03/03/2013
Tansman, Alexandre (1897-1986)
Born in Łódź, the 11th of June 1897, in a Jewish bourgeois family, cultivated and music loving, Alexandre Tansman started composing music at a very young age « in the …
17/02/2013
Heymann, Michel (1952)
Born on April 25, 1952 in Strasburg, he was the last pupil, before it closed definitely, of the Hazan’s School in Paris, but he was also, and most of all, …
09/01/2013
Fuld, Léo (1912-1997)
Leo Fuld was one of the last popular Yiddish singers. His career started long before World War II and ended when he died in 1997. Before the Second World War, …
10/06/2012
Brandwein, Naftule (1889-1963)
Naftule Brandwein (1889–1963) was born in the small town called Przemyslany in Poland, not far from Lvov, belonging to Austrian Galicia at the time, and later returned to Poland in …
10/06/2012
Tarras, Dave (ca 1898-1989)
David Itsy Tarasyuk (ca 1898-1989), better known as Dave Tarras, was born in the village called Ternovka, near Uman in Ukraine. As a very young boy, he was immersed in …
23/10/2011
Berlinski, Shalom (1918-2008)
Born on January 16th 1918 in Radom, a Polish town about 100 kilometers from Warsaw, Shalom Berlinski was the youngest son in a family of eight children. His father was …
23/10/2011
Argov, Zohar (1955-1987)
Zohar Argov, whose real name is Zohar Orkabi was an Israeli singer, born in the city of Rishon LeZion in Israel, on July 16, 1955. Of Yemeni descent, from a …
10/06/2011
The interculturality in Jewish music
A filmed lecture by Hervé Roten, ethnomusicologist, director of the EIJM (called at the time French Center of Jewish Music) …
20/04/2011
KLEZMER AND HASSIDIC NIGGUN WORKSHOP – DAVID LEFEBVRE
The CFMJ (now called European Institute of Jewish Music) organized on January 17, 2011, a day of training for music teachers of Paris. This day allowed to present a wide …
14/04/2011
The teamim, signs to sing the Torah
by Jean-Philippe Amar, PhD in the University of Paris IV Sorbonne …
