Joseph Malovany

Joseph Malovany

Joseph Malovany is an Israeli-born American tenor soloist, cantor of New York's Fifth Avenue Synagogue since 1973, and Distinguished Professor of Liturgical Music at Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music, Yeshiva University.

In January 2004 he became a commander of the Legion of Honor, Poland’s equivalent of knighthood, receiving this award from the then Polish president Aleksander Kwaśniewski for his musical contribution to the international and Polish communities. He is thefirst Jewish cantor to receive this titlecite web|url=http://spider.mc.yu.edu/news/in_print/..%5Cin_print%5C_pdfs%5CYU_Today_Apr04.pdf
title=Yeshiva University Today, April 2004
accessdate=2008-03-11] .

External links

* [http://5as.org/content/default.asp?artid=14 Biographical information] from the Fifth Avenue Synagogue's website
* [http://www.world-memorial.org/ROS/Tour/cantor.html Page about Joseph Malovany] from world-memorial.org
* [http://www.chazzanut.com/articles/on-cantors.html Article on how to enjoy Jewish music] mentioning Malovany as a leading cantor of our day
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