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Perdu dans les étoiles ou Le destin juif de Kurt Weill

Author of three books dedicated to Kurt Weill, Roland Bélicha is a former collaborator of the magazines Revue Musicale and Revue Finno-ougrienne. He also wrote about Erik Satie …

Klezzy !

Recorded in September 2018 by the band Klezmer Loshn, the CD "Klezzy !", gathers klezmer melodies arranged in a style blending classical and traditional …

Sutzkever Project

The CD Sutzkever Project gathers 12 poems written by Avrom Sutzkever on a music composed by Olivier Milhaud beautifully performed by Mélanie Gardyn (vocal) and Natacha Medvedeva (piano). …

M. Offenbach nous écrit

Published in January 2019 by the Editions Actes Sud Beaux-Arts / Palazzetto Bru Zane, this book by Jean-Claude Yon based on Offenbach’s mail with the founder of the newspaper Figaro, gives us a privileged access to the personality and thoughts of a musician at ease with words and musical notes …

KZ Musik: Encyclopedia of music composed in concentration camps (1933 – 1945)

Published in 2011 under the direction of Francesco Lotoro, this boxed set of 24 CDs gathers more than 500 pieces of music composed in the concentration camps …

Music and politics in the IIIrd Reich Germany at the eve of the Cold War

Published in 2018 at the Presses universitaires of Paris-Sorbonne, this book by Elise Petit presents an original analysis of musical politics in Germany between 1933 and 1949. …

Punk Rock Hora : Adventures in Jew-Punk land

Published in 2018 in USA, the book Punk Rock Hora : Adventures in Jew-Punk land talks about the musicians who combine punk-rock and judaism, be it at a cultural, identity, musical aspect, or the three at the same time …

Sefardi songs of the former Ottoman Empire / Romances sefardies

Released in 2015, Aman! Sefarad..., by Françoise Atlan and the ensemble En Chordais, gathers 15 tracks of Sefardi music from various Jewish communities, from the Eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Balkans. …

Exiles

In the CD Exiles, the cellist Ophélie Gaillard, accompanied by the philharmonic orchestra of Monte-Carlo under the direction of James Judd, and then by the musicians of the Sirba Octet, perform an original program which gathers Jewish composers who have in common the exile. …

Coplas Sefardies by Alberto Hemsi – Vol.2

Release of the 2nd volume of the Coplas Sefardies by Alberto Hemsi, performed by Assaf Levitin, cantor at the reformed synagogue of Hanover, and the pianist Naaman Wagner …

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The contribution of Jewish composers to Hollywood cinema

In the 1930s, the rise of totalitarian regimes in Europe forced many Jewish musicians to emigrate to the United States.…

Exile to Hollywood

This album delves into the Golden Age of Hollywood film music, telling the stories of Jewish composers who were forced…

Judeo-Spanish Song: Between Oral Tradition and Artistic Composition

Judeo-Spanish music, passed down orally, evolved from the 1920s onward under the influence of the folklore movement and composers such…