Institut Européen des Musiques Juives

Klezmer and Baroque flute Weekend
2023-06-30 19:30 - 2023-07-02 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | T.A.C (Territoire, Art et Création),, 4 rue Marie Laure,, Bois Colombes, 92270, France
Workshops and concerts in Paris with ADRIANNE GREENBAUM
Join us for a special Klezmer and Baroque flute Weekend: Workshops and concerts in Paris with legendary flautist, recording artist and klezmer composer ADRIANNE GREENBAUM, celebrating her 50th professional anniversary with a Klezmer and Baroque Weekend in Paris, France, from June 30th to July 2nd!
As the foremost pioneering purveyor of the klezmer flute, she will kick off the festivities with a mini-concert of soulful and upbeat klezmer dance and rarely-heard gypsy baroque tunes. This is your chance to experience the music firsthand and get a taste of what’s to come in the weekend’s workshops, including a little dancing!
Participants will receive PDFs of the repertoire ahead of time to come prepared to play. All repertoire will be chosen for playability and to share with performing partners or students. The workshop is open to adults of intermediate to advanced level and will also benefit professionals wanting to broaden their musical sources.
The fee for the entire weekend, including the Friday night concert, all-day workshops on Saturday and Sunday (with a lunch break), and a participant mini-concert at the end, is 160 €.
Early Bird registration before April 20th is just 135 €.
Auditors/listeners can join us for just 80 € for the weekend (no early bird). The Friday evening concert alone is just 10 Euros and is open to the public.
Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity to learn from this celebrated scholar and performer of these traditions and immerse yourself in the rich tradition of klezmer flute music and the baroque. Register now and join us in Paris for a weekend you won’t forget!
The venue is a 10-minute walk from the line 13 metro stop Les Agnettes: T.A.C (Territoire, Art et Création), 4 rue Marie Laure, 92270 Bois Colombes
To reserve your place or for further information, please email greenbaumflute@gmail.com,
a down payment of 50 € will be required to secure your place.
Lessons will be in English; bilingual English/French will be present.

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Klezmer Workshop in London (in person)
2023-01-05 11:30 - 15:30 | London, 6 St Chad's Place, London, None, WC1X 9HH, United Kingdom
Start the year with a klezmer infusion!
Ilana Cravitz will teach klezmer tunes, along with style and ornamentation tips, plus accompaniment & rhythm. There may be dancing….
All instruments welcome.
Details and registration: https://forms.gle/PygHDxgtFUqAbZWB9

Les Assoc’s en fête
2022-06-19 12:00 - 18:00 | Espace des Blancs Manteaux, 48 rue Vieille du Temple, Paris, 75004, France
An event proposed by the Yiddish sans Frontière association, the Paris Centre Town Hall and the FSJU with the participation of members
Among the organisations present: Aki Estamos, Al Syete, Amis de la CCE, Centre Medem, Cercle Bernard Lazare, Liberté du Judaïsme, Maison de la Culture Yiddish, OSE, FSJU-AUJF, European Institute of Jewish Music*, Les Amis d’Odessa, Mémorial de la Shoah Union AC et Cercil, Passerelles, Transmosaïk, Yiddish mama…
They’re back
After an absence of two years, the organisations will present their memorial, historical and cultural work and will meet the public with their usual enthusiasm. A day of sharing, of contacts, of memories, of life! Books, animations, meetings, book signings, lottery, catering, etc.

