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Romance in E major for cello and piano

The EIJM is pleased to announce the release of an original musical score by the composer Fernand Halphen, the Romance in E major for cello and piano …

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? …

Ten Shabbat tunes for vocals or choir and piano

Four Shabbat melodies for choir and piano / Six Shabbat melodies for voice and piano by Itai Daniel. To be sung alone or accompanied …

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 …

Kyranne (violin, cello, clarinet and piano) / Ikh Gedenk (piano)

Release of 2 new musical scores by Serge Kaufmann at the EIJM’s editions …

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 …

French Music Before And After The Great War

This CD presents Fernand Halphen's Symphony in C minor (World Premiere) and Maurice Ravel's Concerto for the left hand, performed by the Orsay Campus Orchestra, conducted by Martin Barral, and the pianist Olivier Herbay …

The Hourglass – A musical voyage through the Jewish soul

This CD presents musical works for cello and piano composed in the first half of the 20th century by Ernest Bloch, Lazare Saminsky, Joseph Achron, Gideon Klein, Mieczyslaw Weinberg and Serge Kaufmann …

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 …

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 …

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