The Voice, the Art, the Journey: Miriam Jaskierowicz Arman and a Life Devoted to Memory and Peace

Vocal pedagogue, fine artist, poet and second-generation Holocaust witness, now settled in Tiberias, unites sound, glass, verse and Torah in a single mission of remembrance.

By Khurram Ali RazaFaith & Freedom News (FFN) · October 8, 2026

“Her work consistently returns to themes of authenticity, healing, testimony, and the power of the human spirit.”Miriam Jaskierowicz Arman. Photo: courtesy of the artist

Miriam Jaskierowicz Arman is an internationally recognized vocal pedagogue, fine artist, author, poet and lecturer whose work unites sound, visual expression, literature and spiritual teaching with a steadfast commitment to peace. Her official website frames it all under one banner: “The Voice. The Art. The Journey.”

Born of Memory

Arman was born in post-war Germany to parents who survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. Her family moved to the United States in 1962, and she was educated in both America and Europe. She has since lived and taught in Israel, Italy, Hungary, Ukraine, Switzerland, Uruguay, Mexico and beyond.

The death of her daughter, Aviva Tikva, eighteen years ago led her to withdraw from public artistic life for many years. A promise made to her daughter eventually drew her back, a return she describes as both courageous and sacred. In July 2025, following a rise in antisemitism in Europe after October 7, she permanently returned to Israel and now lives in Tiberias.

The Voice: Giro Vocal Motion Technique

Arman is best known as the creator of the Giro Vocal Motion Technique©, also linked to the Levitic Vocal Technique, which she presents as a return to the authentic foundations of Bel Canto. In her teaching, the method draws on the vocal traditions of the Levites of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, which she regards as the historical basis of Bel Canto principles later refined in the Italian classical tradition.

The approach emphasizes mental guidance of the voice rather than physical manipulation of the throat or jaw, aiming to restore natural tone, strength and flexibility without strain. It is applied to singers of all genres, to speakers, and to anyone seeking to develop or rehabilitate their voice.

She founded the International Academy of Voice and Stage, the Academy for the Development of the Voice, Torah and Kabbalah in Reggio Calabria (2018–2025), and the International Institute for Voice Development and International School of Voice in Tzfat. Her books include The Voice: A Spiritual Approach to Singing, Speaking and Communicating, The Voice: Giro Vocal Motion Technique – The Ultimate Manual of Bel Canto (Definitive Edition 2024/25) and Revealed: The Secret Codes of the Voice in the Zohar.

Art: Memory Made Visible

In mixed media, pastel, drawing and especially three-dimensional glass fusion, a technique she innovated, Arman explores memory, identity and spirituality. Faces and human forms emerge through layered color and material as expressions of suffering, resilience and hope; butterflies recur as symbols of freedom and the soul. Her glass works refract and reflect light, changing as viewers move around them.

The layered, translucent quality of glass becomes a metaphor for the layers of personal and collective history that shape identity.

Her art is held in collections across the United States, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Hungary, Ukraine, Uruguay and Israel. After a retrospective at the Liceo Preti Frangipani in Reggio Calabria in October 2019, she showed “I Passi della Rimembranza” (“The Steps of Memory”) at the Castello Aragonese. In September 2026 she joined four other Israeli artists in the group exhibition “Jerusalem of Gold” at the Salon Gallery of the Jerusalem Theatre, which ran to the end of the month.

Poetry and the Shoah Remembered

Her bilingual collection L’Urlo dell’Anima – Scream of the Soul received the Switzerland Literary Prize, was released as an audiobook by Aletti Editore, and was presented at the Salone Internazionale del Libro in Turin in April 2025. From 2020 to 2025 she organized the Italian National Poetry Competition for the Shoah and Peace (“Remember and Never Forget”), producing five volumes titled Solo le Farfalle Sono Libere (“Only the Butterflies Are Free”).

Peace Through Culture

Arman was Ambassador for Peace for the Universal Peace Federation Italy (2021–2026) and has been Honorary President of the Italian Jewish Cultural Institute (ICEI) since July 2024. She is now Official Representative and Ambassador for Peace for the International Association for Arts and Culture for Peace (IAACP-EUME) under the Universal Peace Federation in Israel.

On September 28, 2026, UPF-Israel and IAACP held an “Art for Peace” gathering at the Jerusalem Theatre gallery, the first official IAACP program in Israel, launched under her leadership. Speakers stressed how her story, as a child of survivors shaped by loss and return, forged an artistic language rooted in memory, resilience and hope.

Whether reconstructing a damaged voice, layering glass and pigment into a face that holds memory, or teaching Torah, Arman’s work, in her own framing, is one path in which each discipline enriches the others.

Based on publicly available sources, including the artist’s official website, exhibition records and book listings, through October 2026. More from Faith & Freedom News.