Shlomo Simcha

Shlomo Simcha moved from Toronto to Boca Raton, Florida in 2021.

While Shlomo Simcha's career as a solo artist officially began with the release of his first album in 1993, his first experience in studio was singing on the Besof Umachol series for the Satmar community in 1990, recorded at the home studio of the head of the Montreal wedding band. In 1992, Mendy Werdyger of Aderet Records heard the tape while in a store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and contacted Shlomo Simcha directly to inquire about making an album. During his initial meeting at Aderet in New York, Werdyger introduced Shlomo Simcha to Sheya Mendlowitz, producer of the HASC: A Time for Music series, and informed him that they wanted to record a series of albums together. Soon after, Werdyger's brother, singer Mordechai Ben David, invited Shlomo Simcha to travel with him to Israel to perform at a concert for the holiday of Sukkot, and the two performed together on stage, introducing Shlomo Simcha to Ben David's fan base.

In 1992, Shlomo Simcha found himself flying to Israel to perform on stage with Mordechai Ben David at a concert in Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv during the holiday of Sukkot – his first major exposure to audiences and other names in the world of Jewish music. That exposure led to the first of many invitations to perform at the annual A Time for Music benefit concert, in support of the Jewish non-profit agency HASC, and the beginning of his relationship with composer and musical artist Abie Rotenberg, with whom he would create the popular Aish music series.

In 1989, Shlomo Simcha entered his first professional position as Sexton and Assistant Cantor at the Tifereth Beth David Jerusalem Synagogue in Cote St Luc, Montreal. He remained there until 1993, when he moved to Toronto, Ontario after receiving an offer for the position of Lead Cantor from Shaarei Shomayim Congregation, working alongside Cantor Yaakov Motzen. Shlomo retained that position until 2005, after which he became the Cantor at the Torath Emeth Congregation, a role he held until 2019. During and beyond his time as a cantor, Shlomo Simcha worked to build up his career as a solo and collaborative artist, beginning with his 1993 debut album, That Special Melody, under Aderet Records.