{"id":12080,"date":"2026-11-01T23:22:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T23:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rossifest.estrela.io\/?p=12080"},"modified":"2026-11-02T12:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T12:55:11","slug":"sinagogalni-ansambl-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rossifest.estrela.io\/en\/sinagogalni-ansambl-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Synagogal Ensemble Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group rf-concert rf-t-bio\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns rf-c-feature rf-c-bioheader is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rossifest.estrela.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/chor-gross-seb.jpg?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Synagogal Ensemble Berlin\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"rf-c-eyebrow wp-block-paragraph\">Ensemble<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading rf-c-title\">Synagogal Ensemble Berlin<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group rf-c-section rf-c-about\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading rf-c-h2\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ensemble consists of eight to twelve singers who work as freelance soloists or belong to the Berlin opera choirs. The Synagogal Ensemble Berlin is the only ensemble in the world that brings the liturgy of <strong>Louis Lewandowski<\/strong> to music every Friday night, Shabbat morning and on all Jewish holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his concerts with the Synagogal Ensemble Berlin, Cantor <strong>Isaac Sheffer<\/strong> brings this unique Jewish-German tradition into the world, with compositions by other great composers of the 19th century such as <strong>Salomon Sulzer<\/strong> and <strong>Samuel Naumbourg<\/strong> as well as from the 20th century such as <strong>Kurt Weill<\/strong>, <strong>Maurice Ravel<\/strong>, <strong>Ben Steinberg<\/strong>, <strong>Meir Finkelstein<\/strong> and others. 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