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Press Release Directory |
Moscow Male Jewish
Choir “Hasidic-Cappella”
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| Number of members: | 17-21; 16 singers, 3 soloists, conductor and manager |
| Repertoire: | Jewish Liturgical, Yiddish & Israeli Folk, Russian and International Folklore, Classical and Jazz Compositions |
| Artistic Director & Conductor: | Alexander Tsaliuk, Ph D atsaliuk@mtu-net.ru atsaliuk@hasidic-cappella.com +7-495-995-0335 |
| Local general Manager: | Alexander Tsaliuk, Ph D
atsaliuk@mtu-net.ru atsaliuk@hasidic-cappella.com +7-495-9950335 |
| Website: |
www.hasidic-cappella.com http://www.youtube.com/user/atsaliuk |
| Based in: | Moscow, Russia |
| Founded: | 1989 with the assistance and support of JOINT (an American charitable Jewish organization) |
| Tours: | Over 600. See attached detailed list. |
| Awards: | 2002 Two tracks from the CD “Sim Shalom” won first place in the international competition among the Universal Music Recording Companies as the best performed and recorded live songs in the Ethnic and Religious category 2000 Three tracks from the CD “Mi Shebeyrach” won first place in the international competition among the Universal Music Recording Companies as the best performed and recorded live songs in the Ethnic and Religious category 1996 Laureate and 1st place at the International Choral Folklore Competition, Moscow, Russia 1992 Performances at Zimiria Festival, Israel. The Choir’s solo concert became the festival’s laureates in Theatron Jerusalem |
| Recordings: CD’s, DVD, Video, MC | 2009 Golden Gate DVD VIDEO (Narration - Artem Vargaftik) 2007 This Year in Jerusalem ( CD, Variety Program) 2006 The Way to Jerusalem DVD VIDEO (Hasidic Cappella) 2004 Mi Shebeyrach DVD VIDEO (Universal Music, 074 122- 3) 2001 Lekhaim Idelekh (Recorded at Gnessin Music Academy, Moscow, Russia) 2001 Hasidushki International (Recorded at Gnessin Music Academy, Moscow, Russia) 2000 Sim Shalom (Universal Music, 461 664-2) 1999 Mi Shebeyrach (Universal Music, 074 122-3) Video 1999 Mi Shebeyrach (Universal Music Polska, 465 233-2) 1998 Mi Shebeyrach (Universal Music, 465 233-2) 1997 Mi Shebeyrach (Magton, Polska, MT 005) MC 1992 Our Hope (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, “Lad”, MK 427132 |
| Performance fees: | Euro 3,000 - 7,000* Full concert Euro 3,500* Friday night and Shabbat service participation * Plus meals, lodging, and transportation |
Highlights of the choir’s
international tours:
2010
Latvia, Riga. International Jewish Cultural Festival.
Concert of Jewish music 5771, devoted to the Jewish New 5771 year, took
place on August, 26th in Latvian National Opera. Participants: male's
choirs «Balsis» and «Hassidic Cappella», cantor Joseph Malovany (USA),
soloists of the Moscow Bolshoy Theater Leonid Bomshteyn, Gia
Beshitaishvily, cantor Colin Schachat (Israel), National Opera
Orchestra. In the program - Jewish cantorial music, fragments from
operas, popular Jewish songs. Conductor-Alexander Tsaliuk.
2009
Latvia, Riga. 100 years anniversary of the Jewish Community. Concert of
Jewish music 5770, devoted to the Jewish New 5770 year, took place on
September 10, 2009 in Latvian National Opera. Participants: male's choir
«Balsis» with program «Melodies of the Burned Synagogues», choir
«Hassidic Cappella», cantor of Riga Choral Synagogue Zeev Shulman,
soloists of the Bolshoy Theater, cantor Colin Schachat (Israel),
National Opera Orchestra. In the program - Jewish cantorial music,
fragments from operas, popular Jewish songs.
2008
Concert tour
to Poland with klezmer group Mitzvah. Festival “Musicum Sacrum”
2007
Concert tour to France. Concert in Casino de Paris Hall with
cantor Raphael Cohen
2007
Concert tour to Czech Republic.
