Yechiel Nahari

Yechiel Nahari was born in Jerusalem to a Yemenite father and a mother of Yemenite and Syrian descent. From a young age, he participated in the traditional Yemenite singing practice before the Sabbath service. His father supported his musical talent, and at eight, Nahari was making recordings of Torah readings that were broadcast weekly on the radio. At the age of thirteen, he was brought to Brooklyn to perform in cantorial concerts. From then until he was sixteen Nahari performed in the Great Sephardic synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City, and for the next two years was cantor at a Syrian congregation in Deal, NJ. At eighteen, he moved back to Israel to complete his military service. Since then Nahari has served as cantor for several Sephardic and Syrian congregations, including the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation in London. He records and performs internationally.