Ayana Haviv, Session Singer: Bio

Grammy®-winning singer Ayana Haviv is a versatile and very experienced professional singer, both on stage and in the studio. Classically trained, Ayana is equally proficient in any style of pop, folk, musical theater, ambient/ethereal, and "ethnic"-flavored film music.

Ayana is a member and has been a soloist in Los Angeles Opera Chorus and Los Angeles Master Chorale, where she has sung everything from atonal 21st-century music to Anglican chant. Originally from Israel, she grew up singing Jewish music of all kinds, from klezmer to Middle Eastern. Ayana's voice can be heard on the film and TV soundtracks AVATAR, THE NEXT THREE DAYS, COWBOYS AND ALIENS, THE GREEN LANTERN ANIMATED SERIES, JOHN CARTER, THE LORAX, HOP, THE RITE, 2012, CATS & DOGS 2, CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT, THE PHILANTHROPIST, SUPERNATURAL, LEAVE, DOROTHY OF OZ, WEST BANK STORY, ALPHA DOG, and many others.

Ayana has recorded as both a soloist and ensemble singer on film soundtracks by Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, John Powell, Aaron Zigman, James Horner, Stephen Trask, Harald Kloser, Christopher Lennertz, Sharon Farber, Penka Kouneva, Austin Wintory, Harry Gregson-Williams, Frederik Wiedmann, and Yuval Ron, as well as the video games THE PUNISHER, FIGHT NIGHT and JAMES BOND: QUANTUM OF SOLACE by Christopher Lennertz and Timothy Michael Wynn, pop solos for various songwriters, and numerous albums including ADAM LAMBERT: FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT and the Los Angeles Master Chorale's latest recording with Nico Muhly, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING. Ayana has been a member of choruses specializing in vocal jazz, South African folk music, college a cappella, Baroque and Renaissance music, and Bulgarian women's folk singing. In 2007 she won a Grammy® as part of the chamber chorus Cappella, which recorded a baroque choral album, PADILLA: SUN OF JUSTICE, which won for Best Small Ensemble Performance.

Ayana is an excellent sightreader and is equally proficient and rapid in learning music by ear. She can blend like butter or provide a unique and beautiful lead spot. She can match tone and style, take musical direction well, speak both "composer" and "producer", and change styles at a moment's notice. She is also a charismatic live performer, and brings that energy with her into the studio.

Latest Projects :

• Balkan and ethereal featured solos in the film THE NEXT THREE DAYS (composer Danny Elfman)

• Middle-Eastern and ethereal/ambient solos in the TV show THE GREEN LANTERN ANIMATED SERIES - just nominated for an Annie Award, Dec. 2011 (composer Frederik Wiedmann)

• Guide vocals in Middle-Eastern style for the film JOHN CARTER (composer Michael Giacchino), and more guide vocals for the album GREAT VOICES SING JOHN DENVER (producer Lee Holdridge)

• Early-music and chant featured solos in the film LEAVE (composer Austin Wintory)

• Operatic solos in the TV show SUPERNATURAL (composer Christopher Lennertz)

• Light-classical choir in the films JOHN CARTER, THE LORAX, AVATAR, COWBOYS AND ALIENS, THE RITE, HOP, 2012, CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT, and CATS & DOGS 2, as well as the sound recording THE HAITI PROJECT: A SYMPHONY OF HOPE

• Singing various additional voices (mice, handmaidens, etc.) in the forthcoming film DOROTHY OF OZ, as well as demos for the lead, Lea Michele, as Dorothy

• Two Little Mermaid character-voice solos on the Walt Disney Records album DISNEY ON BROADWAY, a pop solo on DISNEY HOLIDAY MAGIC, and numerous Demi Lovato teen-pop songs for DISNEY'S CAMP ROCK 2 SINGALONG

• Contracted the choir and sang the soprano solo from A.I. by John Williams in benefit concert for Education Through Music - Los Angeles, conducted by Austin Wintory

• Gospel choir on Adam Lambert's album FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT (RCA)

• The role of the "Third Swallow" in Los Angeles Opera's Die Vogel

• Middle-Eastern-style and Balkan solos on the NBC show THE PHILANTHROPIST

• Soprano soloist in Haydn's Heiligmesse and Handel's Messiah with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Walt Disney Concert Hall

Specialties:

Classical: opera, art song, oratorio, boy soprano, straight tone, atonal, choral. Pop, light jazz, light rock, indie/alternative, gospel, soul, R&B, country, musical theater, children's voices, characters, ethereal/ambient, animation. Slavic, African, Celtic/Irish, Middle Eastern, Israeli, American, Jewish, Klezmer, Ladino, Bulgarian, Balkan, & Yiddish folk music.




