GOLDSTEIN, RAYMOND

GOLDSTEIN, RAYMOND (1953– ), Israeli composer, arranger, and conductor. Born in Capetown, where he completed his musical studies. Goldstein was on the faculty of the Rubin Academy of Music from 1978, specializing, among other subjects, in opera. He also holds the post of arranger/composer (associate conductor) in the Jerusalem Great Synagogue Choir, where he has over 550 works to his credit. In 1991 he was appointed senior teacher at the Tel Aviv Cantorial Institute. As musical director/accompanist, he frequently appears on stage, radio, and television in Israel and has made concert tours in Australia, the U.S., and Western Europe. He has made professional recordings with international cantors and singers, and as accompanist and/or arranger, his name appears on more than a 150 CDs, cassette tapes, and videos. His compositions include a chamber opera, two cantatas, a concert Kabbalat Shabbat Service, orchestrations, works for chamber ensemble, and numerous arrangements (more than 1,500 in all), sacred and secular. (Amnon Shiloah (2nd ed.)