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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. …

Klezmer dance workshop by the Kalarash group

June 16, 2024, 11am to 1pm at Espace Rachi (Paris 5e), Klezmer Ball workshop by the group Kalarash, proposed by the IEMJ, the FSJU & Yiddish sans Frontière, as part of FESTIVAL DES CULTURES JUIVES #19 …

Release of 4 new choral and instrumental scores by Itai Daniel

Itaï Daniel's compositions are deeply inspired by Judaism and its music. Discover four new scores by this composer: a medley of the main Hanukkah melodies, a Grand Kaddish, a cantata on the biblical text of Cain and Abel, and the poignant sonata for transverse flute …

LECTURE “THE PLACE OF THE ORGAN IN JEWISH TRADITION”, BY HERVÉ ROTEN

A lecture by Hervé Roten on the role of the organ in Jewish tradition, organized by B'naï B'rith - Michel de Montaigne, as part of the inauguration of the organ at Bordeaux's Grande Synagogue, to be held on December 10, 2023 …

Inventory of Italian Jewish musical archives

As part of the European Jewish Music Network program initiated by the IEMJ, the Union of Italian Jewish Communities (Unione delle Comunità Ebraiche Italiane - UCEI) has launched in 2022-2023 a registry of Italian Jewish music archives …

Concerts – Les Bubbey Mayse – LE PETIT MATIN DU GRAND SOIR

Album release concerts November 8 & 9, 2023 in Grenoble & Paris, as part of the Jazz'N'Klezmer Festival …

LES BUBBEY MAYSE – LE PETIT MATIN DU GRAND SOIR

This 9th CD of the "Discovery" Collection immerses us in the world of four magnificent musicians united by their love of klezmer music and the Yiddish language, and who draw from it the impulse to reinvent a brighter tomorrow …

Songs and prayers for Kippur, Soukkot and Simchat Torah

2 TALMUDIQUES broadcasts Part 1 & 2, September 24 & October 1, 2023, at 9:10 a.m. Songs and prayers for Kippur, Sukkot and Simhat Torah …

Launch of the Mémoire Radiophonique Juive program (Jewish Radio Memory)

Initiated by the European Institute of Jewish Music in 2019, the Mémoire Radiophonique Juive (MRJ) (Jewish Radio Memory) program makes available 2000 programs broadcast on Jewish radio stations since 1981. The opportunity to find events, themes and prestigious guests who have marked the history of the Jews of France and elsewhere …

The liturgical singing of the Ethiopian Jews: an Israeli destiny

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7:00 pm, at the "Centre d'Art et de Culture de l'Espace Rachi" (39 rue Broca - 75005 Paris), a musical lecture by Simha Arom and Olivier Tourny, organized by the European Institute of Jewish Music, as part of the 18th edition of the Festival of Jewish Cultures …

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