Chazan Shimon Farkas O

Chazan Shimon Farkas is one of the great Cantors of our time, His unique voice is brilliant in tone and rich in emotional warmth.

Chazan Farkas was born in Hungary and moved to Israel as a young child. At the age of nine he conducted the Friday night services at the Rama Synagogue in Tel Aviv. At the age of 22, Chazan Farkas was appointed as Cantor of our own Central Synagogue, where he served for 15 years. In 1987 he was appointed Cantor of the Concord Resort Hotel in New York State.

Following the fire 1994, Chazan Farkas returned to Sydney where he assisted in rebuilding the synagogue and was appointed to his current position of Chief Cantor. He has a number of CD recordings, well known throughout the Jewish world. On Australia Day 2008, he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in recognition of his contribution to the Jewish community, in particular, to our Synagogue. Shimon and his wife Veronica have 3 children and 10 grandchildren living in Sydney, Melbourne and Israel.