INVITE: Miri Ben-Ari performing/honored at Big Vision Awards at W.I.P.

[Jennie Boddy]

For Immediate Release:
June 13, 2012
MIRI BEN-ARI
TO BE HONORED AND PERFORM AT THE BIG VISION AWARDS 2012
THURSDAY, JUNE 14TH, 7p.m., W.I.P.

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New York, NY - (June 13, 2012) - Grammy Award-winning Violinist & Producer Miri Ben-Ari will be honored by the Big Vision Awards 2012 tomorrow, June 14. As a friend of Miri Ben-Ari's, legendary music icon Roberta Flack will be presenting Miri with her award. Miri Ben-Ari will also be performing a special song at the event. Other honorees include the Executive Director of NATAS Jacqueline Gonzalez, Academy award-nominated Screenwriter / Director Whit Stillman, Broadway Producer Ken Davenport and TV/Radio Host Matt Pinfield.



The first annual Big Vision Awards, presented by Big Vision Empty Wallet, honors successful artists, innovators, and decision-makers who are committed to creating outstanding work independently. Big Vision Empty Wallet is an invitation-only membership organization that connects artists and industry leaders with opportunities. Big Vision Empty Wallet members are made up of the best undiscovered artists, as well as seasoned pros working in film, music, media, and the performing arts. Big Vision Empty Wallet's goal is to inspire audiences with creatives who have forged their own unique paths to success and to meet other talented people to collaborate with.

When: Thursday, June 14, 2012

            7:00 PM VIP Cocktail Reception/Red Carpet

            8:00 PM Awards Ceremony

Where: Work In Progress, (W.I.P.) 34 Vandam St, NYC

Who:  Honorees - Grammy Award-winning Violinist & Producer Miri Ben-Ari, Executive Director of NATAS, Jacqueline Gonzalez; Academy award-nominated Screenwriter / Director, Whit Stillman; Broadway Producer, Ken Davenport and MTV and Radio Host Matt Pinfield. Host BVEW co-founder Dani Faith Leonard



About Miri Ben-Ari

A Grammy Award-Winning violinist originally from Israel, Miri Ben-Ari has created her own unique sound by a revolutionary fusion of classical style with jazz, R&B and hip hop. This classically trained musician has helped sell millions of records by collaborating with other Grammy award-winning artists such as Kanye West, Jay Z, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Patti Labelle, Brandy, Donna Summer, Janet Jackson and John Legend. She studied under the late classical master Isaac Stern and has earned the honor from New York's Apollo Theater as an Apollo Legend. She is also known as The Hip Hop Violinist, the title of her latest album (Universal Records).



Miri was honored as an "International Jewish Women to Watch" in 2007, she received the 2008 Israel Film Festival Visionary Award, the American Society for Yad Vashem 2011 Young Leadership Associates Remembrance Award and is the first Israeli to receive the Martin Luther King Award from Israeli President, Shimon Peres. In 2011 Miri Ben-Ari was invited by America's First Lady, Michelle Obama, as a "Remarkable Woman" Mentor to be a part of the annual celebration of Women's History Month and to perform at the White House.



Miri Ben-Ari is also the CEO and co-founder of Gedenk ("Remember"), a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness among young people about the Jewish Holocaust.



www.miribenari.com<http://www.miribenari.com>



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