Venue: Zellerbach Hall
Price: $22/$28/$38
Subscription Series: World Stage Series B
Dubbed the "First Lady of Israeli song," singer/songwriter Chava Alberstein "is Joan Baez and Sarah McLachlan rolled into one: a thoughtful songwriter with folky roots, peaceable instincts, a voice filled with compassion, and an earnest desire to change things," says The New York Times. The same age as her homeland, the 56-year-old singer has eloquently captured the pulse of Israel's people in a career encompassing nearly 50 albums. In addition to performing in both Hebrew and English, she is one of the rare contemporary artists to sing and compose in Yiddish. From tender love songs and prayerful ballads to defiant pleas against oppression, Alberstein sings with a passionate intensity, transcending language to vividly convey the universal experience of joy, loss, and hope.
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