Benzion Miller

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Benzion Miller (

displaced persons camp in Fernwald, Germany.[1]

Miller's singing career began at the age of five. Miller studied music theory and

Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra
, the Jerusalem Symphony, the Rishon L'Tzion Symphony, the Haifa Symphony and members of the London Symphony. He has also recorded for the Milken Archive, in Barcelona, Spain with the Barcelona National Symphony Orchestra.

Miller was among the first group of cantors to visit and sing in Eastern European countries after World War II. He has appeared before capacity audiences in Romania, Russia, Poland and Hungary, where he sang with the Budapest State Opera Orchestra. Miller has made many recordings of liturgical, Chassidic and Yiddish music.

Miller has held positions in Montreal at Sheves Achim Synagogue on

Temple Beth El of Borough Park in Brooklyn, a pulpit served by Mordechai Hershman, Berele Chagy and Moshe Koussevitzky
, and continued as cantor of the synagogue, now Congregation Young Israel Beth El, after its merger with Young Israel of Boro Park.

Miller made an appearance in A Cantor's Tale, a documentary about Jackie Mendelson. Miller and Mendelson are shown greeting each other and briefly engaging in conversation.

Family

Benzion's father, cantor, schochet and mohel Aaron Daniel Miller, was born in the Jewish community of

displaced persons camp in Munich, Germany.[1]

Benzion's son, cantor Shimmy Miller, is his choral director and they often performs duets with each other.[2][3]

Miller has 5 children, three daughters and two sons.

Discography

  1. "Cantor Benzion Miller Sings Cantorial Concert Masterpieces" – The
    Naxos
    (May 18, 2004; International: January 2005)
  2. "HASC – Jerusalem The Experience" (2004)
  3. "High Holidays" (1997)
  4. "Shabbat"(1995)
  5. "I Believe" (אני מאמין)
  6. "The Soul Is Yours"
  7. "The Two In Harmony"

See also

External links

About Aaron Miller

References

  1. ^ a b "Cantor Benzion Miller". Judaica Sound Archives. Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  2. ^ http://matzav.com/video-shimmy-miller-sings-rabbi-halpern-gives-chizuk-at-chinuch-atzmai-kumzitz-melava-malka/
  3. YouTube