What is Mira Zakai?
[[File:Mira Zakai in Leipzig 2008.jpg|thumb|Zakai in [[Leipzig]], 2008]] '''Mira Zakai''' ({{lang-he|מירה זכאי}}&lrm;; 21 September 1942 – 20 May 2019) was an [[Israel]]i [[opera singer]]. She was a [[contralto]]. She was born in [[Jerusalem]]. She worked with [[Yehudi Menuhin]]. She appeared with Menuhin at a concert in [[Castel Gandolfo]] for [[Pope John Paul II]]. Before this, she appeared in Menuhin's festival as a soloist in [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach's]] ''[[Mass in B minor]]''. Her recording of [[Gustav Mahler|Mahler's]] [[Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 2]] with [[Georg Solti]] won the [[Grammy Award]] for Best Overall Classical Recording in 1982. She studied at the [[Tel Aviv University|University of Tel Aviv]], where she later served as a professor. On 20 May 2019, Zakai died of problems caused by a [[stroke]] she had a year before. She was 76.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slippedisc.com/2019/05/sad-death-of-soltis-star-contralto-76/|title=Sad death of Solti's star contralto, 76|date=20 May 2019|author=Lebrecht, Norman|website=Slipped Disc|access-date=27 May 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Commons category}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakai, Mira}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Academics of Tel Aviv University]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Israeli singers]] [[Category:Asian opera singers]] [[Category:Musicians from Jerusalem]] {{Bio-stub}}