Azi Schwartz

Cantor Azi Schwartz is the Senior Cantor of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York, as well as a world-renowned vocal performer and recording artist whose music reaches Jewish and interfaith audiences internationally. Azi’s ministry has cultivated a growing online following with over 50 million views. His craft of Jewish liturgical music has been described as emotionally moving, spiritually uplifting, and artistically dynamic. Passionate about bringing Jewish liturgy to the broader world, Azi performs in concerts internationally and has released over 20 albums containing traditional and new Jewish liturgical music. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden and the UN. He was featured in a PBS special and plays the cantor’s role in Richard Gere's movie Norman. Recently, Azi helped to produce Shabbat on Broadway at the St. James Theatre, the first Jewish worship service on Broadway. Azi is married to Dr. Noa Schwartz, and they have four children. www.azischwartz.com