Events

The EIJM celebrates its 20th anniversary!

Founded in 2006, the IEMJ celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2026. These have been 20 eventful years that have made the IEMJ the leading center for Jewish music resources and promotion in Europe today …

EIJM 20th Anniversary Gala Concert

On 18 October 2026 at 17:30 at the Salle Cortot in Paris, the European Institute of Jewish Music will present a unique musical performance to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The programme will feature a variety of music, ranging from biblical pieces to contemporary compositions, solo vocal works to polyphonic pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries, and klezmer music to Judeo-Spanish and Oriental songs. …

Concert: From folk songs to 20th-century Sephardic melodies

June 25, 2026, at 8:00 p.m., at the National Archives / Hôtel de Soubise – Paris. As part of the 2026 Festival of Jewish Cultures, this concert features traditional Sephardic melodies and their musical arrangements by composers such as Alberto Hemsi, Léon Algazi, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco …

Movie and Concert Tribute to the “Golden Age”

On June 23, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., at the Espace Rachi Guy de Rothschild in Paris’s 5th arrondissement. As part of the 2026 Festival of Jewish Cultures, this cine-concert evening highlights the contributions of Jewish artists to Hollywood cinema, both as directors and as film composers …

MUSICAL TRADITIONS – CHANUKAH, by Hervé Roten

A lecture by Hervé Roten - Monday, December 15, 2025 - On Zoom & Replay. A musical event to celebrate Chanukah with meaning and emotion. …

European Festival of Jewish Choirs

After nine editions in other capitals, Paris hosts the European Festival of Jewish Choirs for the first time. Nine of the finest vocal ensembles have accepted the invitation of the …

In the music salons of Paris

This concert, part of the 20th Festival of Jewish Cultures, will feature works by Isaac de Camondo, Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe, Reynaldo Hahn, Fernand Halphen and Albert Cahen d'Anvers …

Jewish music and cuisine

A musical and gastronomic conference by Hervé Roten, director of the European Institute of Jewish Music …

The Darius Milhaud triptych

Saturday, June 29, 2024, 6:30 p.m. - Salle du Moulin Saint-Julien, Cavaillon (84300), an evening event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the death of composer Darius Milhaud, a descendant of Jews from the Comtat Venaissin, organized by the association "Les amis de la synagogue de Cavaillon" …

From the Carpathians to the Balkans – A musical escapade from West to East by Kalarash & Guests

June 16, 2024, 6pm, Espace Rachi (Paris 5e), Concert FROM THE CARPATES TO THE BALKANS - A musical escapade from West to East by the duo Kalarash & guests, organized by IEMJ & FSJU as part of the "Paroles en fête" day at the FESTIVAL DES CULTURES JUIVES #19. …

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