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Artists: 

Cantor Martin Goldstein

Amy Goldstein

Jonathan Faiman

Anna Arzumanyan

 

 

Cantor Martin Goldstein

Cantor Martin Goldstein continues a long family tradition of hazzanut.  He began singing at age six with Hazzan Leibele Waldman in Atlantic City, NJ.  He then performed as alto soloist at Grossinger's Hotel with Hazzan Moshe Ganchoff and the Samuel Sterner choir  and at age seven debuted in the last Yiddish production on 2nd Avenue, Dos Pintele Yid.  Cantor Goldstein began his cantorial career at 19, at "Century Village," Deerfield Beach, FL.  He then served as full-time hazzan in Hauppauge, NY (Temple Beth Chai) and Dobbs Ferry, NY (Greenburgh Hebrew Center).  In 1993, he and his wife Beth returned to Colorado where he is Hazzan of the Hebrew Educational Alliance in Denver.  Although he began his professional singing career as a Cantor, he is also classically trained in both Lieder and Art Song.  He has performed numerous Classical and Cantorial concerts in Denver, nationwide and in Israel, both individually and with his siblings Cantor Adam and Amy Goldstein, and mother Harriet Daar.  Cantor Martin and Beth have three children, Shayna, Jake and Rafi.

     

 

 

Amy Goldstein

A Night at the Opera - A Day in Shul is one of four CD's that soprano Amy Goldstein will release in 2001.  She is proud and excited to be collaborating once again with her brother Cantor Martin Goldstein, and husband Jonathan Faiman.  Ms. Goldstein has been gaining international recognition for her performances and recordings of Opera, Oratorio, Art Song, New Music, Jewish and Cantorial music.  She has sung with the Anchorage Opera, the Central City Opera, the Banff Opera Theater, the Britten-Pears Festival, the Manhattan School of Music Opera Theater, the Center for Contemporary Opera and many others.  Ms. Goldstein's orchestral credits include the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the New Philharmonic of New Jersey, the Chicago Youth Symphony, the Pro Arte Chorale, and the Anchorage Festival of Music.  She is also an active High-Holiday Cantor and a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music.  Ms. Goldstein resides in New York City with her husband, pianist and composer Jonathan Faiman, and their two cats Grace and Chester.

     

 

 

Jonathan Faiman

Pianist, composer and teacher, Jonathan Faiman holds a Doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music where he coaches chamber music.  He is the pianist of The Ambrosia Trio.  He performs regularly with the Locrian Chamber Players and composes for The Actors Company Theatre as an adjunct company member.  His recordings include a solo CD entitled "Hie Up the Mountain" and the recently released "Play On: Music for The Actors Company Theatre".

     

 

Anna Arzumanyan

Anna Arzumanyan is a native of Armenia where she received her Masters degree from Yerevan Conservatory of Armenia.  She moved to Denver, Colorado, where she is pursuing a concert career.

     

 

 Albums by ZAHAV Productions: A Night at the Opera, a Day at Shul

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