www.milkenarchive.org

"Jewish Music from Classical to Klezmer"

An online virtual museum of American Jewish Music founded by Lowell Milken.


Named one of the top five best new voices in Jewish music by The Forward, Marcus Feldman is the Senior Cantor of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. He currently serves on the Executive Council of the Cantors Assembly, the largest organization of cantors in the world. Trained in opera as a tenor, Cantor Feldman graduated from the University of Southern California as a Renaissance Scholar in 2007. Ordained as a cantor at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, in May of 2011, he holds a Master of Jewish Sacred Music degree from the same institution. During his studies, Cantor Feldman spent a semester in Jerusalem, Israel, studying Hazzanut with the renowned Cantor Naftali Herstik. Upon graduation, Cantor Feldman served as the Second Cantor of Stephen S. Wise Temple in Bel Air, California, from 2011-2012, serving alongside his mentor and longtime friend, Cantor Nathan Lam. In 2012, Cantor Feldman was appointed Senior Cantor of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, where he serves alongside the influential and prolific Rabbi David Wolpe. He regularly appears in concerts across the United States, specializing in the interpretation of classic and modern cantorial recitatives. He strives to honor and preserve the rich musical traditions of the past while looking forward to the new gateways of the present and future in order to best serve the Jewish community in the 21st century.

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