05/09/2016
Cahen d’Anvers, Albert (1846-1903)
Albert Cahen was a French composer, born in Anvers on January 8, 1846 and deceased in La Turbie on February 27, 1903. Raised in a family of bankers, the Cahen d’Anvers, he was the student of César Franck. He got famous in particular for his operettas, and his "melodies" which will lead him to posterity. When he passed away in 1903, his Grand Concert Piano, Erard, that he acquired following the advice of his master César Franck, was moved to the family castle of Champs-sur-Marne …
28/06/2016
Cuniot, Denis (1953)
A pianist of jazz and improvised music, Denis Cuniot is one of the main initiators of the revival and recognition of klezmer music in France …
14/06/2016
Binn, Sylvain (1911-1999)
Sylvain Binn was born in Luxembourg on March 8th 1911. His father, Salomon Binn, native of Lithuania, was a cantor in the Jewish community of Luxembourg. His mother, Sidonie Guggenheim, …
03/06/2016
The revival of klezmer music – Hervé Roten and Denis Cuniot
As part of the Days of Yiddish culture 2010, Hervé Roten, ethnomusicologist and director of the European Institute of Jewish Music and Denis Cuniot, klezmer pianist, present to us a general view on the revival of klezmer music …
25/05/2016
Adler, Israel (1925-2009)
Israel Adler died on August 17, 2009 after a prolonged illness. At this early stage, while we stand for his shloshim (end of the first month of mourning), a full …
24/05/2016
Arom, Simha (1930)
Simha Arom is a world known musician and ethnomusicologist, specialized in traditional music, especially from Central Africa. He also collected music by Jews from Ethiopia, when they arrived in Israel …
18/05/2016
Kirch, Albert (1918-2016)
Deceased on April 18, 2016 at the age of 98 years old, Albert Kirch was for more than 30 years the cantor of the Jewish community of Metz. This article …
11/05/2016
Gorby, Sarah (around 1900-1980)
Sarah Gorby (her real name was Gorbevitsh) was born around the turn of the century in Kishinev, which then belonged to Tsarist Russia. She was the descendant of a mainly …
20/04/2016
Music in Israel
Article written by Michèle Tauber, teacher of modern Hebrew, modern and contemporary literature in University Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle …
