Rita - Israel's Pop Superstar (Washington Jewish Music Festi...

2007-06-09 21:30:00 - 2007-06-09 00:00:00

CLOSING NIGHT – Sat, June 9, 9:30 pm

Israel’s Pop Superstar

RITA

Lisner Auditorium, The George Washington University

730 21st Street NW (21st and H)

Tickets: $75 VIP Orchestra (plus reception); $45 Orchestra; $40 Lower Balcony; $30 Upper Balcony

**TIX FOR THIS CONCERT ONLY – www.ticketmaster.com or (202) 397-SEAT or in person at Lisner Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet

“Rita is one of the most electrifying and dynamic Israeli singers.

She has an energy and intensity in her voice, an incredible lyricism.”

—Shalom Freedman, author

Rita is one of Israel’s leading divas. Her music combines the Middle Eastern lilt of her Persian heritage with a Western orientation, the influence of her American-born husband Rami Kleinstein, one of Israel’s leading artist-composer-producers. Born in Tehran, Iran, Rita immigrated to Israel as a young child and studied singing and acting. After releasing her first album in 1986, she instantly achieved fame across Israel, and the album went Triple Platinum. In 1989, she was chosen as “Singer of the Year” by Israel’s national radio station and “Woman of the Decade for the Stage Arts” by one of Israel’s leading daily papers. She has represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest and has toured abroad to great international acclaim, selling over half a million albums throughout her career. Rita has performed with world-famous orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic. She is also known for her roles on the silver screen, including starring as Flora in The Thousand Wives of Naftali. http://www.teev.com/rita

Part of a year-long community-wide celebration of Israel’s 60th Birthday. Presented in partnership with Teev Events and co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel.Funded in part by The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington’s Israel in DC initiative.

For Information: 202-777-3250 or www.wjmf.org.

THE WASHINGTON JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL IS PRESENTED BY THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER'S MORRIS CAFRITZ CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation is the major sponsor of the Eighth Annual Washington Jewish Music Festival. The Festival is supported, in part, by grants from the United Jewish Endowment Fund, The Jewish Federation’s Israel in DC initiative and the Humanities Council of Washington, DC. The Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts is supported by a grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, and receives support from the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.