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 …
30/03/2010
Lewandowski, Louis Lazarus (1821-1894)
Louis Lazarus Lewandowski was born in Wreschen (Poznan province) on April 3, 1821. He came from a poor Jewish family and his mother passed away when he was still very …
30/03/2010
Halévy, Jacques François Fromental Élie (1799-1862)
It is in the synagogue that music composers like Fromental Halévy (1799-1862), Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) and Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) received their first musical initiation. Elie Lévy (1760-1826), father of …
