AVIVA: SONGS FOR CARMEN An exciting fusion of Flamenco, Classical, Electronic and Arabic music, Aviva's debut album is sung in Ladino, a form of Castilian Spanish spoken by the Sephardic people of Spain. Songs for Carmen will be the first release by the young opera singer, who has performed at New York City Opera and was the winner of both the George London Award and the Fritz and Lavinia Jensen Foundation award. Listen AVIVA CD RELEASE: SONGS FOR CARMEN APRIL 29, 2007 @ 9PM @ THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE / WEST BANK CAFE Aviva: Songs For Carmen PERSONNEL Audrey Aviva Babcock: vocals Harel Shachal: G (Turkish) clarinet, ney, saxophone Dan Nadel: flamenco guitar Satoshi Takeishi: drums & percussion Victor Prieto: accordion Annaliesa Place: violin Melissa Reardon: viola Karlos Rodriguez: cello David Majzlin: bass, programming, rhodes, additional guitars MIXING ENGINEER David Majzlin MASTERING ENGINEER Emily Lazar @ The Lodge, NYC PRODUCED BY David Majzlin and Aviva 01. Adio Querida (4:03) 02. Madre Mia Si Mi Muero (4:42) 03. ¿Ken Es Esto? (3:32) 04. Una Pastora (4:40) 05. Nani, Nani (4:09) 06. Como La Rosa En La Guerta (4:00) 07. L’Amor (3:23) 08. La Torre intro (0:15) 09. La Torre (4:43) 10. Yo Hanino, Tu Hanina (5:14) 11. Mitil Elwerdeti Fil Hadiqati (4:00)