Michael Glozman is an Israeli composer, music arranger, singer and conductor. Born in the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 (Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR), he was educated in music at the prestigious Sveshnikov Choir Academy in Moscow

Moscow

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 and at the Rubin Conservatory in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

.

Activity

After making aliyah

Aliyah

Aliyah is the immigration of Jews to the Land of Israel . It is a basic tenet of Zionist ideology. The opposite action, emigration from Israel, is referred to as yerida . The return to the Holy Land has been a Jewish aspiration since the Babylonian exile...

 in 1991, he composed musical scores for numerous plays on the Israeli stage, among them “The Last Devil”, “The Old Woman and the Magician” (Malenky Theater), “Woman of the Sands” (Theater Zero). He has also achieved success as an actor, singer, and music director having collaborated with The New Israeli Opera, the “Zamarei Filharmonia” choir, the Gesher Theater, the well-known school for performing arts Beit-Zvi, the Arabic-Hebrew Theater, the “People and Puppets” Theater, and many others.

Genre

Michael Glozman has enjoyed the musical and cultural aspects of the traditional Jewish liturgy

Jewish liturgy

Jewish liturgy refers specifically to following the Torah in all of its rites and ceremonies, whether in the home or in the Synagogue. The main purposes of following the carefully laid out observances is to maintain uniformity, and to avoid improper and unacceptable practices at variance with those...

. Since moving to Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, and along with his broad involvement with theater and opera, Michael has worked with the best Israeli cantors as singer, arranger, and conductor. Among them are Isaac Meir Helfgot, Naftali Herschtik, Moshe Shtern, Sol Zim, Chaim Adler, Ben-Zion Miller, Israel Rand, Moshe Shulhov, Yaakov Mozen, Israel Zinger, and others. He is constantly involved in recording projects with various performing groups under such conductors as Dr. Mordechai Sobol, Eli Yaffe, Naftali Herschtik, and many others.

External links

• Lift your voice in prayer @ Ynet
• http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3309381,00.html
• http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3305968,00.html
• http://www.tmu-na.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=243&CategoryID=99
• http://www.e-mago.co.il/events/332.htm
• http://www.habama.co.il/Pages/Event.aspx?Subj=1&Area=1&EventId=12546
• http://www.t-g.co.il/main/siteNew/index.php?page=1&action=dispSt&stId=1581
• http://arab-hebrew-theatre.org.il/eng/plays/play_info.asp?ProgramID=104
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7SBznfK4_g
• http://botinok.co.il/node/19749
• http://events.germany.ru/cgi-bin/events/hyperseek.cgi?ID=1005617628
• http://www.templeisrael.net/about_us/facilities.php3
• http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/%E2%80%98_power_music_and_worship%E2%80%99