Native name שמואל שפירו Name Shmuel Shapiro Instruments Piano | Origin Aix les Bains | |
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Genres Contemporary Jewish religious Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, musician | ||
Birth name Shmuel Raphael Shapiro | ||
Shmuel shapiro ahavat yisrael music video
Shmuel Raphael Shapiro (Hebrew: שמואל שפירו, born 1974 in Aix les Bains, France), stage name Shmuel Shapiro, is a French Hasidic Jewish singer, hazan, and composer.
Contents
- Shmuel shapiro ahavat yisrael music video
- Shmuel shapiro seu morom official music video
- Early years
- Career
- Personal life
- Studio albums
- Singles
- References
Shmuel shapiro seu morom official music video
Early years
At the age of nine, he moved to Israel with his family and studied in the yeshivas of Rachmastrivka and Erlau. He composed his first song at the age of eleven and became the main soloist of the Erlau choir at seventeen. Later, he became closer to the Chabad movement.
Career
In 1994, after his marriage, Shmuel studied in a kollel and founded the orchestra "Kol Haneguina" with musicians Daniel Mamane and Haim Kirshinboim. He learned chazzanut with Elie Jaffe and Benjamin Munk. He also worked with voice coach Gee Flashter and with cantor Avraham Pressman.
In 2001, Shmuel became cantor of the Great Synagogue of Migdal HaEmek. In 2006 he returned to France as cantor of the Great Synagogue "Ohel Avraham".
Since 2000, he has conducted Jewish choirs in France.
Shmuel has recorded several music titles during his career. His first album, "Seu Morom", was recorded in 2013 in France and Israel, with the arranger Didier Atlan.
Shapiro appears regularly with singers like Enrico Macias (2013), Yoram Gaon (2008), Avraham Fried (2005), Mordechai Ben David (2004), Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (2016 - 2017), Haim Israel (2006), Dedi Graucher (2006), Yosi Piamenta (2005), Itzik Eshel (2006), Ohad Moskowitz (2004), Isaac Bitton (2006), Efraim Mendelson (2000–2003), Itzik Orlev (2006), yehuda glantz (1999), Mendy Jerufi (2009), and Benny Friedman (2013).
Personal life
Shmuel has 12 brothers and sisters. He lives in Paris. He is married to Ruchama and has three children.