Shmuel Barzilai (; born 3 June 1957) is an Israeli

cantor A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Cantor as a profession generally refers to those leading a Jewish congregation, although it also applies to the lead singer or choir director in Christian contexts. ...

. He is the chief cantor of the

Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien The Jewish Community of Vienna ( or IKG) is the body that represents Vienna's Orthodox Jewish community. Today, the IKG has around 10,000 members. Throughout history, it has represented almost all of Austria's Jews, whose numbers are sufficient ...

in Vienna.

Biography

Shmuel Barzilai was born in Jerusalem. He is a son of Shlomo Barzilai, also a cantor. Barzilai has a lyrical

tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...

voice, and studied under cantor Moshe Stern at 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.

Cantorial career

Barzilai has served as the chief cantor in Vienna since 1992 and frequently tours throughout Europe.

Discography

* ''"Das Lied der Lieder; Festgesänge des Wiener Stadttempels"'',

Jüdisches Museum Wien The Jüdisches Museum Wien, trading as ''Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien GmbH'' or the Jewish Museum Vienna, is a museum of Jewish history, life and religion in Austria. The museum is present on two locations, in the Palais Eskeles in the Dorot ...

, ÖRF (1993) * ''" Schir Zion"'' (composed by Salomon Sulzer), Jüdisches Museum Wien, ORF (1996) * ''"Best Chasidic"'' (1996) * ''"Live in Concert: אב הרחמים"'' * ''"

Shalom ''Shalom'' ( ''šālōm'') is a Hebrew word meaning ''peace'' and can be used idiomatically to mean ''hello'' and ''goodbye''. As it does in English, it can refer to either peace between two entities (especially between a person and God or b ...

"'' (1999; with Hanan Bar Sela (), Arie Braun (); jacket design by Dvora Barzilai * ''" Wiener Sängerknaben & Oberkantor Shmuel Barzilai"'', ORF (2000) * ''"The Symphony of Prayer; "'', ORF (2003; conducting by Elli Jaffe)

References

External links

Official Website
1957 births Living people Viennese hazzans Israeli hazzans Israeli tenors Austrian tenors Israeli composers Austrian male composers Austrian composers Israeli emigrants to Austria Austrian people of Israeli descent People from Jerusalem People from Innere Stadt {{Austria-singer-stub