Education
Shifrin graduated her Bachelor of Music
Shifrin graduated her Bachelor of Music
She regularly performs in Israel and Europe. Since the age of 24, she sang in concerts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra, as well as other orchestras. Shifrin has been performing in the Israeli opera since 2005. degree (with honors) in the Buchmann-Mehta Music Academy at the Tel-Aviv University.
Her vocal instructors were Tamar Rachum (Israel), Kammersängerin Hilde Zadek (Austria) and Patricia McCaffrey (New York).
Shifrin"s debut with the Israeli Opera was at the age of 25. Among the roles she performed: ""Max and Moritz" (conducted by Gil Shohat) The second Lady in The Magic Flute (conducted by Dan Ettinger) The Woman Who Comforts at the world premiere of the contemporary opera adaptation to a Hanoch Levin play, The Child Dreams Rossini"s Cenerentola in a special production Mistress
Smith, the leading role in a contemporary opera based upon Eugène Ionesco"s "The Bald Soprano” International performances Some of Shifrin"s international performances: Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, The Marriage of Figaro (as Marcellina) and Beethoven"s 9th Symphony (soloist) (conducted by Zubin Mehta) Various recitals in Germany and Britain "Concert for peace" – a duo concert with a Palestinian singer at the "Il Violino Magico" festival in Venice, Italy "Concert Foreign Life And Peace" - which took place in Rome, Beth-Lechem and Jerusalem, with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna Orchestra (conducted by Shlomo Mintz) Several concerts in Poland in commemoration of the Holocaust victims (conducted by Omer Welber) The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and the title role in Arabella in Sigriswil, Bern and Bad Ragaz, Switzerland (Conducted by Andsreas Kowalewitz) Rosina in The Barber of Seville with the National Symphony Orchestra of Kazakhstan (conducted by Vag Papian) Australian/New Zealand tour In 2012, Karin was invited by the Israeli Embassy in Australia to perform a special composition by Kobi Oshrat, in Melbourne with the Orchestra Victoria, in honour of Irena Sendler, a catholic Polish who saved Jews" lives during World World War World War II The New Zealand tour following that invitation included concerts in Wellington. Since 2012, Karin has been the leading singer for international rock act The band"s debut album, "Dylan at the Opera" (released October 2013) featured twelve Bob Dylan songs, reworked into various rock/opera styles.
The band"s first music video, a cover of Dylan"s "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)" (off his 1978"s Street Legal) was also made available online in October 2013.