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Helfgot currently serves as Chief Cantor of the [[Park East Synagogue]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkeastsynagogue.org/clergy-staff.php |title=Park East Synagogue |publisher=Park East Synagogue |date=1930-03-20 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref> On February 28, 2013 Helfgot performed with [[violin]]ist [[Itzhak Perlman]] at a [[Jewish Music]] [[concert]] at the [[Barclay's Center]] in Brooklyn.<ref>http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/another-first-for-barclays-center-a-concert-of-jewish-music</ref>
Helfgot currently serves as Chief Cantor of the [[Park East Synagogue]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkeastsynagogue.org/clergy-staff.php |title=Park East Synagogue |publisher=Park East Synagogue |date=1930-03-20 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref> On February 28, 2013 Helfgot performed with [[violin]]ist [[Itzhak Perlman]] at a [[Jewish Music]] [[concert]] at the [[Barclay's Center]] in Brooklyn.<ref>http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/another-first-for-barclays-center-a-concert-of-jewish-music</ref>


[[Itzhak Perlman]] has said his voice compares to [[Placido Domingo]] and [[Luciano Pavarotti]].<ref>http://www.npr.org/2012/09/23/161638562/jewish-musical-tradition-echoes-through-ages</ref>
[[Itzhak Perlman]] has said his voice compares to [[Placido Domingo]] and [[Luciano Pavarotti]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.npr.org/2012/09/23/161638562/jewish-musical-tradition-echoes-through-ages |title=Jewish Musical Tradition Echoes Through Ages |publisher=NPR |date=2012-09-23 |accessdate=2013-08-18}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==

Revision as of 19:15, 18 August 2013

Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (Hebrew: יצחק מאיר הלפגוט, Yiddish: יצחק מאיר העלפגאט) is a Hasidic Orthodox Jewish Hazzan (cantor). Helfgot, born in Bnei Brak, Israel in 1969, currently resides in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn.

Helfgot currently serves as Chief Cantor of the Park East Synagogue in New York City.[1] On February 28, 2013 Helfgot performed with violinist Itzhak Perlman at a Jewish Music concert at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn.[2]

Itzhak Perlman has said his voice compares to Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti.[3]

Discography

Solo albums

  • Borchi Nafshi (2002)
  • Habet (2004)
  • Avot (2005)
  • Mevaser Tov (2007)

Collaborations

  • Shirat Yisrael (2006) with Chaim Eliezer Hershtik & Israel Rand
  • Eternal Echoes (2012) with Itzhak Perlman

See also

Hazzan

References

  1. ^ "Park East Synagogue". Park East Synagogue. 1930-03-20. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  2. ^ http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/another-first-for-barclays-center-a-concert-of-jewish-music
  3. ^ "Jewish Musical Tradition Echoes Through Ages". NPR. 2012-09-23. Retrieved 2013-08-18.

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