Yitzchak Meir Helfgot

Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (Hebrew: יצחק מאיר הלפגוט‎‎, Yiddish: יצחק מאיר העלפגאט‎) is an Israeli-born Hasidic Orthodox Jewish Cantor. He is widely regarded as the greatest living practitioner of Jewish Cantorial Arts on account of his great vocal dexterity and range; like the famous operatic tenors he is capable of sustaining long passages in the difficult uppermost tessitura, while also possessing overt technical facility in executing ornate melismas.

In addition to having held several prestigious posts as Chief Cantor (including Europe and the United States), Helfgot has performed in concert all over the world. In December 2006, under the auspices of Cantors World, he performed a solo concert at the Metropolitan Opera House with the New York Philharmonic directed by Maestro Mordechai Sobol. In January 2007, he sang in Madison Square Garden to an audience of 30,000 at Siyum HaShas. In December 2007, he performed at Lincoln Center in Avery Fisher Hall, again accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, in a tribute to Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky. He shared a stage with Cantor Shimon Farkas of Central Synagogue in Sydney, Australia, Cantor Yehuda Niassof, and rockstar Jimmy Barnes in August 2009. In December 2010, he performed at the White House during a Chanukah menorah lighting ceremony. He has also performed in distinguished venues, synagogues and concert halls in almost every European city and the world over, including the Warsaw Opera House in Poland, Henry Crown Hall in Jerusalem and Carnegie Hall in New York City.

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