Hazzan Moshe Koussevitzky חזן משה קוסעוויצקי ע"ה

Moshe Koussevitzky was born on June 9, 1899 in Smarhoń (now Belarus) and died on August 23, 1966 in New York. A lyric tenor with a spectacular upper register, he is regarded as among the greatest cantors of the 20th century.

In 1920 he moved to Vilna, serving as cantor and from 1924 at the Great Synagogue of Vilna. Around 1927 he became cantor of Warsaw's Tlomackie Synagogue. He sang in Brussels, Antwerp, Vienna, Budapest and London, and first performed in the US at Carnegie Hall in 1938. His recordings remain treasured by lovers of chazzanus.