Chava Alberstein

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Chava Alberstein
Cover of Alberstein's album - Foreign Letters
Cover of Alberstein's album - Foreign Letters
Background information
Born December 8, 1947
Origin Kiryat Chaim, Israel
(Born in Poland)
Genre(s) Rock
Pop
Yiddish
Years active 1964-Present
Label(s) CBS
NMC
Rounder Records
Auvidis
EMI
Shanachie
Media Directs
Website http://aviv2.com/chava/


Chava Alberstein (Hebrew חוה אלברשטיין, born December 8, 1947 in Szczecin, Poland) is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer, musical arranger and an actress. She is one of the most important Israeli singers, with a career spanning more than forty years.

Chava Alberstein was born in the town of Szczecin in Northern Poland. She came to Israel at age four, and grew up in Kiryat Chaim. In 1964, when she was 17, a nightclub appearance in Jaffa led to a CBS recording contract. She was drafted into the Israel Defense Force in 1965 and became one of the many Israeli artists to use entertaining the troops as a pathway to stardom. Since then she has released over 50 albums. She is one of the more famous Israelis to record in Yiddish as well as Hebrew and Arabic. Alberstein's husband is the filmmaker Nadav Levitan, who wrote all the lyrics on her "End of the Holiday" album. She is one of the recipients of Kinor David (David's Harp) Prize.

[edit] 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' - 197)
  18. Elik Belik Bom - (1976)
  19. Halaila hu shirim ('The Night Is Songs' - 1977) gold
  20. Karusella 1 ('Carousel 1 - 1977)
  21. Kkarusella 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 (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 Achat ('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 (Crepescule)
    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. Umetik (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)
  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. An 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)

She has also appeared in a number of multi-artist collections, such as the Yiddish "Songs of The Vilna Ghetto" and "The Hidden Gate - Jewish Music Around the World" .


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