Shmuel Barzilai
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Shmuel Barzilai is the chief cantor
of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
. Barzilai has a lyrical tenor
voice, and studied under cantor Moshe Stern in the Tel Aviv Institute for Cantorial Art. He was in the first graduating class of the Institute, which was established under former Tel Aviv mayor Shlomo Lahat
. Barzilai has served as the chief cantor in Vienna since 1992, and frequently tours throughout Europe
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He is a son of Rav Cantor Shlomo Barzilai, a great Modzitz
fan, and Frida Lea Barzilai (A"H). Rav Mordechai Barzilai is his brother.
Hazzan
A hazzan or chazzan is a Jewish cantor, a musician trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the congregation in songful prayer.There are many rules relating to how a cantor should lead services, but the idea of a cantor as a paid professional does not exist in classical rabbinic sources...
of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien
The Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien is the body that represents Vienna’s Jewish community. Today, the IKG has around 7000 members...
. Barzilai has a lyrical tenor
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
voice, and studied under cantor Moshe Stern in the Tel Aviv Institute for Cantorial Art. He was in the first graduating class of the Institute, which was established under former Tel Aviv mayor Shlomo Lahat
Shlomo Lahat
Maj. Gen. Shlomo "Chich" Lahat is a former Israeli general and politician.Lahat was born in Germany and made Aliyah in 1933. He served in the Haganah and the Israel Defense Forces...
. Barzilai has served as the chief cantor in Vienna since 1992, and frequently tours throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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He is a son of Rav Cantor Shlomo Barzilai, a great Modzitz
Modzitz (Hasidic dynasty)
Modzitz or Modzhitz is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism that derives its name from Modrzyce, one of the boroughs of the town of Dęblin, Poland, located on the Vistula River...
fan, and Frida Lea Barzilai (A"H). Rav Mordechai Barzilai is his brother.
Discography
- "Das Lied der Lieder; Festgesänge des Wiener Stadttempels", Jüdisches Museum Wien, ÖRFORF (broadcaster)Österreichischer Rundfunk, ORF, is the Austrian national public service broadcaster.Funded from a combination of a television licence fees and revenue from limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media...
(1993) - "Schir Zion" (composed by Salomon SulzerSalomon SulzerSalomon Sulzer was an Austrian hazzan and composer. His family, which prior to 1813 bore the name of Levi, removed to Hohenems from Sulz in 1748. He was educated for the cantorate, studying first under the cantors of Endingen and Karlsruhe, with whom he traveled extensively, and later under...
), Jüdisches Museum Wien, ÖRF (1996) - "Best Chasidic" (1996)
- "Live in Concert: אב הרחמים"
- "ShalomShalomShalom is a Hebrew word meaning peace, completeness, and welfare and can be used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye...
" (1999; with Hanan Bar Sela (), Arie Braun (); jacket design by Dvora Barzilai - "Wiener Sängerknaben & Oberkantor Shmuel Barzilai", ÖRF (2000)
- "The Symphony of Prayer; ", ÖRF (2003; conducting by Elli Jaffe)
Literary works
- "Die Kantilationen des Oberkantors Abraham Daniel Adler (1916-2003)" ("Cantillation of Abraham D. Adler"), Martin Czernin (editor), with Christina Haydn-Koch/Robert SingerRobert SingerRobert W. Singer is an American Republican Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1993, where he represents the 30th Legislative District. He was the Mayor of Lakewood Township, New Jersey in 2009...
, Thomas Dombrowski; Peter Lang, FrankfurtFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
(July 2006), ISBN 3631389477 - Musik und Ekstase (Hitlahavut) im Chassidismus ("Music and Ecstasy in Hassidism"); Peter Lang, Frankfurt (August 2007); ISBN 3631556667
- Music as The Drive and Manifestation of Chassidic Ecstasy (Hitlahavut); From Hebrew: Byron Translations - Seree (Cohen) Zohar; (Israel, January 2009)
External links
- http://www.cantor-barzilai.com