"A pioneer who finds her own way and style." - Deutsche Welle TV
"Expressive singing ... Beautiful recording ... The widespread programme is presented in a subtly nuanced, soulful manner." - Pizzicato
"Her stunning voice convinced even the biggest sceptics!" - WDR
New Album!
Worldwide Release: December 6th 2019
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Check out Sofia's latest updates!
WHAT'S NEXT?
10/02/2021 @ 8pm - La Voix de l'Héritage Sacré
Concert at Copernic
24 Rue Copernic
75116 Paris
FRANCE
Summer 2021 - Festival des Sacrées Journées
Strasbourg
FRANCE
2021 - Germany Concert Tour
(Dates and Cities TBA)
27-28/07/2021 - Jerusalem Lyric Opera Festival
ISRAEL
New Date TBA - « Restoring The Broken Glass »
Concert de commémoration et d’espoir
Théâtre Déjazet
41 Boulevard Du Temple
75003 Paris
FRANCE
https://projects.sofiafalkovitch.com
RECENT EVENTS (Selection)
20/10/2019 @4 pm - Sofia Falkovitch
10/2019 - Sofia Falkovitch sur Judaïques FM
Paris
FRANCE
10/11/2019 @4:30pm - Sofia Falkovitch in Concert Commemoration of Kristallnacht "Restoring the Broken Glass"
Historic Chicago Loop Synagogue
Chicago, IL
USA
14/11/2019 - Sofia Falkovitch en concert
Oratoire du Louvre
145 Rue Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
FRANCE
20/11/2019 - Sofia Falkovitch chante lors de l'inauguration du Réseau de recherche sur le Racisme et l'Antisémitisme (RRA) à la Maison Européenne des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société (MESHS)
à Lille
FRANCE
01/12/2019 - Sofia Falkovitch guest
Le Grand Live, i24NEWS
Paris - Tel Aviv
FRANCE - ISRAEL
11/12/2019 - Sofia Falkovitch en concert
Temple de l'Etoile
54 Avenue de la Grande-Armée
75017 Paris
FRANCE
06/01/2019 @6pm - Sofia Falkovitch guest
Arts and Culture Show, Deutsche Welle TV
Berlin
GERMANY
14/01/2020 - Atelier conférence au Forum 104
104 rue de Vaugirard
Paris
FRANCE
06-10/02/2020 - Sofia Falkovitch en concert
Théâtre du Complexe Culturel Sidi Belyiout
Casablanca
MOROCCO
31/05/2020 - Sofia Falkovitch in Concert
USA
07/06/2020 - Sofia Falkovitch in Concert
USA
13/06/2020 à 20h - Sofia Falkovitch en concert "Voices & Stones"
Festival d'été
Paris
FRANCE
Chants hébraïques et chants d'amour (Hebrew & Love Songs) CD Release & international resonance
06/12/2018 at 11:05 - WDR 5 - Neugier genügt - Redezeit, Cologne
21/11/2018 - Radio RCJ, Tel Aviv
01/11/2018 - Radio publique israélienne Kan, Tel Aviv
18/10/2018 - DW News, Focus on Europe
23/05/2018 at 9pm - Deutsche Welle, guest of the day in Der Tag, Berlin
04/04/2018 - WDR Cosmo - Radio po-russki (from 23:25 min)
31/01/2018 - i24NEWS en direct, émission Tendances,
18/12/2017 - Radio RCJ en direct, Paris
28/9/2017 - Radio publique israélienne Kan, Jérusalem
14/7/2017 - Portrait, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Berlin
18/5/2017 - Radio Judaïques FM 9h30, Paris
Israel-Release-Concert 31/10/2018
Levontin7, Tel Aviv
Germany-Release-Concert 3/9/2017
European Days of Jewish Culture,
Freiburg
France-Release-Concert 21/6/2017
Fête de la musique
Librairie Lamartine, Paris
Sofia Falkovitch speaks about her current events
with Lise Gutmann on Judaïques FM
Paris
This is a little journey of 7 languages in one take. It is an attempt to express how I feel about the languages I speak and how they happened to appear in my life. It is also an experiment in intercultural communication and the various language movements in our global village that I am sure many of us can relate to. I had fun making it, hope you enjoy watching! – Sofia Falkovitch
Les Voix de la Paix
Paris City Hall
„Klingendes Israel" - Musikreise Opernregisseur Michael Sturm
On January 15 2016, Sofia Falkovitch sings atop the fortress of Masada in the ancient synagogue as part of a cultural trip she accompanies which intends to introduce Israel through music and operas in each of its cities.
High Holy Days
2017 - Paris KG
2016 - Paris KG
2015 - Singapore
2014 - Luxembourg
2013 - Luxembourg
2012 - Paris MJLF
2011 - Paris MJLF
2010 - Jerusalem
ABOUT
"Mezzo-soprano, cantor and Concordia alumna Sofia Falkovitch enjoys her international reach. Falkovitch’s remarkable singing talents extend beyond her voice and onstage presence to her fluency in Russian, French, German, Hebrew, Yiddish, Spanish and English. Her singing range is wide, coloured and layered, while her technique both textured and complex. In her life as a singer, Falkovitch sees a treasure trove of opportunity to work together and communicate with people of other religions and cultures, through storytelling and creativity. Her optimistic and pragmatic outlook envisions a way to come together, to bridge the mosaical divide by tearing down walls and prejudices — through the gift of music."
