CONCERT | SHMUEL BARZILAI & DANIEL GILDAR
The Austrian Cultural Forum, in collaboration with the Leo Baeck Institute, is pleased to present the Chief Cantor of the Viennese Jewish Community, Shmuel Barzilai, in recital with pianist Daniel Gildar. Barzilai and Gildar set out on an evening exploring song and prayer through music from around the world. Their wide-ranging program includes music by: Koussevitzky, Loew, Kvartin, Malavsky, Elstein, Zim, Pucinni, Shemer, and others.
Shmuel Barzilai and Daniel Gildar will also perform at the Leo Beck Institute New York on >> June 5th.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Tenor Shmuel Barzilai was born into a family of cantors in 1957 in Jerusalem, Israel. The essentials of cantorial singing were brought to him by the Viennese Cantor Zalman Polak before he graduated from the Institute of Music and Cantorial Singing in Tel Aviv. Following his classical music education, Barzilai majored in philosophy and Judaic studies at the University of Vienna. He became the Chief Cantor of the Vienna Jewish Community in 1992. Barzilai performs regularyl throughout Europe, Israel, and the US and has participated in various music festivals, both as a soloist and with the Jerusalem Great Synagogue Choir, which tours Europe every year. He also has recorded many CDs and was chosen to sing the prayer El Maleh Rachamim at the memorial service in Mauthausen in 2000.
Pianist Daniel Gildar who was born in Cleveland, Ohio, studied piano, theory, and voice at the Cleveland Institute of Music. He then took part in seven historic missions to Eastern and Central Europe under the auspices of the Chaim and Gila Weiner Society for the Advancement of Cantorial Art. Gildar has an international reputation as an accompanist of Jewish music in voice and piano and accompanied every concert produced by Cantors of the World as well as the annual conventions of the Cantorial Council of America. Daniel Gildar not only performes all around the world as a cantor and pianist but also engages in vocal coaching and teaching the art of chazanut, a form of Jewish Liturgical Music.
This concert is part of the special 2013 DIRECTOR’S CUT SERIES
ACFNY’s concerts during the month of June and July have been personally curated by Andreas Stadler who has served as the institution’s director since 2007. This summer, Stadler will depart the ACFNY, having left a legacy of world premieres, acclaimed performances, and culturally-fulfilled audiences. The concerts comprised in the special “Director’s Cut” Series represent the breadth of musical programming Stadler brought to the ACFNY during his tenure.
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