12h00 : Reception of the public, restauration, animations
14h00 : Presentation by the Mayor of Paris Centre, the FSJU and YsF
The organisations AACCE, Centre Medem, Cercil, Maison de la Culture Yiddish and OSE will also present for a few minutes in the afternoon their ongoing projects.
15h00 : Meeting around the subject of the Festival « Heritages »
Hélios Azoulay, composer, musician, writer
Guy Konopnicki, journalist, writer
Michaël Prazan, film director, writer
Henri Raczymow, writer (subject to change)
They will be signing their recently published books.
16h30 : Screening of Talila’s DVD “Notre langue d’intérieur” produced by YsF, in the presence of her daughter, the author, director and actress Flore Taguiev. Two generations crossing their memories…
These meetings will be hosted by Lise Amiel-Gutmann
18h00 : End of the eventFree entrance

* Meet the European Institute of Jewish Music at the Day of Associations, an opportunity to present the work done and to buy CDs at a promotional price

THE “NEW JEWISH SCHOOL OF SAINT-PETERSBURG”
2022-06-16 20:00 - 21:30 | Archives nationales / Hôtel de Soubise, 60, rue des Francs Bourgeois, Paris, 75003, France
As part of the 17th Festival of Jewish Cultures
ORGANIZED BY THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF JEWISH MUSIC,
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND THE FSJU
Sarah Iancu, cello
David Bismuth, piano

In 2016, Sarah Iancu, principal cellist of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and David Bismuth, virtuoso pianist, presented their first opus Hebrew Melodies, volume 1 at the National Archives as part of the Festival of Jewish Cultures.
Six years later, the Festival welcomes them back with great pleasure to present their second opus, produced by the European Institute of Jewish Music and devoted in large part to composers from the « New Jewish School of Saint-Petersburg ».
Sarah Iancu and David Bismuth invite you to discover composers such as Joel Engel, Alexander Krein, Lazare Saminski, Joachim Stoutchevski, Jacob Weinberg, Leo Zeitlin, who, under the influence of the Russian folk movement at the turn of the 20th century, began collecting, recording and transcribing Yiddish melodies as well as liturgical chants which served as a basis for their compositions, in order to undertake the creation of a national Jewish music
Eastern Europe was at the time a place of artistic experimentation, expressed in particular through Yiddish literature and theatre, the latter making extensive use of songs that quickly became part of the popular repertoire.
These Yiddish songs, imported to the United States, led to the creation in 1925 of the song My Yiddish Momme by Jack Yellen, which became a worldwide hit.
These songs, meditations, dances, prayers and psalmodies resonate with a universal beauty and are an inexhaustible source of inspiration for us.
Fee: 12 €
Reservation online

International conference – From the Music of the Portuguese synagogue in the 19th to the Rolf Lieberman Era in the 20th century
2022-03-01 - 2022-03-03 | Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, Harvestehuder Weg 12, Hamburg, 20148, Allemagne
International conference at the University of Music Hamburg 1. – 3. March 2022
The presence of Jewish Culture in Europe is going back to the times of the Roman Empire. In 2021 Germany has celebrated 1700 years of Jewish life and culture. The city of Hamburg decided in 2020 to rebuild the large synagogue on Bornplatz, which had been destroyed in 1938 during the Reichskristallnacht. On this occasion, the University of Music in Hamburg initiates an international conference on Jewish music in Hamburg past and present, in which Hervé Roten, Director of the EIJM, will participate along with Edwin Seroussi (Jerusalem), Jasha Nemtsov (Weimar), Reinhard Flender (Hamburg) and Yuval Shaked (Haifa).
Watch the conferences on Youtube
01.03.22 Jewish Music Research
02.03.22 Jewish Music Research
03.03.22 Jewish Music Research
Click here for the live stream
With:

Jan Phillip Sprick, Vicepresident of the University of Music Hamburg
Edwin Seroussi,Director of the Jewish Music Research Centre at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Visiting Scholar in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College
Hervé Roten, Director of the European Institute of Jewish Music, Musicologist, PHD in musicology of the University Paris Sorbonne
Jascha Nemtsov,pianist and professor of Jewish music history at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar
Reinhard Flender, Director of the Research Institute for Cultural Innovation at the University of Music and Theatre in Hamburg, German composer and musicology researcher
Yuval Shaked, Director of the Department of Music at the University of Haifa and composer

Program:

