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Shira u’tfila

Native of Belgrade, Shira u’tfila was founded in 2000 by Stefan Sablic (Asher Alkalay), singer and musician …

Three Passover songs: Adir hu, Echad mi yodea and Chad gadya

Learn everything about the three songs that end the Passover seder : Adir hu, Echad mi yodea and Chad gadya

Passover

Passover (Pessah) - פֶּסַח - is one of the three pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish calendar (with Shavuot and Sukkot), in which we commemorate the Hebrews who got out of Egypt. …

Katz, Mickey (1909-1985)

Mickey Katz was an american singer and clarinet player specialized in Jewish comedy and in cover of songs with a Yiddish flavour …

Arrouasse, Maurice (1932-2017)

Born in Tlemcen (Algeria) on July 31, 1932, in a brotherhood of ten children, Maurice Arrouasse came from a modest but happy family. The social life went also well between …

Beregovski, Moisei Iakovlevich (1892–1961)

Born in Ukraine in 1892, Moisei Beregovski listened very early to religious music through his father, who taught in a Jewish music school in Kiev, and who was a ba’al …

Listening to the sacred

Audio recording of the conference "Listening to the sacred", organisde by the Villa Gillet and the Institution des Chartreux in Lyon, on January 30, 2020, with the participation of Hervé Roten, Jean During, Jean-Clément Jollet and François-Xavier Szymczak (moderator) …

Cohen, Judith

A singer and performer on medieval and traditional instruments, ethnomusicologist and university lecturer, Judith Cohen was born in Montreal (Canada). Since the 1970’s, she travelled frequently (Eastern Europe, Spain, Portugal, …

Yarkoni, Yaffa (1925-2012)

Yaffa Yarkoni was born in Givatayim in 1925. One of her most famous songs is called “Bab-el-Oued” (1948), dedicated to the Israeli soldiers who were killed during the war of …

Jewish music: when singular is plural

Lecture by Hervé Roten on the singular plurality of Jewish music given on November 6, 2019 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Italy), as part of the session Art as/in Dialogue: Jewish and Christian Music

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Recorded in 2008 by the Salomone Rossi Ensemble, this CD features 20 iconic pieces of Baroque Jewish music by Salomone…

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