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Amy Goldstein, soprano [headshot]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.  

Amy as Lisa in LA SONNAMBULAOperatic 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

Amy Goldstein, sopranoMs. 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.

 

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