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February 2, 2001/Shevet 8, 5761, Vol. 53, No.18
Har Zion presents cantors concertThe "Jewish Pavarotti," Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi, returns to the Valley to perform in "Al Shlosha Hazzanim" (Upon Three Cantors), 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, at Har Zion Congregation, 6140 E. Thunderbird Road, Scottsdale.Mizrahi is the cantor of the Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago and has recently debuted with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has performed worldwide in recitals, symphony concerts and opera. He recently sang an aria and cantorial program with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, opened the 2000 Krakow Jewish Music Festival and recorded cantorial solos with male and children's choirs in London. Mizrahi is joined by Hazzan Devin Goldenberg of Har Zion and Hazzan Kimberly Komrad of Baltimore, one of the first generation of women to be invested into the clergy by the Conservative movement. She earned a master's degree of Sacred Music and a Diploma of Hazzan from the H.L. Miller Cantorial Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Komrad's vocal training was in classical voice and opera at the University of Miami. She has appeared on both the pulpit and the stage throughout the United States. Her vocal compact disc, "Voice of the Lioness: Kol Ha L'viah," was released in 1999, featuring cantorial masterworks, Jewish art songs and folk records in contemporary arrangements. Goldenberg, hazzan at Har Zion since 1996, is a commissioned member of the Cantors Assembly. He has also acted in films and theater, written plays, and worked as an acting coach and script doctor in California. An active composer and musical arranger, Goldenberg's works have been performed and recorded by synagogue and church choirs. General admission tickets are $20 in advance or $25 the day of the show. Reserved seating tickets, which include a post-concert reception with the performers and a listing in the program, range from $180 (two reserved seats) to $720 (10 reserved seats). Call 480-991-0720. |
