Keren Hadar

Hadar is the recipient of America Israel Cultural Foundation scholarships in the field of acting and is the Chosen Artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation since 2008.

At the end of the year Keren won the 2007 Rheinsberg Opera Singing Competition, singing the role of Nanetta in Verdi's Falstaff to critical acclaim.

In September 2007 Keren released her second CD dedicated entirely to Ella Milch-Sheriff's work "Dark am I...", based on an adaptation of biblical texts from the "Song of Songs", done by Keren and the composer. The work was premiered at the Israel Festival in 2007 and has since been performed in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

In 2006-2007 Hadar studied opera in Berlin, thanks to a scholarship she received from conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim. Her principal teacher in Germany was the alto Prof. Anneliese Fried at The Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin.

Hadar launched her career as a classical singer at the 2004 Classical Chamber Music Festival with the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Keren has since made numerous appearances with orchestras in Israel and around the world, including the Westchester Philharmonic (New York), the Berlin Symphony, the Israel Philharmonic, the Israel Camerata Jerusalem and the Haifa Symphony under the baton of celebrated conductors, such as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Noam Sheriff, Arie Vardi, Avner Itai, Avner Biron, Lior Shambadal, Yaron Gottfried, Ud Joffe, Winfried Toll, Gabor Hollerung and Marcello Panni.

Keren Hadar (Hebrew: קרן הדר; born 1975) is a crossover soprano singer from Israel. She was born in Neve Ne'eman in the Hod HaSharon municipality. She is the third of four siblings. Keren's father, a businessman, was born in Israel and her mother, a secretary, was born in Yemen.