19/04/2018
Conference on the HATIKVA – Lyrical Odyssey, History and origins of the Israeli national anthem
A conference proposed by Théa Herz and the EIJM, as part of the Festival of Jewish Cultures in Paris, on June 13, 2018 at 6PM at the townhouse of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. Théa Herz traces the incredible odyssey of this song. From what did the Israeli National anthem, Hatikvah - Hope, got inspired? Who wrote this poem and how? And how did this song became the anthem of the Israeli state? …
23/03/2018
Concert Coplas Sefardies – Judeo-Spanish songs by Alberto Hemsi in Hanover
Thursday March 22, 2018 : an event organised by Das Europäische Zentrum für Jüdische Musik and the reformed Jewish community of Hanover, in collaboration with the European Institute for Jewish …
08/02/2018
The musical instruments in the Bible – between myth and reality: conference by Hervé Roten
On February 12, 2018 at 7h00 pm, conference about the musical instruments in the Bible, by Hervé Roten, at the Institut Universitaire Elie Wiesel in Paris …
19/09/2017
Gala concert of the European Institute of Jewish Music – 3rd edition
On November 12, 2017, 5:30pm, Salle Cortot - Paris, the EIJM invites you to its Gala Concert. A musical journey to the heart of the Jewish soul proposed by Virginie Constant followed by a world premiere by Denis Cuniot …
16/05/2017
Concert “Mélodies hébraïques, un rêve vieux de 3000 ans” (“Hebrew melodies, a 3000-year-old dream”)
June 19, 2017 at 8:30pm at the Archives nationales in Paris (75003). In the footsteps of composers who draw their inspiration from Hasidic, Yiddish or Judeo-Spanish melodies. Sarah Iancu on cello and David Bismuth on piano …
26/04/2017
Discovering Jewish music: a conference by Hervé Roten
On May 3, 2017 at 7 pm in the synagogue of Bordeaux, Hervé Roten will hold a conference on Jewish music, illustrated with many audio and video examples, letting us roam through 3700 years of Jewish music …
06/04/2017
Marc-Alain Ouaknin invites Hervé Roten on his radio show « Talmudiques » broadcasted on France Culture
Radio Program on April 9 and 16, 2017, from 9h10 am to 9h42 am. The blooming encounters of Jewish traditional songs with French variety gave birth to a very rich musical expression …
27/03/2017
Lecture by Hervé Roten and David Winter – “Yiddish music in Parisian cabarets after WWII”.
April 22, 2017 at 6:45 p.m.: a two-part lecture illustrated by numerous audio examples, taken from the 6-CD box set published by Editions de l'IEMJ …
27/03/2017
Lecture by Hervé Roten – “Chansons françaises, chansons juives: une interférence créative” (French songs, Jewish songs: a creative interference)
April 21, 2017 at 5 p.m., lecture by Hervé ROTEN, illustrated by numerous audio examples, on creative interferences between French chanson and Jewish song …
04/03/2017
Centennial of the passing of Fernand Halphen
For the centennial year of the passing of Fernand Halphen (1872 - 1917), several events will take place : Concerts, publication of a collective book, and release of a new CD at the end of 2017 …
