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Israeli-born Hila Plitmann shouldn't be so surprised by her Grammy win.

By DAVID BRINN

When Hila Plitmann's name was announced last week at Los Angeles's Staples Center as a Grammy Award winner, the 36-year-old Israeli operatic soprano was across town at a birthday party for a friend of her three-and-a-half year old son, Esh.

"We didn't RSVP in time for the Grammy ceremonies, and in any event, Esh loves his friend, so we decided to go to that instead. I wasn't even thinking that I would ever win the Grammy. We did go to a party that night thrown by a friend of ours who scored the soundtrack to Juno, so that's how we ended up celebrating.

For me, that's always preferable," said the refreshingly unaffected Plitmann from the LA home she shares with Esh and her husband, composer Eric Whitacre. Plitmann received her Grammy for Best Classical Performance as vocalist on a recording of Mr.

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