In 1971 her song "Bashana Haba'a" was covered by Joy as "Next Year" produced by Rod McBrien. With
Ilanit she participated in the Athens song contest. Also in 1971 she represented Israel in the Split Song Festival (Yugoslavia) with ‘Na’ari bayam beito’, performed by Edna Goren, in a Serbo-Croatian version (‘Moren plovi dragi tvoj’), by Ibrica Jusić. In the Viña del Mar Song Festival in Chile she obtained the second prize with ‘Hora nova’ performed by
Aliza Azikri. She obtained first prize in the 1972 Malta Children's Song Festival with ‘Makhela Aliza’. In 1973, her song
Ey Sham, performed by
Ilanit, placed fourth in the
Eurovision Song Contest in Luxembourg. She orchestrated the song and conducted the orchestra. She was the second female conductor in the contest after
Monica Dominique, who conducted the
Swedish entry ''
You're Summer'' the same year. She won the IBA Children's Festival in 1976 with ‘Lassie shuvi habaita’ sung by
Edna Lev. In the
1978 Eurovision Song Contest, again she conducted the orchestra for the Israeli entry
A-Ba-Ni-Bi, which she had composed, and which won first prize. In 1979 she wrote ‘Papa Popeye’ which won the Portuguese Children's Song Festival of
Figueira da Foz. In the same year she wrote ‘I want to tell the world about you’ which came second in the Castlebar Song Festival (Ireland). She won the IBA Children's Festival with ‘Shuvi harmonica’ in 1984 and ‘Lo na’atsor’ in 1985, both sung by
Yardena Arazi . Hirsh wrote the film scores for fourteen Israeli movies, among them
Lupo!,
Katz and Karasso,
Behind Walls and the
Ephraim Kishon movie,
The Policeman, which was nominated for best foreign picture at the 1972 Academy Awards. She conducted the musical
Sallah Shabati during its three-year run at Israel's national theater
Habima. In February 2000, she was the guest of honor at a special tribute concert at the
Mann Auditorium in Tel Aviv, where she played piano with the Israel Philharmonic. She has performed together with her daughter, Ruth Rosenfeld, an opera singer, at venues around the world. She regularly collaborated with
Ehud Manor and set many of his songs to music, among them
Habatim Shenigmeru Leyad Hayam, ''
Bashanah Haba'ah, Lalechet Shevi Acharayich
and tens of other hits, the majority of which were performed by Ilanit, Ofra Fuchs and Rivka Zohar. Hirsh is also known for Oseh Shalom Bimromav'', which was composed for the first
Hasidic Song Festival, held in 1969, and which took third prize. Her melody has since become part of the liturgy in synagogues and Jewish communities worldwide. ==Awards and recognition==