Cantor Nachman who first joined us on Shabbat Mevorchim Tammuz is a gifted and world-renowned chazzan and ba’al tefilah. His craft of Jewish liturgical music has been described as emotionally moving, spiritually uplifting and artistically dynamic, bridging both old and new styles.

Growing up in the city of Safed in Israel, Cantor Nachman was inspired by his grandfather, also a cantor, to pursue his passion for poetry and music.  After graduating from Eli Yaffe’s Petach Tikva Singing Institute and Mordechai Sobol, he continued to study with the top cantors in the world, continuing his studies of music and voice development for more than ten years. He has served as senior cantor for six years at the International Synagogue in Tel Aviv, and performed in more than seventeen countries, from the French Riviera and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam to Mexico; singing in Hebrew, French, Yiddish and Italian.

Cantor Israel lives in the holy city of Safed, Israel, with his wife Naomi Turgeman and their three children.