Institut Européen des Musiques Juives

Klezmer Workshop in London (in person)
2023-01-05 11:30 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris) | 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

Klezmer and Baroque flute Weekend
2023-06-30 19:30 - 2023-07-02 18:00 | 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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Yiddish Summer Weimar 2023
2023-07-18 - 2023-08-19 | WEIMAR, Ernst-Kohl-Str. 23, Weimar, 99423, Allemagne
From July 15 to August 19, 2023

Our goal in 2023 is to go more deeply into Yiddish music in the Ottoman context, an incredibly rich and centuries-old transcultural matrix. As always, we offer immersion-style workshops in Yiddish language, instrumental and vocal music and dance in a warm and supportive atmosphere. Our teachers are leading international artists and scholars in their fields. Everyone is welcome, and there are workshops for every level of experience, from absolute newcomers to professionals. We are proud to be a diverse, inclusive community.

All workshops begin at 10 am on the first day and end in the late evening on the last day. Please plan to be in Weimar the day before your workshop begins and leave no earlier than the day after it ends. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office by email or phone and we’ll do our best to answer them.
YIDDISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM
July 29 – August 11, 2023
With Dr. Khayele Beer, Dr. Diana Matut, Janina Wurbs and Sharon Bar-Kochva
(If you’re planning to take this workshop, consider staying on for a few more days to catch the Festival Weekend, August 12 & 13, with hands-on “taster” courses, concerts, lectures, sing-alongs and other events!)
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SONG WORKSHOP
July 18 – 25, 2023
With Sveta Kundish, Dilek Türkan, Tayfun Guttstadt, Vassilis Ketentzoglou, Alan Bern and Eftychia Mitritsa
INTRODUCTION TO YIDDISH SONG WORKSHOP
July 20 – 25, 2023
With Sasha Lurje, Sanne Möricke and Benjy Fox-Rosen
INTRODUCTION TO KLEZMER MUSIC WORKSHOP
July 19 – 25, 2023
With Szilvia Csaranko, Susi Evans and Johannes Gräßer
A SPEED DATE WITH JUDAISM: 3000 YEARS IN 3 DAYS
July 27 – 29, 2023
With Miriam Camerini
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL WORKSHOP SESSION I
July 27 – August 3, 2023
With Tayfun Guttstadt, Ilya Shneyveys, Kyriakos Gouventas, Vassilis Ketentzoglou, Zoë Aqua, Marine Goldwasser, Yazan Alsabbagh, Alan Bern
Artist-in-Residence: Sanne Möricke
(Please note: to make room for more participants, there are two different Intermediate/Advanced Instrumental Workshop Sessions this year. Both workshops focus on the same basic topics and both are for intermediate and advanced participants. The differences between them are their dates and the teaching teams. It is possible to register for both sessions.
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL WORKSHOP SESSION II
August 5 – 12, 2023
With Tayfun Guttstadt, Ilya Shneyveys, Susi Evans, Mark Kovnatskiy, Danai Loukidi, Alan Bern and Harel Shachal
Artist-in-Residence: Szilvia Csaranko
(Please note: to make room for more participants, there are two different Intermediate/Advanced Instrumental Workshop Sessions this year. Both workshops focus on the same basic topics and both are for intermediate and advanced participants. The differences between them are their dates and the teaching teams. It is possible to register for both sessions.
AND! If you’re planning to take this workshop, consider staying on for a few more days to catch the Festival Weekend, August 12 & 13, with hands-on “taster” courses, concerts, lectures, sing-alongs and other events!)
HASIDIC MUSIC WORKSHOP
July 30 – August 3, 2023
With Sasha Lurje, Craig Judelman
(for instrumentalists and singers)
YOUTH KLEZMER BAND
August 8 – 12, 2023
With Hannah Ochner
(If you’re planning to take this workshop, consider staying on for a few more days to catch the Festival Weekend, August 12 & 13, with hands-on “taster” courses, concerts, lectures, sing-alongs and other events!)
YIDDISH & GRECO-TURKISH DANCE ORCHESTRA
August 14 – 19, 2023
With Christian Dawid, Patrick Farrell, Jacobus Thiele and Michalis Kouloumis
(If you’re planning to take this workshop, consider arriving a few days earlier to catch the Festival Weekend, August 12 & 13, with hands-on “taster” courses, concerts, lectures, sing-alongs and other events!)
YIDDISH & GRECO-TURKISH DANCE WORSKHOP
August 15 – 19, 2023
With Erik Bendix and Mehmet Ali Orman
(If you’re planning to take this workshop, consider arriving a few days earlier to catch the Festival Weekend, August 12 & 13, with hands-on “taster” courses, concerts, lectures, sing-alongs and other events!)
YIDDISH CHOIR WORKSHOP
August 16 – 19, 2023
With Benjy Fox-Rosen, Esther Wratschko
(If you’re planning to take this workshop, consider arriving a few days earlier to catch the Festival Weekend, August 12 & 13, with hands-on “taster” courses, concerts, lectures, sing-alongs and other events!)
FESTIVAL WEEKEND
August 12 – 13, 2023
From the story of Joseph interpreting Pharaoh’s dream we know that there are both “fat years” and “lean years.” Under both circumstances, it’s our task to create as much joy and meaningful experience as we can. This year, we are working on a new concept – a Festival Weekend. There will be hands-on workshops, lectures, city tours, concerts and large-scale outdoor events, but concentrated in two days instead of spread out over four or five. For newcomers to Yiddish Summer Weimar as well as friends from past years, the Festival Weekend is the place to meet or re-connect with other festival visitors and to celebrate being together in a spirit of music and hope for the future.

