - 1977)
  21. Karusella 2 ('Carousel 2 - 1977)
  22. Karusella 3 ('Carousel 3 - 1977)
  23. Shirei Am beYiddish (Yiddish folk songs - 1977)
  24. Hitbaharut ('Clearing' - 1978) gold
  25. Chava vehaGitara ('Chava and the guitar' - 1978) platinum
  26. Ma Kara ba'Eretz Mi ('What Happened in the Land of Who' - 1979)
  27. Ani Holechet Elai ('I Go to Me' - 1980)
  28. Shir beMatana ('A Gift of Songs' - 1980)
  29. Kolot ('Voices' - 1982)
  30. Shiru Shir im Chava ('Sing a song with chava' 1982)
  31. Nemal Bayit ('At Home'-1983) Gold
  32. Avak shel kochavim ('Stardust' - 1984)
  33. Mehagrim ('Immigrants' 1986)
  34. Od Shirim beYiddish ('More Songs in Yiddish' - 1987)
  35. HaTzorech baMilah, haTzorech baShtika ('Word And Silence' - 1988)
  36. Chava Zingt Yiddish ('Chava Sings Yiddish' - 1989)
  37. London (album) (1989) platinum
  38. MiShirei Eretz Ahavati ('Songs of my Beloved Country' - 1990) Gold
  39. Ahava Mealteret ('Improvised Love' - 1991) Gold
  40. HaChita Zomachat Shuv ('The Wheat Grows Again' - 1992) Gold
  41. 'The Man I Love' - 1992
  42. Margaritkalach (Daisies' - 1994)
  43. Derech agate ('One Way' - 1995)
  44. London beHofaah ('London - Live' - 1995)
  45. Yonat ha'Ahava ('The Dove of Love' - 1996)
  46. Adaber Itcha ('I Will Talk to You' - 1997)
  47. 'Chava Alberstein - The Collection' box set (1998) Gold
  48. 'Crazy Flower' (1998)
  49. 'The Well'- with The Klezmatics (1998) Songs:
    1. Di Krenitse (The Well)
    2. Ikh Shtey Unter A Bokserboym (I Stand Beneath A Carob Tree)
    3. Ergets Shtil / Baym Taykh (Softly Somewhere / At The River)
    4. Ver Es Hot (One Has Got)
    5. Ovnt Lid (Crepuscule)
    6. A Malekh Veynt (An Angel Weeps)
    7. Bay Nakht (At Night)
    8. Vek Nisht (Don't Waken)
    9. Kh'vel Oyston Di Shikh (I'm Going To Take Off My Shoes)
    10. Mayn Shvester Khaye (My Sister Khaye)
    11. Umetics (Lonesome)
    12. Di Elter (Old Age)
    13. Velkhes Meydl S'nemt A Bokher (Any Girl Who Takes A Boyfriend)
    14. Di Goldene Pave (The Golden Peacock)
    15. Zayt Gezunt (Farewell)
  50. Chava Alberstein - Yiddish Songs (1999)
    1. Averml the Con Man
    2. A Tale of Woe About a Jewish King
    3. The Gypsy and His Fiddle
    4. Jump
    5. Under the White Stars
    6. The Partisan's Song (Never Say This is the End of the Road for You)
    7. The Song of Kishinev
    8. On the Road There's a Tree
    9. Three Little Sisters
    10. Daisies
    11. Have a good time, little children
    12. Hamavdil
    13. Rabbi Tam
    14. Childhood Years
    15. Rivals
    16. Dona Dona
    17. Yanke'le
    18. By the fireplace
    19. Melache - Meluche
    20. Summer's Day
    21. Raisins & Almond
  51. Tekhef Ashuv (I'll Be Right Back '- 1999)
  52. 'Children's songs' -The Collection (2000)
  53. Foreign Letters (December 2001) Songs:
    1. Leaves Fall
    2. Mirele
    3. Liar
    4. The Ladder
    5. The Secret Garden
    6. A Maiden's Prayer
    7. High atop a mountain
    8. Back Home
    9. In image
    10. Indifferent
    11. Passport Control
    12. Foreign letters
  54. The Early Years-The Box Set (2003)
    1. The Early Years volume 1 (2003)
    2. The Early Years volume 2 (2003)
    3. The Early Years volume 3 (2003)
    4. The Early Years volume 4 (2003)
    5. The Early Years volume 5 (2003)
    6. The Early Years volume 6 (2003)
    7. The Early Years volume 7 (2003)
    8. The Early Years volume 8 (2003)
  55. End of the Holiday (January 2004) Songs:
    1. End of the holiday
    2. Real estate
    3. Vera from Bucharest
    4. Black video
    5. Shadow
    6. Psalms
    7. Empty synagogue
    8. Boiling water
    9. Friday night
    10. Dying Creek
    11. Fellini in New York
  56. 'Coconut' (2005)
  57. 'Like A Wild flower', New Version.
  58. 'Lemele', Yiddish Album, (2006)
  59. 'The Milky Way - Songs for Children', (2007)
  60. 'Human Nature', (2008)
  61. 'live - from alberstien's live concert', (2008)
  62. 'Chava Alberstein - the original albums - four collection CD set', (2008)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chava Alberstein at Aviv Productions. Retrieved September 28, 2012 .
  2. ^ World music: The basics. Retrieved September 28, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Biography of Cavs Alberstein. Retrieved September 28, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Alberstein, Chava
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Szczecin