16/05/2013
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)
Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 3Oth 1813 – March 29th 1888), was a composer and precocious musician like Mozart, with a solid technique just like Liszt, and friend of Chopin (who “gave” …
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 Strasbourg, Michel Heymann was a pupil of Monsieur Bertrand Joseph (1906-1984), a former Chief Cantor officiating in Strasbourg, who taught him the art of synagogy and the sense of responsibility inherent in the position …
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 …
