"A singer of outstanding quality, hermusicality and versatility are extraordinary". LeonardBernstein.



AmaliaIshak was born in Israel and raised in Italy. She began her music studies atthe Luigi Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, and graduated with aMaster of Music Degree Magna Cum Laude from Tel Aviv University. Continued hertraining in the Scuola di Muscia di Fiesole opera workshop with ClaudioDesderi. She won a merit award at the Firenze Lirica competition.

Amalia Ishakmade her debut with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in the Ponnelle/Mehtaproduction of Carmen. She appeared again with thePhilharmonic in La Traviata, TheMagic Flute (directed by Jonathan Miller)under the baton of Zubin Mehta, and in De Falla's The ThreeCornered Hat underCharles Dutoit. She has also performed in the Philharmonic youth concertsconducted by Arie Vardi.

Amalia Ishakhas enjoyed brilliant success and received criticalacclaim in numerous productions of the IsraeliOpera, including The Marriage of Figaro, TheLittle Magic Flute, TheMedium (conductedby Asher Fisch and directed by Hy Kalus), as Hansel in the televised Hansel andGretel (underMendi Rodan and directed by Rina Yerushalmi),Faust, Don Giovanni (with Gary Bertini and directed by Graham Vick), TheBarber of Seville (conducted by Steven Sloane and directedby Dario Fo), LaCenerentola (under AlbertoZedda and director Giancarlo del Monaco), L'Italianain Algeri (with conductor Dan Ettinger anddirector Omri Nitzan), and in The Israeli Opera's first community operaprojects in Hebrew: as Carmen in Carmenin Tel Aviv - an enormous success that was followed by adocumentary film, and as Rosina in The Barber ofHaTikvah.

Among hermany concert tours as a member of the Jerusalem Lyric Trio, are special venues withthe Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland, the Budapest SpringFestival and the Gasteig, Munich, in a live program of the Deutscher Rundfunk.

A greathonor in Amalia Ishak's career was to be personally selected by the lateLeonard Bernstein to perform the world premiere of his piece, Ariasand Barcarolles, in Israel and later in the U.K.She was described by the Maestro as "A singer of outstanding quality,her musicality and versatility are extraordinary".

Anotherhighlight of Amalia Ishak's career was her highly praised interpretation of GoffredoPetrassi's Magnificat at the Rome Opera House, in thecomposer's presence. Maestro Petrassi, deeply impressed, added aspecial dedication: "To Amalia, a superb interpreter".

A formersinger of the IDF Orchestra under the baton of the legendary Itzhak"Ziko" Graziani, Amalia Ishak sings a very rich repertoire and often performsworld premieres of celebrated Israeli and international composers, among themare Gil Shohat, Josef Bardanashvili, Aharon Harlap, Max Stern, Moshe Zorman,Eyal Bat and many more, with numerous pieces dedicated to her.

She hasbeen invited to perform as guest artist with leading orchestras in Israel andabroad, as well as in chamber music concerts and worldwide festivals, includingthe Israel Festival. She has also recorded for radio and television broadcastsin Israel, Europe and America.

In 2009 Amalia Ishak has joined the Buchmann -Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University, adjunct faculty as visiting professor for diction and phonetics and in2012 as language coach in the production of W.A. Mozart's DonGiovanni.

Recently,Amalia Ishak sung Donna Elvira in W.A.Mozart's Don Giovanni with the IsraelNetanya Kibbutz Orchestra under Maestro Amos Talmon.