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Toronto, Canada - April
10, 2013: Grammy, Emmy and Academy Award-winning legend Barbra
Streisand will perform for the first time ever in Israel this summer, on June 20
and 22, 2013 at Tel Aviv's Bloomfield Stadium.
Taking place during Israel's 65th
anniversary year, Streisand's first concerts in Israel will be backed by a
60-piece orchestra and will feature duets with her son Jason Gould, sister
Roslyn Kind and special guest trumpeter Chris Botti.
The winner of eight Grammy
Awards, five Emmy Awards and two Academy Awards, Streisand is one of the most
commercially and critically successful entertainers of the past 50 years, with
more than 140 million records sold worldwide.
"We are thrilled to announce
Barbra Streisand's first-ever concert in Israel," said Ami Allon, Consul for
Tourism, Israel Government Tourist Office - Canada. "The concert will surely
provide some additional excitement for music lovers and travelers arriving in
Israel this summer."
Streisand is also expected to
appear for a private performance at the annual Presidential Conference in
Jerusalem in honor of President Shimon Peres's 90th birthday two days prior to
her concert.
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