CANTOR JOSEPH MALOVANY - TENOR

JOSEPH MALOVANY has served as the Cantor of New York’s prestigious Fifth
Avenue Synagogue since 1973. He holds the academic position of Distinguished
Professor of Liturgical Music at Yeshiva University. He also holds the position of
Dean of the J.D.C. Moscow Academy of Jewish Music. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel,
he served as Cantor at Tel Aviv’s Bilu synagogue, as Cantor of the Israeli Army
and at synagogues in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, England. Joseph
Malovany is a holder of the highest artistic diplomas from the Music Academy in
Tel Aviv and from Great Britain’s Royal Academy of Music. He is also a ~Fellow~
of the Trinity College of Music and has been awarded with many citations and
honors from various national and international organizations, the latest of which
is the Tel Aviv University’s Award for Tolerance and Understanding. He is Honorary
President of the Cantorial Council of America and Past Chairman of the Board of
the American Society for Jewish Music. In 1997, the Joseph Malovany Chair for
Advanced Studies in Jewish Liturgical Music was established, by New York’s
Yeshiva University at its Belz School of Jewish Music.
 

Joseph Malovany has performed many times as soloist with the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra. As tenor in Noam Sheriffs monumental symphony “Mechaye Hametim”
(He Who Revives The Dead), he sang in its premiere with the Israel Philharmonic
in Amsterdam. The piece was also performed throughout Europe and Israel with
Joseph Malovany as the tenor soloist in each performance. In January 1998 he
was the soloist in Philadelphia at the American premiere of this symphony with
the combined orchestra consisting of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and The
Philadelphia Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Zubin Mehta. Over 20000
people attended this event which officially opened the American year-long
celebrations commemorating Israel’s Fiftieth Anniversary. In May 1998, he again
performed with the Israel Philharmonic at the memorable concert in Yad-Vashem’s
Warsaw Ghetto Square in Jerusalem.
 
 

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