Youth Choir Synagogue Pestalozzistrasse
For generations, children have been coming to the Pestalozzistrasse synagogue with their parents.
The services here are characterized by the interplay of the cantor, choir and organ and, above all, by the music of Louis Lewandowski.
Leipzig Synagogue Choir
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Ashkenazi region experienced an unparalleled musical boom, which was mainly triggered by organ building in the liberal synagogues of Central Europe.
Ensemble Profeti della Quinta
The repertoire of the
16th and early
17th century repertoire, the Profeti della Quinta ensemble has set itself the goal of creating lively and expressive performances for today’s audiences.
The Lewandowski Chorale
The majority of South African synagogues are orthodox.
They do not allow women to sing.
This means that although the melodies of Lewandowski and his contemporaries are still widely sung in these synagogues, the original texture and harmonies have often been lost.
Belsize Youth Choir
The “Belsize Youth Choir” was founded in 1950 by Hanni & Paul Lichtenstern and has since been led by music director Sue Mariner.
Since Sue Mariner’s retirement, Alyson Denza has been the driving force behind the choir.
Jerusalem cantor’s Choir
The Jerusalem Cantors’ Choir was founded in 1972 by a group of students of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Rivlin.
Rabbi Rivlin was the founder of the “Shirat Yisrael Institute”.
London Cantorial Choir
The London Cantorial Singers were founded in 1995 by Ian Lyons.
The choir interprets once popular synagogue music that has become rather rare today – as close as possible to the composer’s original version.
Vocaliza Women’s Choir of Tel Aviv
The choir works in Tel Aviv, Israel under the direction of Ira Kalechman and with piano accompaniment by Arin Maisky.
The ensemble consists of 25 amateur singers who come from different professions and are united by their love of vocal music as well as their dedication, commitment and approach to musical challenges.
The Moscow Male Jewish Cappella
The Male Choir of Cantorial Art Academy was founded in 1989 with the personal support of the then President of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev, with the help of the Russian Jewish community and the Joint Distribution Committee.
ENSEMBLE VOCAL HÉBRAÏCA DE STRASBOURG
Founded in 2006 by Hector Sabo and composed by the male soloists of the mixed choir Les Polyphonies Hébraïques de Strasbourg (participants in LLF 2011), the Ensemble Vocal Hébraïca performs as a vocal quartet until 2011. Then, the group had grown into a quintette to become a mixed voices octet in 2012 already.
Amakim Choir, Israel
The Amakim Choir was founded in 1980 and consists of around 45 singers from the north of Israel.
Most of the choir members live in a kibbutz or moshav, some in neighboring towns.
Zamir Chorale of Boston
Founded in 1969, the Zamir Chorale of Boston is a musical and educational institution dedicated to raising awareness of the diversity and beauty of Jewish culture through performances, recordings, symposia, publications and commissions.
The artistic director and founder is Joshua Jacobson.
The Voices of Israel Ensemble
The Voices of Israel Ensemble was founded thirty years ago in Netanya.
The ensemble now consists of up to seventy cantorial singers from all over Israel, who pursue very different professions in their private lives: Professors, physicists, engineers, lawyers, farmers, …
Coro Ha-Kol, Rome
Coro Ha-Kol (“The Voice”) was founded in December 1993, largely on the initiative of singers from the Great Synagogue in Rome.
They recognized the need to rediscover and perform Jewish music in all its beauty – inside and outside the synagogue.
London Jewish Male Choir
Founded in 1926, the London Jewish Male Choir developed an excellent reputation under its conductor Manny Fisher both nationally in the UK and internationally.
Basel Synagogue Choir
A Jewish men’s choir is first mentioned in Basel at the end of the 19th century – and again in 1903 – but then all trace of it is lost.
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.
BRESLAUER SYNAGOGALCHOR, WROCŁAW
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 Zimratya Cantors Choir, israel
The Zimratya Choir comprises around 28 members who work as cantors in synagogues in Israel or lead services.
Most of them officiate during the High Holidays abroad.
The Professional Choir of Belsize Square Synagogue
The Belsize Square Synagogue in North West London was founded in 1939 by emigrants from Germany and Central Europe.
With the help of the existing local Liberal Synagogue, the members were able to hold their first Friday evening service on March 24, 1939.
Le Chant Sacré, Strasbourg
Le Chant Sacré is a male choir of around twenty singers.
The repertoire focuses on the Jewish-Ashkenazi liturgy (central European and German-Jewish tradition) performed in both Hebrew and Yiddish.
The choir director, Maestro Roï Azulai, is a trained conductor and a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.