Tuesday march 1st

3:00 – 4:30 pm Edwin Seroussi (Jerusalem) Keynote and opening session
An Unexpected Musical Encounter: Spanish-Portuguese Liturgical Music in German Synagogues
5:00 – 6:30 pm Hervé Roten (Paris) Lecture and discussion
The introduction of Western musical notation and the organ in the French Spanish-Portuguese communities in the 19th: changes and continuities

Wednesday march 2nd

3:00 – 4:30 pm Jascha Nemtsov (Weimar) Lecture and discussion
The Cantor of the Reform Temple in Hamburg Leon Kornitzer and his journal (Der jüdische Kantor)
5:00 – 6:30 pm Jascha Nemtsov, Hervé Roten, Edwin Seroussi, Reinhard Flender (Moderation) Panel discussion
Cultural Identity and Assimilation – Jewish music in Germany and France in the 19th cent.

Thursday march 3rd

3:00 – 4:30 Reinhard Flender Lecture and discussion
Rolf Liebermann – cultural innovation for Hamburg from NDR to the Staatsoper
5:00 – 6:30 pm Yuval Shaked (Haifa) Lecture and discussion
The opera ‘Der Turm’ ‒ Composer Josef Tal’s collaboration with librettist Hans Keller as conceived and reflected in their correspondence

Free Entrance

Together for Chanukah
2021-11-30 19:30 - 21:00 | VISIOCONFERENCE, France
An evening of study and music to light up the holiday, organized by the Alliance Israélite Universelle
Lighting of the 3rd Hanukkah candle in VISIOCONFERENCE
With:

Armand Abécassis, Philosopher
Judith of the Marx Sisters, Singer
Hervé Roten, Musicologist
Students of the Alliance Georges Leven high school

Free registration required on: https://www.aiu.org/fr/event/305

Concert REQUIEM XIX
2021-09-30 20:00 - 22:30 | SYNAGOGUE JEM – COPERNIC, 24 rue Copernic, Paris, 75116, France
A great opportunity to celebrate the end of Yom Kippur together.
An exceptional work for rebirth and peace sung for the first time in three languages (Latin, Hebrew and literary Arabic) inspired by the theme of the Tower of Babel. The world after sung by 50 choristers, solo soprano and instrumental ensemble in an original creation by composer Laurent Couson.
In view of the success of the world premiere in the presence of the Mayor, the Ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel, representatives of the three cultures, including Philippe Haddad, Rabbi, Hassen Chalghoumi, Imam of Drancy, Thierry Vernet, delegate of the Archbishop for relations with Judaism, Marek Halter … These same personalities have confirmed their desire to speak again in advance of the concert event at the synagogue Copernic.
With :
Melody Louledjian, Soprano
The Pro Homine and Al Fin Voce choirs
Clément Rataud, piano
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Workshop "Les Oreilles d'Aman" - Klezmer & Greek modal music
2021-07-30 - 2021-08-01 | Le Mas Sauvage, Saint-Laurent des Arbres, 30126, France
Workshop for all instruments linking klezmer, Greek and Ottoman music

London Concert
2021-07-14 | La Scala de Paris, 13, boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris, 75010, France
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Ta’am
2021-06-29 20:00 - 21:30 | Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme – Librairie, Hôtel de Saint-Aignan - 71, rue du Temple, Paris, 75003, France
Choreography: Jessica Bonamy
Music and Oud: Abderraouf Ouertani
Dance and Song : Amalia Alba, Jessica Bonamy
Set design: Antonin Heck
A creation by the Safra Company, in co-production with the mahJ
In her piece Ta’am, choreographer Jessica Bonamy starts with te’amim, the vocalization signs of Hebrew liturgical texts.
She echoes these sung tropes with the corresponding hand signs. If they allow the transmission of the verb – or the biblical verse -, it is through their choreography that the piece brings out its musicality.
Danced in space, they invite us to taste, through the body and the voice, what comes to life in speech.
Online ticketing :
https://mahj.tickeasy.com/fr-FR/produits?famille=2020640759730400002
