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hila plitmann Born in Jerusalem, soprano Hila Plitmann is quickly becoming a familiar face — and cherished soprano voice - on the international music scene. In 1998 she premiered Pulitzer Prize winner David Del Tredici’s The Spider and the Fly with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Maestro Kurt Masur, and in 2000 appeared as a headliner at the International Cervantino Festival. She has performed as a features soloist with The Israeli Philharmonic, New York City Opera, The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, The Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, The New Israeli Opera and numerous other orchestras and ensembles in the US and abroad. Recent performances include her debut recital in Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, premiering David Del Tredici’s song cycle Lament on the Death of a Bullfighter, Faire’s Requiem with Bobby Mcferrin and The Pacific Symphony; and Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with The Mexico City Philharmonic. In 2003 she is scheduled to premiere Eric Whitacre’s groundbreaking Opera Electronica Paradise Lost in New York and Berlin; she will also perform the world premiere of Oscar and Pulitzer prize winning composer John Corigliano’s Mr. Tambourine Man, with the Minnesota Orchestra and is engaged to appear in several additional international performances of his work.
Plitmann is accumulating an impressive catalogue of Del Tredici recordings, beginning with the highly virtuosic song cycle Ms. Inez Sez, under the CRI label, and two additional recordings to be released in 2003: Vintage Alice and Dracula with the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra and Lament on the Death of a Bullfighter with the composer on piano. She received her Bachelor of Music and Masters of Music degrees with high honors from The Juilliard School of Music, and has been awarded the coveted Sony ES Prize for her outstanding contribution to the vocal arts. The New York Times has praised her as "a talented young singer with a brilliant top register." Los Angeles Times calls her "exceptionally gifted." The Chicago Tribune describes her as "...superb, with an expressive range and communicative power," and the Jerusalem Post calls her "nothing less than bewitching."
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