✡ The Jewish Choir and Music Festival in Berlin and Potsdam ✡

The Louis Lewandowski Festival is a tribute to the rich musical culture that characterizes Europe. In our multifaceted city, we find the ideal setting to discover together the musical treasures that unite us.

The Minister President of Brandenburg, Dr. Dietmar Woidke: "In this spirit, I wish you a wonderful festival with moving concerts and wonderful times together, wherever you are following the Louis Lewandowski Festival.

Instead, I must take this opportunity to express my anger and sadness at the criminal and insidious terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7 of this year.

Out-of-the-box, expressive and warm timbered, Tehila is a versatile and soulful musician with a wide range including both soprano and mezzo soprano repertoire. Her musical interests and passion begin with early baroque and folk music and end with pieces written for her unique abilities. She enjoys…

Nashirah was founded in 2002 when a group of singers wondered if we could start a choir with auditions and a focus on Jewish music. At the time, there was no such choir in the Philadelphia region. We decided that we would have a professional artistic director and a professional accompanist. We…

The Yamma Ensemble is one of the projects of the Israeli singer Talya G. A Solan. With the Yamma Ensemble, she is searching for the roots of traditional Israeli music.

From Rossi to Rossini - the 2022 festival is dedicated to Italy's synagogal music from five centuries. Never before the founding of the State of Israel did Jews of such diverse origins live together and in such a stimulating - if sometimes threatening - environment as in Italy.

The pre-opening concert at the Jewish Community on December 14, 2022. The ensemble "Profeti della Quinta" performs "Joseph and his brothers". A Biblical Oratorio in three acts by Elam Rotem. The work was written especially for the ensemble and is set for five singing voices, instruments and basso…

The greetings of Dr. Gideon Joffe - Chairman of the Jewish Community of Berlin, Franziska Giffey, the Governing Mayor of Berlin and Dr. Dietmar Woidke - Minister President of the State of Brandenburg. The Louis Lewandowski Festival would like to thank all three of them in particular for their…

Performers: Soloists: Charlotte Khuner, Soprano | Anne-Lisa Nathan, Alt | Ron Silberstein, Tenor Yiwei Mao, Bass | Gabriel Loewenheim, Bass | Harpsichord and organ: Jacobus Gladziwa Lewandowski String Ensemble Berlin | Director: Regina Yantian Synagogal Ensemble Berlin | Director: Regina Yantian |…

Joint performance of all ensembles of the Louis Lewandowski Festival 2022 in the largest synagogue in Germany. Watch the video of the entire concert. Coro Ha-Kol, Rom Adi Classical Young Choir, Tel Aviv Kol Zimrah Jewish Community Singers, Chicago Synagogal Ensemble Berlin Lewandowski String…

The ensemble was founded in Galilee, Israel, by Elam Rotem. It is currently based in Basel, Switzerland, where its members completed advanced studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Kol Zimrah Jewish Community Singers began in 1996 and now includes members from over a dozen Chicago-area synagogues. Kol Zimrah provides a common forum for singers from many backgrounds in the pursuit of musical excellence.

The Coro Ha-Kol (The Voice) was founded in December 1993 on the initiative of some singers of the Tempio Maggiore, the largest synagogue in Rome, and other lovers of the Jewish musical tradition.

Dinner with our dear friends in one of Berlin's famous Chinese restaurants ...

As always, the highlight of the festival, the magnificent final concert of all choirs and musicians in the most beautiful German synagogue Rykestraße in Berlin on April 3, 2022 Copyright: Louis Lewandowski Festival | Benjamin Hauf

Impressions of the afternoon concert from the hospital church in the Wuhlgarten and the evening performance in the legendary Reinbeckhallen on Saturday, April 2, 2022. Special thanks to Naomi Faran and the Moran Singers Ensemble from Israel Copyright: Louis Lewandowski Festival | Benjamin Hauf

Enjoy these impressions from the Kabbalat Shabbat service at the Rykestraße Synagogue on Friday, April 1, 2022. We thank all guests and especially the Governing Mayor of Berlin - Franziska Giffey - as well as the musicians. Copyright: Louis Lewandowski Festival | Benjamin Hauf

Enjoy this impressions of the opening on Thursday 31 March 2022 in the Nikolaikirche in Potsdam. We thank all guests and musicians for coming. Copyright: Louis Lewandowski Festival | Benjamin Hauf

Gleich drei Jubiläen waren im Jahr 2021/22 miteinander verwoben: das Festjahr „1700 Jahre jüdisches Leben in Deutschland“, die zum „Instrument des Jahres 2021“ gekrönte Orgel und der 200. Geburtstag von Louis Lewandowski, dem Namensgeber des Louis Lewandowski Festivals, das sich bereits 2021/2022…

Watch the 2021/22 final concert here via streaming on April 3, 2022 starting at 5:00 pm from the beautiful synagogue in Berlin's Rykestraße. Lewandowski - A Cantata of Homage Moran Singers Ensemble from Israel, the Synagogal Ensemble Berlin and the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Soloists: Ambar Arias,…