Barbra Streisand to perform at Peres’ 90th birthday
Despite several personal visits, June 18 appearance will be legendary singer’s first official show in Israel
March 11, 2013, 4:28 pm
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Barbra Streisand performing at the 2013 Oscar ceremony (photo credit: screen capture/Youtube)
Legendary Jewish-American singer
and actress Barbra Streisand is set to perform in Israel on June 18 at
the opening ceremony of Shimon Peres’s annual Presidential Conference,
which will also honor his 90th birthday.
Streisand, 70, has visited multiple times and
is known as a supporter of Israel, but her June 18 appearance will mark
her first official performance in the Jewish state.
According
to a Mako report, her visit will occur during a rare European tour
organized by concert promoter Live Nation, a company that has a working
relationship with Israeli promoter Shuki Weiss, leading to speculation
that Streisand will also perform at a larger, public venue.
Israeli fans and various promoters have
attempted several times to organize a performance by Streisand at a
large venue, such as the Ramat Gan Stadium or the Caesarea Amphitheater,
without success.
“I tried to bring her to Israel, alone and
with other producers, and it was always difficult… [They wanted] very
large sums of money,” a veteran concert promoter told Mako. “It seems
that this time, according to the circumstances, it fell on Shuki Weiss
[to do it].”
Weiss, who has been responsible for bringing
many international acts to Israel, including upcoming visits by Depeche
Mode and Alicia Keys, issued a statement Monday saying that “if there is
anything to announce, we will.”
Streisand is one of the best-selling artists
of all time, with 140 million records sold worldwide since she began her
career in the early 1960s, and has also had a distinguished acting
career in movies, television and the stage. In 2012 she issued her 33rd
studio recording, “Release Me,” and embarked on a successful world tour,
only her fifth major tour since 1966.
The Israeli Presidential Conference,
which runs June 18-20, attracts some 4,500 attendees and features 200
leaders in their fields, including former heads of state, academics,
scientists, journalists and artists.
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