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The Leipziger Synagogalchor was founded in 1962 and since then has devoted itself exclusively to Jewish choral music ‒ from synagogue compositions from the 17th to the 20th century to Yiddish songs in new arrangements. The choir works with well-known soloists and musicians. Since September 2022, Philipp Goldmann has been the artistic director.
The choir has received an Obermayer German Jewish History Award and has initiated the entry of the "revitalization of synagogue choral music of the 19th and 20th centuries in Central and Eastern Europe" as a good practice example in the Nationwide Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The ensemble is a member of the Association of German Concert Choirs and the Tolerant Saxony Network.
OUR UPCOMING EVENTS
Sun, June 15, 2025 | 5 p.m. | Leipzig
Memorial of the Community Synagogue
Gottschedstraße/Zentralstraße
Opening of the 16th Jewish Week "Shalom"
Leipziger Synagogalchor | emBRASSment
Direction: Philipp Goldmann
The musical program commemorates the consecration of the Great Community Synagogue 170 years ago on September 10, 1855. The City of Leipzig is dedicating the plane tree at the memorial to Leipzig's honorary citizen Channa Gildoni (1923–2023).
July 3 to 6, 2025 | Paris
European Festival of Jewish Choirs
Nine Ensembles from eight countries
Details and ticket reservation
Leipziger Synagogalchor | Falk Hoffmann (tenor)
Andreas Mitschke (orgue/piano) | Reinhard Riedel (violin)
Direction: Philipp Goldmann
Thu, July 3, 6–8 p.m., Mairie 15th District, 31 Rue Péclet
Fri, July 4, 4–6 p.m., American Church, Quai d'Orsay
Sun, July 6, 2:30–6 p.m., Salle Gaveau, 45 Rue La Boétie
Our travel expenses are supported by the Goethe Institute, the gvl Society for the Exploitation of Performance Rights, the Saxon Music Council (co-financed by tax revenue based on the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament), and the Leipzig Foundation.
SAMUEL LAMPEL ON CD
Since June 2023, our CD "SAMUEL LAMPEL: Evening Prayer for Shabbat (Leipzig 1928)" has been available in stores worldwide, and it can also be ordered from us!
The CD was recorded in St. Thomas Leipzig by us and Assaf Levitin, Chazzan of the Reform Synagogue Hamburg, and Ivo Mrvelj, assistant organist at St. Thomas, under the direction of Philipp Goldmann. For the first time, the compositions of the Leipzig chazzan Samuel Lampel (1884‒1942), which were once sung at the Friday evening service in the liberal Community Synagogue on Gottschedstrasse, can be heard in their entirety on CD.
The program is also available as a live concert ‒ previously performed in St. Thomas in Leipzig, Stiftskirche in Stuttgart, St. Michael in Schwäbisch Hall and the Concert Hall Ulrichskirche in Halle (Saale). We would also be happy to come to your city!
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