WHAT'S NEXT?
2023 GERMANY TOUR 2
Bonn 12/03 @4pm
Limburg 30/04 @4pm
Felsberg (Kassel) 25/06
Kiel
Hannover 27/8 @3pm
Bernau 12/11 - Opening of Land Brandenburg’s Week against Anti-Semitism
Dresden 10/12
and so much more in the next months & years to come!
💫 2022-2023 Through the lens of the Shechinah:
Sofia is thanking her loyal international communities for making history together!
Recent highlights include:
✨UNESCO‘s Official Ceremony live from Paris Headquarters January 26 2023
✨Oratoire du Louvre Commemoration February 12 2023
✨Transcendental High Holiday Services in the heart of Hamburg at its landmark location considered to be the finest Hanseatic architectural heritage, at the St. Michaeliskirche Bach-Saal 2022
GERMANY
✨Groundbreaking Recordings in Paris, creativity coming from tradition 2022
FRANCE
✨Appointed Official Representative of the European European Cantors Convention 2022
EUROPE
✨Sensational Performances in the heart of downtown Budapest, UNESCO world heritage site the historic district of Belvaros, at the glorious Rumbach Synagogue 2022
HUNGARY
✨Impactful Performance in the Historic Mozart-Saal in the heart of Hamburg celebrating over 200 Years Liberal Judaism 2022
GERMANY
✨Official delegation to Auschwitz for the duty of memory 2022
POLAND
27 January marks the anniversary of the liberation of the concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. The date was designated as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust by the United Nations General Assembly in 2005.
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
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.
Sofia officiates as High Holy Day Hazzan since 2010 in the following cities:
JERUSALEM,
PARIS,
LUXEMBOURG,
SINGAPORE,
HAMBURG
ABOUT
"A source of inspiration”
– UNESCO
"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
“Today’s leading voice of the Jewish Cantorial Art” – Allegro
“A pioneer who finds her own way and style.” – Deutsche Welle
“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 album “Chants hébraïques et chants d'amour” Hebrew and Love Songs (Diapason d’Or) by Calliope Records.
Paris-based mezzo-soprano, extemporizer, composer, artistic director and producer, Sofia Falkovitch is the first female cantor (hazzan) ever trained and ordained in Europe and remains the only one in the history of France. Today she leads an active international career.
Born in Moscow, Sofia studies in Israel, Germany and Canada, and is trained by sought-after voice professors and masters of Jewish music. Sofia is the Official Ambassador of the European Cantors Association, jury member of international vocal competitions, festivals, artistic and spiritual committees.
This prodigy’s primary aim is to pass on and share her love for the musical treasures inherited from previous generations. Her award-wining recordings and conceptual projects are regularly featured on TV and in festivals across Europe, Israel, Canada and the USA.
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.
“Falkovitch, a mezzo-soprano, combines her opera training with ancient religious melodies and Yiddish folk music.” – Religion Unplugged Magazine. While Sofia’s main specialty is Jewish Sacred Music, she also boasts extensive non-Jewish repertoire in more than seven languages, in various genres and styles and collaborates with international artists.
Sofia captivates by her unique approach and original vocal expression, rare instantly recognizable voice described as “transcendent”, her ability to communicate easily in many languages and all that with a natural charisma.
Intercultural and interfaith dialogue is at the core of Sofia’s creative work. A highly sought-after all-round performer, cantor and speaker, Sofia is regularly invited to appear in gala concerts, recitals and 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 the 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. She therefore sings in places of worship, Cathedrals, Mosques and Synagogues representing all major branches of contemporary Judaism (such as the Imperial Cathedral in Aachen, Copernic Synagogue Paris, The Great Mosque of Strasbourg, 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 UNESCO’s Official Ceremonies from Paris Headquarters, Official Delegation to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Historic Rumbach Synagogue in Budapest, the Sacrées Journées de Strasbourg Festival, La Madeleine Church, Oratoire du Louvre, Temple de l'Etoile and the Church of Saint-Merri in Paris, Historic Chicago Loop Synagogue (the first woman ever to sing on the bima of this 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, Allegro classical music channel 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 performances are always sensational, her life story a source of fascination and the subject of documentaries for Deutsche Welle. Her creative and personal journey is also documented in the short film Di Shtim iz di Feder fun Hartsen (The Voice is the Pen of the Heart).
Sofia lives in Paris with her 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)
CONTACT
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