	"Ayana sang with such understanding of the style and spirit of the music, and with such consummate musicianship and technique, that her cues became the centerpiece of my score and the heart of the film." ––Penka Kouneva, composer, film, TV, games, and concert music	Grammy®-winning singer Ayana Haviv is a versatile and very experienced professional singer, both on stage and in the studio. Classically trained, Ayana is equally proficient in any style of pop, folk, musical theater, ambient/ethereal, and "ethnic"-flavored film music. Ayana is a member and has been a soloist in Los Angeles Opera Chorus and Los Angeles Master Chorale, where she has sung everything from atonal 21st-century music to Anglican chant. Originally from Israel, she grew up singing Jewish music of all kinds, from klezmer to Middle Eastern. Ayana's voice can be heard on the film and TV soundtracks AVATAR, THE NEXT THREE DAYS, COWBOYS AND ALIENS, THE GREEN LANTERN ANIMATED SERIES, JOHN CARTER, THE LORAX, HOP, THE RITE, 2012, CATS & DOGS 2, CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT, THE PHILANTHROPIST, SUPERNATURAL, LEAVE, DOROTHY OF OZ, WEST BANK STORY, ALPHA DOG, and many others. Ayana has recorded as both a soloist and ensemble singer on film soundtracks by Danny Elfman, Michael Giacchino, John Powell, Aaron Zigman, James Horner, Stephen Trask, Harald Kloser, Christopher Lennertz, Sharon Farber, Penka Kouneva, Austin Wintory, Harry Gregson-Williams, Frederik Wiedmann, and Yuval Ron, as well as the video games THE PUNISHER, FIGHT NIGHT and JAMES BOND: QUANTUM OF SOLACE by Christopher Lennertz and Timothy Michael Wynn, pop solos for various songwriters, and numerous albums including ADAM LAMBERT: FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT and the Los Angeles Master Chorale's latest recording with Nico Muhly, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING. Ayana has been a member of choruses specializing in vocal jazz, South African folk music, college a cappella, Baroque and Renaissance music, and Bulgarian women's folk singing. In 2007 she won a Grammy® as part of the chamber chorus Cappella, which recorded a baroque choral album, PADILLA: SUN OF JUSTICE, which won for Best Small Ensemble Performance. Ayana is an excellent sightreader and is equally proficient and rapid in learning music by ear. She can blend like butter or provide a unique and beautiful lead spot. She can match tone and style, take musical direction well, speak both "composer" and "producer", and change styles at a moment's notice. She is also a charismatic live performer, and brings that energy with her into the studio. Latest Projects : • Balkan and ethereal featured solos in the film THE NEXT THREE DAYS (composer Danny Elfman) • Middle-Eastern and ethereal/ambient solos in the TV show THE GREEN LANTERN ANIMATED SERIES - just nominated for an Annie Award, Dec. 2011 (composer Frederik Wiedmann) • Guide vocals in Middle-Eastern style for the film JOHN CARTER (composer Michael Giacchino), and more guide vocals for the album GREAT VOICES SING JOHN DENVER (producer Lee Holdridge) • Early-music and chant featured solos in the film LEAVE (composer Austin Wintory) • Operatic solos in the TV show SUPERNATURAL (composer Christopher Lennertz) • Light-classical choir in the films JOHN CARTER, THE LORAX, AVATAR, COWBOYS AND ALIENS, THE RITE, HOP, 2012, CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT, and CATS & DOGS 2, as well as the sound recording THE HAITI PROJECT: A SYMPHONY OF HOPE • Singing various additional voices (mice, handmaidens, etc.) in the forthcoming film DOROTHY OF OZ, as well as demos for the lead, Lea Michele, as Dorothy • Two Little Mermaid character-voice solos on the Walt Disney Records album DISNEY ON BROADWAY, a pop solo on DISNEY HOLIDAY MAGIC, and numerous Demi Lovato teen-pop songs for DISNEY'S CAMP ROCK 2 SINGALONG • Contracted the choir and sang the soprano solo from A.I. by John Williams in benefit concert for Education Through Music - Los Angeles, conducted by Austin Wintory • Gospel choir on Adam Lambert's album FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT (RCA) • The role of the "Third Swallow" in Los Angeles Opera's Die Vogel • Middle-Eastern-style and Balkan solos on the NBC show THE PHILANTHROPIST • Soprano soloist in Haydn's Heiligmesse and Handel's Messiah with the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Walt Disney Concert Hall Specialties: Classical: opera, art song, oratorio, boy soprano, straight tone, atonal, choral. Pop, light jazz, light rock, indie/alternative, gospel, soul, R&B, country, musical theater, children's voices, characters, ethereal/ambient, animation. Slavic, African, Celtic/Irish, Middle Eastern, Israeli, American, Jewish, Klezmer, Ladino, Bulgarian, Balkan, & Yiddish folk music.


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