Special Guest Performer
 Cantor Moishe Shulhoff |
Moishe Shulhoff, one of the worlds foremost Cantors, was born in New York City and began his singing career there as a child prodigy as early as the age of six, when he performed a cantorial piece before an audience of 2,000 in New York.
Foreseeing a great cantorial career in his future, the famed Cantor David Kusevitsky took him under his personal tutelage. Growing up, Moishe learned to sing in seven different languages and eventually decided to follow in the spiritual path of his father who was a rabbi and his grandfather, who was a cantor in Austria.
Shulhoff studied cantorial singing and opera in New York and Montreal conservatories. At the early age of 18, he was appointed to his first pulpit in New York. Subsequently, he has held some of the most important cantorial positions in Montreal, Los Angeles and Miami as well as at the famed Concord Hotel in New York. As an internationally renowned concert artist, Moishe is in constant demand on the concert stage as well as guest cantorial appearances throughout the world thrilling Jewish as well as non-Jewish audiences the world over. He currently serves as the cantor of the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center Beth Jacob in North Miami Beach, considered by many as the premier cantorial pulpit in the United States today, where his awesome vocal talent and spiritual guidance inspire thousands of congregants.
During his career, Shulhoff has performed in concerts with the Israeli Philharmonic, has been the featured artist at the international Cantors' Convention, often performs on "Cantorial Cruises" to Alaska, has appeared in a concerts with other renowned cantors including Benzion Miller from New York, Yakov Motzen from Toronto, and Steve Texon of Boca Raton (formerly the cantor for ATJC), has performed in concert with the Israel Philharmonic and has released many albums including the titles "Chassidik Music and Congregational Melodies"; and "The Greatest Cantorials of the 20th Century" performed with the Romanian State Philharmonic.
In 1988, he was called upon by the American Society for the Advancement of Cantorial Art to be one of the representatives of the American Cantorate in a series of spectacular and historic concerts in the then Soviet Union, Romania and Poland. As a guest of the respective governments, he brought Jewish music and hope to those long forsaken communities. Heads of State, the Diplomatic Corps as well as the public at large gave him standing ovations wherever he sang. His tour of Poland was covered by CBS and was shown in the United States on "Sunday Morning with Charles Kuralt". The Society awarded him their gold medal and gave him the designation of "Master Cantor". A recording of this tour is available under the title "Greetings from Russia".
Moishe Shulhoff is also a recognized authority on "Nusach Hatfilah" as well as a gifted teacher of "Hazzanut", having many students who are in themselves professional cantors. He is presently on the faculty of the Academy of Jewish Religion in New York.
Recently, he was called upon to sing in the Rotunda of the Capitol for members of the House and Senate of the United States. In addition to "Greeting from Russia" he has released three other recordings; "Masterpieces of the Synagogue, "Moishe Shulhoff and the Johannesburg Jewish Male Chorus" and " From Generation to Generation" to rave reviews.
He sings in seven languages being equally at home singing secular as well as religious music to world acclaim and it is our great honor and pleasure to have him join us aboard this Pesach program to further enrich our experience with his wonderful voice.