Vira Lozinsky

Vira Lozinsky is a Moldavian-born Israeli musician and Yiddish language singer.

Vira Lozinsky was born in 1974 in Bălți, Moldova (Bessarabia) to a family of Jewish artists. As a child, Vira studied music and played the violin at the city music school. She participated in the local Yiddish theater led by her father Mikhoel Felsenbaum. She was exposed at an early age to the cultures and musical styles of the many ethnic groups living in Moldova: Moldovans, Romanians, Jews, Roma, Russians and others. Her repertoire includes new material written mainly by her father, Mikhoel Felsenbaum as well as classical Yiddish folk songs, Romanian folk songs translated to Yiddish, songs of classical and modern Yiddish poets. After immigrating to Israel at age 16, she pursued Yiddish and Musicology studies in Bar Ilan University, and vocal studies in the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Ramat HaSharon.

Vira Lozinsky has toured several countries and participated in klezmer events in Israel, Europe, and the Americas.

Vira Lozinsky performs at the Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw , September 6 2007 .

Album

• Wunderweg (Wondrous Way) (2011)
• Vayte Shtern (Distant Stars) (2007)

Participation

• A Jewish Celebration , (Putumayo World Music, 2012) [1]
• Postcards (Beyond the Pale, 2009) (winner of two Canadian Folk Music Awards for 2010 [2])

• Grand Prize: International Jewish Music Competition in Amsterdam - 2012

[1]

• Mira Rafalowicz Prize (best Yiddish): International Jewish Music Competition in Amsterdam - 2012
• Independent Music Awards nominee 2012 World Traditional album category

[2]

• Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2009 winner - for the song Malokhim Lid
• Vira Lozinsky has been nominated for the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards / Best World Music album (2008) World Music Central

• Review by Keith Wolzinger