:Karin Shifrin

Shifrin graduated her B.Mus. degree (with honors) in the Buchmann-Mehta Music Academy at the Tel-Aviv University. Her vocal instructors were Tamar Rachum (Israel), Kammersängerin Hilde Zadek (Austria) and Patricia McCaffrey (New York). Shifrin's debut with the Israeli Opera was at the age of 25.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

Among the roles she performed:

• "'Max and Moritz" (conducted by Gil Shohat)
• The second Lady in The Magic Flute (conducted by Dan Ettinger)
• The Woman Who Comforts at the world premiere of the contemporary opera adaptation to a Hanoch Levin play, The Child Dreams{{cite web|url=http://www.israel-opera.co.il/Eng/?CategoryID=337&ArticleID=700 |title=The Child Dreams |publisher=Israel-opera.co.il |date= |accessdate=2014-02-16}}{{cite web|url=http://theoperacritic.com/searchsuite/artist.php?artiststring=Karin/Shifrin/sin&searchtype=2&sorttype=date |title=The Child Dreams production details |publisher=theoperacritic |date=2013-12-17 |accessdate=2014-02-16}}
• Rossini's Cenerentola in a special production
• Mrs. Smith, the leading role in a contemporary opera based upon Eugène Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano”{{cite web|url=http://www.jmc.co.il/concert.asp?sid=343 |title=Jerusalem Music Centre |date=2011-05-25 |accessdate=2014-02-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827152323/http://www.jmc.co.il/concert.asp?sid=343 |archivedate=August 27, 2006 }}{{cite web|last=Hickman |first=Pamela |url=http://pamelahickmansblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/bald-soprano-chamber-opera-plays-at.html |title=Pamela Hickman's Concert Critique Blog: "The Bald Soprano", a chamber opera, plays at the Jerusalem Music Centre |publisher=Pamelahickmansblog.blogspot.com |date=2009-11-28 |accessdate=2014-02-16}}

Some of Shifrin's international performances:

• Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, The Marriage of Figaro (as Marcellina) and Beethoven's 9th Symphony (soloist) (conducted by Zubin Mehta)
• Various recitals in Germany and Britain
• "Concert for peace" – a duo concert with a Palestinian singer at the "Il Violino Magico" festival in Venice, Italy
• "Concert For Life And Peace" – which took place in Rome, Beth-Lechem and Jerusalem, with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra (conducted by Shlomo Mintz)
• Several concerts in Poland in commemoration of the Holocaust victims (conducted by Omer Welber)
• The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and the title role in Arabella in Sigriswil, Bern and Bad Ragaz, Switzerland (Conducted by Andsreas Kowalewitz)
• Rosina in The Barber of Seville with the National Symphony Orchestra of Kazakhstan (conducted by Vag Papian)
• Romeo in I Capuletti ed I Montechi with the Aso Orchestra Boston (conducted by Mark Swanson)

Some of the Awards Shifrin has received over her career include:

• 2002 – Buchman – Mehta music academy vocal competition (Israel) – Finalist and 2nd-place winner{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
• 2003 – Buchman – Mehta music academy vocal competition (Israel) – Finalist and 2nd-place winner{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
• 2003 – Internationaler Hilde Zadek Gesangswettbewerb (Austria) – Finalist and 4th-place winner{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
• 2004 – International Hans Gabor Belvedere Gesangswettbewerb (Austria) – Semi-Finalist and special award winner{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
• 2008 – Iris Adami Corradetti Lyrical International Competition (Italy) – Semi Finalist{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
• 2009 – Concours international de chant de Clermont-Ferrand (France) – Semi Finalist{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
• 2011– The Montserrat caballe international competition (Spain) – Semi Finalist{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

In addition, she has obtained the "Hildegard Zadek Stiftung", the "AICF" and the "Opernwerkstatt Verena Keller"

{{cite web|url=http://www.opernwerkstatt.com/index.php?id=63 |title=Opernwerkstatt Verena Keller |accessdate=2014-02-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309021256/http://www.opernwerkstatt.com/index.php?id=63 |archivedate=March 9, 2012 }}

scholarships for outstanding vocal, musical and creative achievements.

In 2012, Karin was invited by the Israeli Embassy in Australia to perform a special composition by Kobi Oshrat, in Melbourne{{cite web|url=http://embassies.gov.il/canberra/NewsAndEvents/Pages/Sendler.aspx |title=Sendler |publisher=Embassies.gov.il |date= |accessdate=2014-02-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jhc.org.au/news-and-events/calendar-of-events/item/263-irena-sendler.html?tmpl=component&print=1 |title=Jewish Holocaust Centre – "Irena's Song – A Ray of Light Through the Darkness" Concert |publisher=Jhc.org.au |date=2012-07-05 |accessdate=2014-02-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.zrobtosam.com/PulsPol/Puls3/index.php?sekcja=47&arty_id=11787 |title=Puls Polonii |publisher=Zrobtosam.com |date=2012-07-05 |accessdate=2014-02-16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Event/304845,irenas-song---a-ray-of-light-through-the-darkness.aspx |title=Event: Irena's Song – A Ray of Light through the Darkness – Classical Music |publisher=Limelight Magazine |date=2012-07-05 |accessdate=2014-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203000010/http://www.limelightmagazine.com.au/Event/304845,irenas-song---a-ray-of-light-through-the-darkness.aspx |archive-date=2014-02-03 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/25256/tribute-concert-held-for-catholic-who-saved-jewish-children |title=Tribute concert held for Catholic who saved Jewish children :: Catholic News Agency (CNA) |publisher=Catholic News Agency |date=2012-07-09 |access-date=2014-02-16}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishnews.net.au/honouring-a-resistance-hero/26688 |title=Honouring a resistance hero | The Australian Jewish News |publisher=Jewishnews.net.au |date= |accessdate=2014-02-16}} with the Orchestra Victoria, in honour of Irena Sendler, a catholic Polish who saved Jews' lives during WWII. The New Zealand tour following that invitation included concerts in Wellington.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/475489489144604/ |title=An evening with Kobi Oshrat & Karin Shifrin |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2014-02-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/events/259693464132529/ |title=An evening with Kobi Oshrat and Karin Sifrin |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2014-02-16}}

Since 2012, Karin has been the leading singer for international rock act Diva De Lai. The band's debut album, "Dylan at the Opera" (released October 2013) featured twelve Bob Dylan songs, reworked into various rock/opera styles.

The band's first music video, a cover of Dylan's "Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)" (off his 1978's Street Legal) was also made available online in October 2013.

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• Israeli Opera, [http://www.israel-opera.co.il/Eng/?CategoryID=263&ArticleID=839 Artist's biography]
• Messer, Tova, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121026092401/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/948510621.html?dids=948510621:948510621&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+26,+2005&author=TOVA+MESSER&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Mozart+unites+nations&pqatl=google "Mozart unites nations"], Jerusalem Post, 26 December 2005
• {{cite web | title=The Child Dreams | website=האופרה הישראלית תל-אביב - יפו | date=18 January 2010 | url=https://www.israel-opera.co.il/Eng/?CategoryID=337&ArticleID=700 | access-date=27 January 2024}}

• {{official|http://www.karinshifrin.com/}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140203012042/http://divadelai.com/ Diva De Lai's Official Website]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrDr7wKp-Ss Karin Shifrin performing "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)"] on Diva De Lai's official YouTube Channel

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