Daniel Mutlu

Daniel Mutlu is senior cantor of Central Synagogue in New York City. The son of Turkish Jewish parents, Mutlu was raised in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he attended the Yeshiva Academy Achei Tmimim. He received a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in 2003 and a master’s degree in sacred music from Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of religion in New York City, where he was ordained as a cantor in 2008. Mutlu served as the cantor of Community Synagogue of Rye, New York, and Congregation Beth Israel of Houston, Texas, before joining the clergy of Central Synagogue in 2017. He teaches in the cantorial ordination program at the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music and has performed with many musical ensembles.