Yoram Chaiter is an Israeli physician, cancer researcher,[1] researcher in the fields of epidemiology, public health and quality in healthcare and bass singer.[2] He was born in Berehove, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR in 1964 and immigrated to Israel in 1973.
Began musical studies by studying the piano. Studied voice with Ms Tamar Raz and also with Ms. Leane Dubin. Has been working and recording now for many years with coach and pianist Ina Weizmann and pianist Ira Zelikson. Participated in the Metropolitan Workshop with the Israeli Opera where he performed the role of Cardinal de Brogni in the opera La Juive by Halevy.
During his studies of medicine at the Technion began his long association with the Technion orchestra and choir. Performs constantly with the Technion Symphony Orchestra and Choir as a soloist, among the roles he performed are Colline in La Bohème by Puccini, excerpts from Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky and Escamillo in Carmen. Appeared in Macbeth by Bloch during the Bloch Festival held at the Technion. Among other operatic roles was Commendatore in Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Haifa symphony orchestra under the baton of Noam Sheriff and Tamir Chasson. His long collaboration with conductor Leonti Wolf and the Tel Aviv philharmonic choir resulted in performances of Verdi’s Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem and the role of Dr. Dulcamara in L’Elisir d’Amore with Israeli chamber orchestra. In December 2008 sang with same conductor and choir the premiere of Irit Israelis’ Cantata to 60 years of Israel independence at the TelAviv museum Rekanati hall. Concert repertoire also includes Stabat Mater by Rossini, Creation by Haydn, Messa di Gloria by Puccini, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Verdi’s Requiem, Vesperae solennes de confessore, Great Mass and Requiem by Mozart and Requiem by Faure. Repertoire also includes songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Mussorgsky, Brahms, Schubert, Wolf, Erwin Junger, Dvořák and others. Premiered David’s song cycle by Israeli composer Erwin Junger in 1993. Made two recordings for the Israeli Radio (Kol Hamusica) in 1991 and 1996. Appeared in a recital at Kfar Bloom during the festival of Kol Hamusica in 2007. In 2004 recorded two song cycles by Erwin Junger, and in 2005 made a recording of songs by Erwin Junger on verses of Hungarian poets. These recordings were broadcast by the Israeli radio during 2006-7. The recordings including songs of other composers was released recently on Eroica records. Erwin Junger is an Israeli Transylvanian composer, that has written numerous symphonies, chamber music, choral and operatic works and songs. Yoram Chaiters’ recording of the songs is premiere recordings of these works. In 2007 recorded Dvořák‘s Biblical Songs and Gypsy songs in Czech and a selection of Tchaikovsky songs. The recording was released in July 2008 by [Roméo Records] in the US and Europe.[15] A new recording of fourteen Rachmaninov songs, a selection of Brahms songs and a selection of Schubert songs was released on Roméo records.[16][17] A CD of Tosti, Respighi and Napolitan songs was released on Romeo records in 2011. His recording received high critical acclaim in musical magazines.[18][19][20] In January 2010 appeared on the program Intermezzo hosted by Prof. Arie Vardi. The program was broadcast on Channel 1 of Israeli Broadcasting Authority and Israeli Educational TV numerous times during 2010-11. Radio broadcasts:Numerous radio broadcasts of all recordings on Kol Hamusica, Israeli Broadcasting Authority.