Recognized
as one of the most important female Jewish singers of her generation, Amy
Goldstein has gained international renown for her remarkably versatile
performances of opera, oratorio, holocaust and new music, cantorial chanting,
and for her critically acclaimed Naxos recordings for the
Ms. Goldstein comes by her talents more than honestly as she is the
daughter, granddaughter and sister to the Jewish world's most beloved
and revered musicians. Her father, Hazzan Jacob Goldstein ,
was the protege, composer, choir leader and arranger to Hazzan Moyshe
Oysher, Hazzan Moishe Ganchoff, R' David Werdyger,
Hazzan Leibele Waldman, and many others. Cantor
Goldstein was also the musical director of the two best-selling
Chassidic recordings of all time, Songs of the Gerer Chassidm and
Melitzer Chassidic Zmiros. Amy is the granddaughter of
Klezmer great William Epstein, and her brothers are Cantor Martin
Goldstein of the Hebrew Educational Alliance Congregation in Denver,
Cantor Adam Goldstein of the Clifton Jewish Center, and R' Daniel
Goldstein, Principal of the Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York.
Ms. Goldstein's mother, Harriet Goldstein-Daar, has sung and recorded
extensively for WEVD Radio, Tikva records, and for Sundance
award-winning film A Tickle in the Heart.
A
cantorial student at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Ms. Goldstein has
led congregations for Congregation Rodeph Sholom of
New York City
, Temple Sha'arei Shalom of Bellmore, NY, Congregation Tifereth
Israel
of
Greenport
,
NY
(National Register of Historic Places),
Florida
International
University
, and Tree of Life Congregation of Pittsburgh, PA. Most recently,
Ms. Goldstein led the H.L. Miller Women's Student Ensemble in a landmark
concert honoring 20 years since the investiture of the first female
graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Operatic
and orchestral credits include Anchorage Opera, Central City Opera,
Center for Contemporary Opera, Banff Opera Theater, Britten-Pears
Festival, Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, Washington Square
Opera, Danny and Sylvia Kaye Playhouse, the Czech Radio Philharmonic,
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra,
Karlsbad Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Anchorage
Festival Orchestra, Brott Festival Orchestra, and the Chicago Youth
Symphony. Recital highlights include performances at Carnegie
Hall, the
Krannert
Center
for the Performing Arts at the
University
of
Illinois
, the
Tilles
Center
, the Manhattan School of Music Outreach Program, the Midreshet
Ben-Gurion Salon Series, and in a rarely-performed English version of
Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire with the Circadia Ensemble
Ms.
Goldstein was First Prize winner of the Grace Bumbry Vocal Assistance
Award, the N.Y. regional winner of the Macallister Opera Awards in both
2001 and 1995 and First Prize winner with the Motyls in the 2003 Artists
International Competition.
Ms.
Goldstein’s recordings can be found at www.amazon.com,
www.Naxos.com, www.cduinverse.com,
www.classicsonline.com, and www.vergemusic.com.
Ms. Goldstein lives in
New York City
with her husband, pianist Jonathan Faiman and their son Michael Simcha
Faiman.