Shmuel Shapiro שמואל שפירו | |
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 Shapiro in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shmuel Raphael Shapiro |
| Born | 26 January 1974 Aix-les-Bains, France |
| Origin | France |
| Genres | Contemporary Jewish religious, Jewish music, Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Rabbi, singer cantor composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Greentec, Ness Music France |
Shmuel Shapiro (Hebrew: שמואל שפירו, a French Jewish rabbi, hazzan, singer, composer, lecturer, and former Chief Rabbi of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Nancy, France, was born in Aix-les-Bains, France, on 26 January 1974.
His mother, Elisheva, is a musician and a lecturer in Judaism, and his father, David-Nathan, served as the rabbi of Clermont-Ferrand and Vichy. The family immigrated to Israel when he was nine years old.[citation needed]
He studied at the Ohel Shimon Erloy yeshivot in Jerusalem where he placed second in a Talmudic competition at the age of twelve.[citation needed]
He began composing music at the age of eleven, and by the time he was seventeen he was the principal cantorial singer in the Erlau Hasidic community.[citation needed]
After completing his studies in psychology and Jewish philosophy, he taught Judaism at the French-speaking Or Gabriel yeshiva in Jerusalem.[citation needed]
In 1994, he studied in a Kollel institute and taught in remedial education at the Tsafnat Panea'h school in Jerusalem.[citation needed]
He studied hazanuth at Hechal Shlomo school in Jerusalem under the direction of his teachers Eli Jaffe and Benjamin Munk.[citation needed]
He also developed his voice with,the cantors Moshe Deriginski Avraham Pressman, the opera singer Gee Flashter and the maestro Daniel Gildar in Jerusalem, New York City, and Paris.[citation needed]
In 1998, he was sent to France by Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman for an educational mission at the Ozar Hatorah school in Sarcelles and with the local Jewish community.[citation needed]
In 2001, Shmuel Shapiro gave lectures on Judaism, music, and voice for the radio station Kol Haneshama, broadcast in Israel and the United States. He served as cantor of Rabbi Grossman's Migdal HaEmek synagogue in Israel.[citation needed]
In 2005, he was an educational advisor for the Chneor institutions in Aubervilliers.[citation needed]
From 2006 to 2020, he lectured and served as the hazzan at the synagogue of the rue de Montevideo in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.[citation needed]
Shmuel Shapiro is a highly educated individual who gives courses, lectures and advice on a variety of subjects to the community.[citation needed]
He was the rabbi of Nancy and its region until November 2020.[citation needed]
His debut album, Seu Marom, was recorded in 2013 in France and Israel with arrangements by Didier Atlan. He composed the majority of the songs.[citation needed]
In 2022, he moved to Monaco and presently serves as rabbi and cantor at the Edmond Safra synagogue.[citation needed]
He is married and has five children and three grandchildren.[citation needed]
