Poland’s only synagogal choir, under the direction of Stanisław M. Rybarczyk, was founded in 1996. At the beginning the choir consisted of students and music graduates of the Academy of Music in Wroclaw. Today only professional singers sing there.
The choir consists of 14 members and accompanies the services in the Wroclaw Synagogue on Shabbat and on holidays. The repertoire consists of works by Jewish composers – mainly liturgy, Hebrew and Yiddish songs. A special concern of the choir director is the legacy of the composer Moritz Deutsch.
The choir has sung at many festivals and given concerts with world-famous cantors such as Joseph Malovany (USA), Moshe Stern (Jerusalem), László Fekete (Budapest), Moshe Schulhof (USA) and Roslyn Barak (USA).
Since 2010 the choir sings exclusively with the first Jewish cantor in Germany, Avitall Gerstetter, from Berlin. In 2011 the first CD “Avitall & Breslauer Synagogalchor” was released – another CD will be released in December 2013.
More choirs of the Louis Lewandowski Festival 2013
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LEIPZIGER SYNAGOGALCHOR
Jewish music in the Ashkenazi Diaspora was flourishing incomparably during the 19th and beginnings of the 20th century; a phenomenon primarily caused by organ building in liberal synagogues in Central Europe.
SYNAGOGENCHOR BASEL
The first references to a Jewish male choir in Basel may be found at the end of the 19th century and again in 1903.
THE PROFESSIONAL CHOIR OF BELSIZE SQUARE SYNAGOGUE
Belsize Square Synagogue was founded in early 1939 by Jewish refugees based in the Swiss Cottage area of London. With help from the local Liberal Synagogue these founder members were able to hold their first Friday evening Service on 24th March, 1939.
THE UPPER GALILEE CHOIR, ISRAEL
The Upper Galilee Choir was established in 1978 by Stanley Sperber and under his direction, a year later, performed Mendelssohn’s Oratorio “Elijah” at the Musica Sacra Festival in Jerusalem.
THE ZIMRATYA CANTORS CHOIR, ISRAEL
The Zimratya choir comprises some 28 members who are Cantors or leaders of the Prayer services in Synagogues close to their homes in Israel.