At New London Synagogue Cantor Heller, September 13, 2023September 13, 2023 An evening of song invited by the song shul of Canada in their tour with Cantor Simon and Mrs Aliza Spiro. Hosting at New London Synagogue it’s Cantor Yoav Oved and guest Cantor David Rome who shared songs composed by British Jewish composers accompanied by the excellent pianist Leo Nicholson. In the audience friends from Belsize Square Synagogue as well as scholars Alex Knapp and Charles Heller, Geraldine Auerbach MBE, my dear friend Cantor Moshe Dubiner between others. Al little taste of my contribution which was not from a British composer, but to honour music and our Creator. Related Hazzanut Music
Cantorial My music online May 19, 2021November 1, 2022 Being a Cantor under the pandemic For Our Congregation -June 2020 By Cantor Paul Heller When asked by the editors of Our Cong (our Synagogue magazine) to share my experiences in the last months of lockdown, this came to my mind. In the introduction to my own homepage I wrote… Read More
Hazzanut Louis Lewandowski’s 200th anniversary May 19, 2021October 21, 2022 Louis Lewandowski 1821-2021 Keeping the legacy of Louis LewandowskiFrom a lecture at the European Cantors Association, Prague 2016 Cantor Dr. Paul Heller Tina Frühauf has given us a book that is as much about Jewish identity as it is about music. She presents the organ as a marker of Jewish… Read More
Hazzanut In Budapest at the Rumbach Synagogue for the 14th European Cantors Association annual convention November 7, 2022October 5, 2023 Attending the 14th European Cantors Association annual convention in Budapest at this beautiful Synagogue built 1872 and restored in 2021 by the Hungarian government. For 5 days, almost a 100 of us, coming to pray from all over the world to share experiences, knowledge and our music. Two choirs joining… Read More