Klezmer, Yiddish

Sirba Octet

(Klezmer, Gypsy, France) Mostly from the Orchestre de Paris or from the most prestigious ensembles, the musicians of the Sirba Octet propose an original reading of the klezmer, yiddish and gypsy repertoire …

Kroke

(Klezmer, Krakow, Poland) Founded in 1992, this trio merges klezmer music, jazz and contemporary music …

Merlin Shepherd

(Klezmer, United Kingdom) Merlin Sheherd is a clarinettist who for many years has specialized in Jewish Eastern popular instrumental music popularly known as "Klezmer" …

You shouldn’t know from it

(Berlin, Klezmer) 5 musicians from different countries gather in Berlin to form a traditional klezmer orchestra …

Yerushe

(Yiddish song, klezmer, France) This project, founded by Eléonore Biezunski in 2014, draws its repertoire from the drawers of the Yiddish folklore collections (Ruth Rubin, Moshe Beregovski, Zusman Kisselgof) …

Meshouge Klezmer Band

(Klezmer, France) Around the theme of sweet madness, the musicians of MESHOUGE make you discover Klezmer music, around traditional songs or original compositions …

Les Bubbey Mayse

(Yiddish, klezmer, France) Bubbey Mayse is the power of four women who express themselves. It is a committed music, an assumed writing, led by the strength of the collective …

Les Marx Sisters

(Yiddish Song, France) An accordion, a guitar, a double bass, a clarinet and a magnificent voice make the melodies of the Yiddish, Klezmer and Hebrew repertoire vibrate! …

Anakronic

(Electro-klezmer, France) Discover the last branch of klezmer music, an electrochoc between David Krakrauer's miraculous swing and Anakronic's telluric groove …

Noëmi Waysfeld & Blik

(Yiddish, France) On the horizon of Noëmi Waysfeld and her group Blik ("look", in Yiddish): the East, the poignant melodies of Siberian prisoners, the Portuguese saudade …

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