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Nomination of Hervé Roten to the rank of Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

On September 13, 2016, Hervé Roten was appointed to the rank of Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the Minister of Culture and Communication, for his contribution and commitment to the service of French culture and its influence. A ceremony was organised by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français on December 15, 2016 …

Hebrew melodies for cello and piano

Admirably performed by Sarah Iancu (cello) and David Bismuth (piano), this CD gathers 30 melodies inspired by liturgical, hassidic, Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish themes. Beautiful and sensitive, it inaugurates our new collection dedicated to Jewish classical music …

Lecture: “3,000 years of Jewish music”, by Hervé ROTEN

December 7, 2016 at 8pm, at the Centre Medem, introductory lecture on Jewish music, by ethnomusicologist Hervé Roten …

Release Party at La Bellevilloise: Yerushe, Autoryno play Zorn and Los Cigarillos en el Shtruddle in concert

November 24, 2016 from 7pm at La Bellevilloise, (Paris 20th), CD release concert by Yerushe, Autoryno play Zorn and Los Cigarillos en el Shtruddle

Yerushe – Treasures from Yiddish musical archives

This CD, performed by Eléonore Biezunski and her group of musicians, revives an entire repertoire of Yiddish songs that lay dormant in European and American archives …

Somos Los Cigarillos – Klezmer y Salsa

This CD dares the explosive experience of combining Latin and Klezmer klezmer music …

Balkanes Sefarades – The encounter of Judeo-Spanish monodies with Bulgarian polyphonies

This CD mixing Sephardic and Bulgarian cultures offers a renewed and original vision of Judeo-Spanish song …

Vieille chanson, les tranchées, Lumière, Matana, Kinnor, Suite yiddish…

10 new music scores complete the EIJM’s catalog. 2 by Fernand Halphen and 8 by Serge Kaufman

Gala concert of the European Institute ofJewish Music – 2nd edition

Sunday November 6, 2016, 6 pm, Salle Cortot – 78 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris   The European Institute of Jewish Music is happy to invite you to its great gala …

European Institute of Jewish Music (EIJM) – 10 years already !

Created in 2006, the EIJM celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016. Ten busy years which have enabled it to become the most important European resource and documentation centre for Jewish music …

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