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KALARASH – KLEZMER MUSIC, YIDDISH AND FRENCH SONGS

This 8th CD of the Discovery Collection gathers klezmer music, Yiddish and French songs by Kalarash, a French group that has been exploring the traditional music from Eastern Europe and the Balkans for 12 years …

François Meïmoun, Kaddish for mezzo & string quartet

The music score of his Kaddish for mezzo-soprano and string quartet, edited by the EIJM’s publishing house, was performed as a world premiere on November 13, 2016, in the ULIF-Copernic synagogue (Paris) as part of a concert dedicated to the memory of the victims of terrorism …

Concert The New Jewish School of Saint-Petersburg

June 16, 2022 at 8pm, at the Archives nationales / Hôtel de Soubise - Paris. Concert organized by the EIJM, the National Archives and the FSJU as part of the 17th Festival of Jewish Cultures devoted in a large part to the composers of the "New Jewish School of Saint Petersburg", performed by Sarah Iancu, cello, and David Bismuth, piano …

Itai Daniel, Shlosha Yeladim, for voice and piano

Published by the EIJM Publishing House, Shlosha Yeladim for voice and piano, is a moving score by Itai Daniel, composed of three songs in Hebrew dedicated to the children who died during the Holocaust …

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – FROM THE MUSIC OF THE PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE IN THE 19TH TO THE ROLF LIEBERMAN ERA IN THE 20TH CENTURY

International conference at the University of Music Hamburg 1. – 3. March 2022 Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg – Harvestehuder Weg 12, 20148 Hamburg, Allemagne …

Concert Hebrew melodies for cello and piano

February 9, 2022 at 7pm, at the MAHJ - Paris. On the occasion of the release of the CD Hebrew melodies for cello and piano, vol. 2 published by the EIJM's publishing house, the EIJM and the MAHJ invite you to a concert of Hebrew melodies (liturgical music, Chassidic tunes, Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish songs...) performed by Sarah Iancu on the cello and David Bismuth on the piano …

Hebrew melodies for cello and piano, 2nd volume

This 2nd CD of Hebrew Melodies, mainly dedicated to the composers of the St. Petersburg Jewish school such as Joel Engel, Alexander Krein, Lazare Saminsky, Joachim Stutschewsky, Jacob Weinberg or Leo Zeitlin, also introduces us to lesser known works by Ernest Bloch, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Vladimir Dyck …

Release of 10 new music scores by Serge Kaufmann

The EIJM’s publishing house is happy to announce the release of 10 new music scores by Serge Kaufmann, a composer, but also a radio and TV host, journalist, producer and …

HEVENU SHALOM ALEKHEM N° 1 – 2 – 3

The EIJM's publishing house releases a three new scores' collection by Itaï Daniel featuring the traditional song Hevenu Shalom Alekhem …

Tribute to Patrick Berman

Patrick Berman, a volunteer and the treasurer of the European Institute of Jewish Music, passed away this Sunday, November 7, 2021. …

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