– Concordia University
“A pioneer who finds her own way and style.” – Deutsche Welle TV
“Her stunning voice convinced even the biggest sceptics!” – WDR
“An Exceptional Artist!” – Tribune Juive
“Expressive singing ... Beautiful recording ... The widespread program is presented in a subtly nuanced, soulful manner”– Pizzicato, in review of her previous album “Chants hébraïques et chants d'amour” (Hebrew and Love Songs) by Calliope Records.
Moscow-born and Paris-based mezzo-soprano Sofia Falkovitch is the first woman Cantor trained and ordained in Europe and the only one in France. She studied in Israel, Germany and Canada, and was trained by sought-after voice professors and masters of Jewish music.
Among her teachers are Reine Décarie (Vincent d'Indy School of Music), Madeleine Thériault (Jazz Voice Professor at McGill Schulich School of Music), Marina Levitt and Penina Schwartz (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance), Eliyahu Schleifer (Hebrew Union College of Jerusalem), Nino Sandow (Hanns Eisler Academy of Music Berlin), Verena Rein (Berlin University of the Arts) and Theresa Brancaccio (Northwestern Bienen School of Music).
Sofia is a scholarship recipient of the German National Academic Foundation Ernst-Ludwig-Ehrlich for Gifted Students. She learned Cantorial Arts at the School of Sacred Music of the Hebrew Union College and the Steinsaltz Institute in Jerusalem. She also studied at the Abraham Geiger College in Berlin and the University of Potsdam and wrote her Master’s thesis on the composer Samuel Naumbourg and his Influence on the Synagogue Music in Europe.
While Sofia’s main specialty is Jewish Sacred Music and Yiddish Art Song, she also boasts extensive non-Jewish repertoire in various genres and styles and collaborates with international artists.
Sofia captivates by her magic personality, rare distinctive voice, stage presence and all that with a natural charisma.
Intercultural and interfaith dialogue is at the core of Sofia’s creative work. She regularly appears in concerts and recitals, officiates at public events in Paris (such as the Festival of Jewish Culture, the Museum of Jewish Art and History, Paris City Hall, art galleries), in Israel (Elma Concert Hall, Blaustein Hall Jerusalem, Masada Historic Complex), in Berlin and throughout Europe (including her appearance as a first female cantor in Luxembourg), in North America and Asia at prestigious concert halls and international festivals.
Sofia is an ambassador of her faith and a leading voice of her generation for her audience. She therefore sings in places of worship, Cathedrals and Synagogues representing all major branches of contemporary Judaism (such as the Imperial Cathedral in Aachen, Copernic Synagogue Paris, Berlin Oranienburger Strasse Synagogue, St. Matthäus-Kirche Kulturforum Berlin; the Long Night of Religions at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the Freie University Berlin and the European Days of Jewish Culture in Freiburg).
Sofia’s recent performances include the Madeleine Church, Oratoire du Louvre, Temple de l'Etoile and the Church of Saint-Merri in Paris, Historic Chicago Loop Synagogue, KAM Isaiah Israel, BHBE in Chicago and the Jewish Music Festival in Brussels.
In addition to performances, Sofia’s voice is regularly featured on Deutsche Welle News (Germany’s public international broadcaster), WDR (West German Broadcaster), i24NEWS (Israeli international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel), Deutschland Radio, France Culture, FIP and other TV and radio networks.
An accomplished actress, Sofia appears in numerous Theater and TV productions, including the Russian-language production Franzuzkie Strasti (French Passions) and collaborations with Theatre "O!" in Montreal, Canada. There she hosted the popular cultural TV program "Russian Hour", toured with her innovative Yiddish Show "Desert Rites", appeared at the KlezKanada Festival and worked as a journalist for RTVi Overseas Media in New York.
Sofia’s life story has always been a source of fascination. Between 2012 and 2014 her creative and personal journey was documented by Julia Poliak of Puppok Productions, in co-production with the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) in a short film Di Shtim iz di Feder fun Hartsen (The Voice is the Pen of the Heart) released in 2014.
Sofia lives in Paris with her husband and two children. She speaks French, German, English, Russian, Spanish, Hebrew and Yiddish (watch 7-Language-Video).
VIDEOS
This is a little journey of 7 languages in one take. It is an attempt to express how I feel about the languages I speak and how they happened to appear in my life. It is also an experiment in intercultural communication and the various language movements in our global village that I am sure many of us can relate to. I had fun making it, hope you enjoy watching! – Sofia Falkovitch
Unique Concert: Cantors Alberto Mizrahi (the Jewish Pavarotti) & Sofia Falkovitch (first female Cantor in Europe) with the ECC choir at the Historic Copernic Synagogue in Paris
Kiddush in Singapore
Improvisation on Amida - Sofia Falkovitch a cappella
Music: Original Improvisation in Ashkenazi Cantorial Mode, Text: Traditional (Amida)
PHOTOS & PRESS
High resolution photos are available on request
CONTACT
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