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Sabo, Hector

Hector Sabo is a musician and music writer (piano, organ, harpsichord) as well as a choir master. In charge of conducting the choral of the Great Synagogue of Strasbourg from …

Biblical cantillation and psalmody – Jean-Philippe Amar

As part of the day of study Vox Aurea-Via Sacra 2014, dedicated to sacred Jewish music, Jean-Philippe Amar, PhD in ethnomusicology and teacher of music education at the Paris academy, …

Fernand Halphen – A Jewish musician in the Great War : conference by Laure Schnapper

Presentation of the French composer Fernand Halphen, killed on duty for France in 1917 by Laure Schnapper, as part of the cycle of conferences : arts and politics, of the …

Dzigan and Shumacher

Native of Łódź in Poland, Shimen (Szymon) Dzigan (1905-1980) and Yisroel Shumacher (Szumacher) (1908-1961), forming the famous Yiddish comedy duet, were known worldwide before and after the 2nd world war. …

Fried, Avraham (1959)

Avraham Shabtaï HaCohen Friedman, also known as Avraham Fried (born March 22, 1959, in New York) is an American Jewish singer with an international recognition in the chasidic circle. He …

Adama

(France) Brothers, Ilan, Momo and Daniel Zaoui, who have always been united by the same passion: to stage and share, in a generous spirit of openness, research and creativity, the most beautiful pages sung and danced in the history of the Jewish people …

Hayea

(France, Judeo-Spanish) HAYEA, from the verb «hayear» : to regive life in Judeo-Spanish. Voice, oud and percussions …

Ruth Rubin Legacy

Over 2,500 field recordings of Yiddish folksongs. You can search by title, performer, genre …

Nardi, Nahum (1901-1977)

He began his piano studies at age seven, further pursuing them at the Kiev Conservatory, where he graduated with honors in 1919. Subsequently, he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and …

Halali, Salim (1920-2005)

Salim Halali, whose real name was Simon Halali, was a singer-songwriter of oriental music, born July 30, 1920 in Annaba, Algeria. Born into a Jewish family from Souk Ahras, he …

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