Julia Feldman (, ; born June 22, 1979, in

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vocalist, composer and educator. Her singing combines elements of multiple jazz genres,

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Early life and education

Feldman was born in Samara into a family with a large musical background- her grandfather, Solomon Feldman, was an accomplished

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and a leader of the city

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and her father, Ilya Feldman, while being a jewellery designer, also plays jazz piano. She had been classically trained by studying the piano from the age of 5 till the family's

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in 1990. The family resided in Jerusalem, where she continued her classical piano studies with Anatoly Tartakovsky along with jazz improvisation studies with the composer and a saxophone player Stephen Horenstein in the music department of the High School Of Arts in

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.Julia Feldman on Cd Baby
In the last year of her high school studies Feldman became interested in jazz singing, and in 1997 she began studying voice technique and jazz improvisation with Israeli jazz vocalist Iris Portugaly along with intensive studies of jazz with the saxophonist

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at the International Music Center of Jerusalem. At the Center, Julia had the opportunity to study and perform with known American jazz musicians, such as Evelyn Blakey,

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, Bob Meyer,

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and the composer Allen Gershwin, to name a few. Feldman was also invited to perform Allen Gershwin's composition "Walk in the wilderness" on a tribute concert dedicated to his father, the known composer

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.Ben Shalev
Jerusalem of soul

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, 2007 Between 1998 and 1999, she continued studying vocal jazz with Iris Portugaly at the Rimon School Of Jazz And Contemporary Music, and in 2003 she graduated the

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, where she studied voice technique with the opera singer Robin Weisel-Capsouto, jazz improvisation with jazz vocalist Ataliya Pniel and composition in the class of the composer

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Collaborations, projects and performances

Feldman has frequently worked with many jazz artists and music groups. Among those are

, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, Bob Meyer, Boris Gammer,

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, Eilon Tourgeman, Jerry Garval, Jean Claude Johns, Judy Lewis, Stephen Horenstein, Steve Peskoff,

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and others. Feldman's groups and projects as a leader: Julia Feldman Ensemble, Julia Feldman Jazz Quartet. Feldman's Ensemble is a changing group- its first version consisted of Feldman as a vocalist, the pianist

, and contrabass player Ora Boasson Horev. The Enseble's debut album "Words Are Worlds (A Tribute to

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)" was released in 2006 on a major Israeli label Hed Arzi. The album was inspired by the work and personality of

and features arrangements of the known

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that were performed by Holiday, along with the band's compositions. All the pieces recorded on the album are connected by a

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borrowed from Holiday's ballad "God Bless the Child". The CD was mixed and mastered by Udi Koomran. The Quartet, which she had formed together with the known Israeli guitar player Steve Peskoff, has been active for several years and has performed on multiple Israeli stages and festivals, gaining wide audience and press` recognition. The group performs Feldman's composition and standards` arrangements, influenced by contemporary jazz genres, rock, funk, Brazilian music styles and free improvisation. In February 2008, Feldman and Peskoff traveled to New York, USA, and recorded the Quartet first album there. The album features Feldman (vocals), Peskoff (guitar), drummer Ferenc Nemeth, bassist Massimo Biolcati, vocalist Ayelet Rose Gottlieb and saxophonist

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. Other projects: lead singer in

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band by the guitarist Ehud Horev; vocalist in ''Radical Shlomo'' - Steve Peskoff's project of arrangements to

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`s songs; pianist, vocalist, co-composer and co-lyricist in ''Ayulyul'' with Ayelet Rose Gottlieb; voice-double bass Duo with Eli Magen; collaboration with ethno-core Jerusalem band ''Shoom'', among others. She has performed in many Israeli jazz clubs and on various festivals, including Shuni Jazz Festival, Tel Aviv International Jazz Festival and the

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Notes

References

* Ben Shalev
Outstanding recent Jerusalem jazz albums

, 2007 * Eyal Hareuveni
Words Are Worlds (A Tribute To Billie Holiday) cd review

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, August 24, 2006 * Asher Kesher
Julia Feldman`s new haircut
Nana. Co. Il, March 7, 2007 ''(Hebrew)''
About Juia Feldman on Qube
''(Hebrew)'' * Ben Shalev

, 2007
Musica Ficta`s video clip "A child and a Well"
by Tamar Singer, on

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* Inna Kas`yanova
an Interview with the conductor Solomon Feldman
Feldman's grandfather, Samarskaya Luka, ''(Russian)''
Musica Ficta`s page
on

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* Ludmila Belyayeva, article o
the history of Samara`s Symphony orchestra
with a large chapter on Solomon Feldman. ''(Russian)''
The MySpace page of Steve Peskoff
the leader of the "Radical Shlomo" project * Musica Ficta o
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''(Hebrew)'' * The official website of Feldman's father
Ilya Feldman
* Julia Feldman Ensemble on Allmusic* About Julia Feldman o
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. * ''(Hebrew)'' * Asher Kesher, ''"The lady sings good"'', Kol Hazman, July 7, 2007 * Barry Davis, ''"Presenting Jerusalem`s off-beat trio"'', The Jerusalem Post, April 22, 2003

External links

Official website
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