Festival Moravian Autumn. Concerts in Brno and Olomouc.
2007
Concert tour to Poland. Ceremonial reception dedicated to the
Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto. Concert with cantor J. Malovany
2006
The tour to Switzerland with cantor Joseph Malovany,
concerts in Zurich and Baden. November, 2006.
2006
Concert
tour to the USA: San Diego, Los Angeles. Participation at the Habad
Telethon, Hollywood, TV studio KCET. September, 2006.
2006
Concert tour to the USA: Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Providence.
An Evening performance with a Symphony Orchestra at the Lincoln Center,
Alice Tully Hall.
2005
Concert tour to Poland. Ceremonial
reception dedicated to the Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto. Concert
with cantor J. Malovany
2005
Concert tour to the USA: New
York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, San
Francisco, Newport Beach
2004
Concert tour to the USA: New
York, Providence, Boston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Miami, Los
Angeles, Thousand Oaks.
2003
-Performance at the 60th memorial
of the Warsaw Ghetto, Poland
-Performance at the Budapest Spring
Festival, Hungary
-Performance with the specially arranged exclusive
program together with the best Russian Saxophone Player Alexey Kozlov at
the ‘’Spaso House’’ American Ambassador Residence
2002
-Performances at the International Religious Choir Festival in Brno and
Prague, Czech Republic
-Ceremonial concert dedicated to victims of
the Holocaust, “Poklonnaya Gora” Synagogue, Moscow, Russia
-Ceremonial performance at the opening of the new Moscow Jewish Center,
Moscow, Russia
2001
-Ceremonial performance in memory of the
victims of September 11th terrorist attacks, residence of the US
Ambassador to Russia, Moscow, Russia
-Ceremonial performance
dedicated to the memory of Yitzhak Rabin, Rachmaninov Hall, Moscow,
Russia
-Performance with renowned cantor Joseph Malovany and the
State Russian Symphony Orchestra (Mark Gorensteyn, conductor), P.I.T.
Tchaikovsky Conservatoire, Moscow, and St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall,
St. Petersburg, Russia
2000
-Performances in Krakow, Warsaw,
Chenstahovo, Poland and Zurich, Switzerland with renowned cantor Joseph
Malovany
1999
-Concert tour with cantor B. Finkelsteyn,
Dusseldorf, Germany
-Concert in St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall with
cantors B. Finkelsteyn and Ludwig Van Gysegem (Belgium)
1998
-Concert performed in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory with the
Moscow Diplomatic Corps Choir and the Russian State Symphonic
Cinematography Orchestra (S. Skripka, conductor)
1997
-Performance at the Festival of Jewish Arts with cantor B. Finkelsteyn,
Krakow, Poland
1996
-Concert dedicated to the Chief Rabbi of
Scandinavia, J. Melhior, with cantor Joseph Malovany, Copenhagen,
Denmark
-Performance at the Festival of Jewish Arts with cantor
Joseph Malovany, Krakow, Poland
-Laureate and 1st place at the
International Choral Folklore Competition, Moscow, Russia
-Concert
tour of Karlsruhe, Munich, Augsburg, Regensburg, Stuttgart, Germany
1995
-Concert tour dedicated to Hanukkah in Western Europe,
Malmo, Copenhagen, Augsburg, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Dusseldorf,
Hannover, Paris, Bordeaux, Vienna
1994
-Numerous performances
in Russia and CIS countries
1993
-Concert dedicated to the
50th Anniversary of the salvation of European Jews by the Danish King
during WWII, performed before the Queen of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
-Participation in the first concert performed in Russia dedicated to
David Ben-Gurion’s jubilee anniversary, Moscow, Russia
-British tour
in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Ilford, England
-Performances with
cantor Joseph Malovany, Zurich, Basel, Switzerland
1992
-Performances before Scandinavian Royal Families at the official
ceremonies marking the centenary of the establishment of the Jewish
Community in Scandinavia, with cantor Joseph Malovany, Denmark, Sweden,
Norway Performances at Zimiria Festival, Israel. The Choir’s solo
concert became the festival’s laureates in Theatron Jerusalem