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Mira J. Spektor (November 8, 1928 – November 28, 2021) was a German-born American composer, poet, and music director. She was the founder of the Atlantic Opera Singers and the Aviva Players. [1]
Composer Mira J. Spektor presents both sensitivity and passion in her new album DAYTIME & NIGHT SONGS. She combines masterful, original compositions with thought-provoking poetry written by a number of artists.
Dec 1, 2021 · MIRA SPEKTOR Obituary. SPEKTOR--Mira Josefowitz, born Berlin November 8, 1928, died New York City, November 28, 2021. We are heartbroken that our remarkable Mira has passed away. Mira was a...
Mira J Spektor - Composer/Lyricist/Poet: In addition to her English, French and German recital & cabaret songs, Mira Spektor composed music for theater, film and TV.
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Born in Berlin in 1928, of Russian Jewish parents, we traveled without passports for a few years. This was one of my first memories: I’m 5 years old in a strange Italian hotel bedroom I shared with my mother. Besides a few suitcases she traveled with a small hand-cranked Victrola. She tells me to go to sleep while listening to her favorite Italian ...
I don’t think that one has to “realize” or choose to be an “artist.” I was a singer from the age of 5 to 70 and a composer/lyricist from age 15 to ? with music on LPs and CDs recorded in the United States and Europe. When I was a Junior in high school I wrote “Music to move furniture by” when the curtain of our School Auditorium broke. In my Senior...
I had the honor of being invited to sing the only recital ever held in the Residence of Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Jerusalem! I included Ravel’s Chansons madécasses for voice, flute, cello, and piano—and our Israeli flutist was 9 months pregnant…
At my age my pleasures are NOT guilty!! I love being with my 2 great-grandsons, 2 and 6 years old, who both sing on pitch!
I first heard and loved the warm beautiful Mezzo-Soprano voice of Sarah Mesko when, as an award winner, she sang a recital for the prestigious George London Foundation Awards Concerts in the Morgan Library. After the concert I went to meet and congratulate her, and I asked if she would consider hearing some of my songs. She graciously said yes and ...
Opening Selections:Train Music; Villa on the Lake; Overture; A Cold Summer - Rachel Arky, mezzo-soprano; Jeremy J. Moore, tenor; Hillary Schranze, soprano; A...
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Four Songs by Mira J Spektor, performed by Brian Hunter, tenor and Jean-Paul Bjorlin, piano:00:22 Sunday Psalm, poem by Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978)03:11 Irr...
