Cantor Arik Wollheim

Cantor Arik Wollheim 
Cantor Arik Wollheim, whose father is also a Cantor, was raised in Israel.  He has been teaching B'nai Mitzvah in New York, and earlier in Israel, for 10 years.  Arik has created and led youth choirs and was the head soloist of the Israeli Army Choir.  He has sung in a number of operas both here and in Israel and has participated in dozens of concerts here and abroad.  Arik was a first prize winner in the famous Hassidic Song Festival in Israel (1994) and winner of the Sharet Competition in both 1995 and 1996.  He has led davening at approximately 20 Synagogues in North America and 15 Synagogues in Europe and Israel.  He toured the United States with the Miami Symphony Orchestra in 1996 and 1997.  Cantor Wollheim is an avid student of classical music and opera and is currently completing a Masters Degree in Music.

Arik graduated from Yeshiva Yavne in Israel and received his bachelors degree Music & Opera Studies from Brooklyn College.  He established and conducted the Shabbaton Quartet in Israel and was the scholarship recipient of the American-Israel Cultural Foundation 1997-98.  Cantor Wollheim has been a member of the International Vocal Arts Institute conducted by the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City since 1997.

Cantor Wollheim joined the Agudath Sholom family in July 2001.