Vilya Polonskiy
Soloist of the choir Vilya Polonskiy
(7 years old) is singing "Ein Kelokeynu" by Himmelshtain.


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Moscow Male Jewish Choir “Hasidic-Cappella”
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