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Screening of the movie “Simha”, by Jérôme Blumberg

The 27th of June 2019 at 7h30 PM in the Auditorium Edmond J. Safra of the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris (75004), screening of the movie "Simha", by Jérôme Blumberg, in the presence of of the director, of Simha Arom and of Hervé Roten, musicologist director of the European Institute for Jewish Music …

The melody of the Kol Nidre : Sources, interpretations and new compositions

On the 8th April 2019 at 7h30 PM at the Institut Elie Wiesel in Paris (75010) audiovisual conference by Hervé Roten about the melody of the Kol Nidre, as part of the Lundis de Wiesel. REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED

Symposium / concert : Isaac Strauss, musician and collector under the Second Empire

The 18th of NOVEMBER 2018 from 10h30 to 16h30 at the Auditorium of the MAHJ, a symposium on Isaac Strauss which will end at 17h30 with a concert …

Itaï Daniel – Mahzor Hayim

Released by the EIJM's publishing house, the CD Mahzor Hayim features a selection of works by Itaï Daniel, a composer who finds his inspiration in the depths of the Jewish soul. A real discovery! …

Concert – Exhibition at the Chapelle-en-Serval, tribute to Fernand Halphen

Sunday October 7, 2018, from 3h pm to 5h pm at the Chapelle-en-Serval (60520), concert-exhibition tribute to Fernand Halphen, killed on duty, at the Salle des fêtes, renamed « Fernand Halphen hall » …

Kol Nidre – New Visions

This CD presents 10 new musical visions Kol Nidre prayer, performed by 20 musicians (singers, pianist, harpist, organist, guitarist, violonist, cellist, clarinetist) and an ensemble of 30 chorists conducted by Itaï Daniel …

Gala concert of the European Institute for Jewish Music – 4th edition

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2018, 5h30pm, Salle Cortot - Paris, the EIJM invites you to its Great Gala Concert. PURCHASE TICKETS NOW on the EIJM's online shop or book your seats by sending a bank check ordered to the IEMJ …

The Hourglass, a musical journey through the Jewish soul

Concert organised by the EIJM and 3rd quarter of Paris' Townhall, as part of the Festival of Jewish Cultures, on June 21st 2018, 6 PM, with Virginie Constant (cello) and Simon Zaoui (piano) …

Twenty nigunim for clarinet and piano by Claudine Movsessian and Martine Vialatte

This score, published by the IEMJ Editions, is an initiation to klezmer music, its ornamentations, its pauses, and its joyous nostalgia. For every purchase of the score, receive free sound files interpreted by clarinetist Claudine Movsessian and pianist Martine Vialatte …

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 …

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