Klezmer workshops for all ages in London
2024-03-29 11:00 - 15:30, 2024-04-01 11:30 - 15:30 | Kings Cross, LONDON, United Kingdom
Klezmer Playday
29 March, Kings Cross, London, 11am-3.30pm
Enjoy playing and learning more about klezmer at a fun and relaxed day-long mini-fest, open to all instruments. The day will be a smorgasbord of sessions, giving the flavour of KlezMargate, a new seaside klezmer festival that will take place 18-20 October 2024.
More info & registration: https://forms.gle/HFbxUcQ8i4jVGLAQ9
Faculty
Ilana Cravitz (violin & dance)
John Macnaughton (clarinet & sax)
Daniel Gouly (clarinet)
Minimum standard: grade 4 or equivalent. No ability to read music or prior klezmer experience is necessary.
Cost: £15-£25
Klezmer Youth Workshop
1 April, London, 11.30am-3.30pm
A workshop in central London for young people (aged 8-18) to learn more about klezmer music. All instruments are welcome.
Suitable for both newcomers to the genre and seasoned players, the day will include:
– Learning klezmer music by ear, including melody, inner parts, rhythm, and bass lines
– Understanding about klezmer modes and dances
– Practising ornamentation
– Arranging material
– Discussing performance skills
Tutors: Ilana Cravitz (violin) and John Macnaughton (clarinet & sax)
Minimum standard: grade 4 or equivalent. No ability to read music or prior klezmer experience is necessary.
For more details and registration, email klezmeryouth@gmail.com

The Power of Piyyutim - EAJL Online Learning Day 28th July 2024
2024-07-28 12:30 - 19:00 | Zoom, En ligne, France
Join us at this free online event to hear about this beautiful liturgical poetry from across the Jewish world, organized by EAJL in partnership with IEMJ.
12:30pm to 7pm (UK time -please adjust to your time zone)
Sessions and speakers include:
Piyyutim in the Spanish and Portuguese Tradition with Hazzan Daniel Halfon
Piyyut: A Tradition of Creativity with Ephraim Kahn
How did Piyyutim sound in the time of their creation? with Chazan Jalda Rebling
Innovating in Tradition: Ancient Piyyutim for Modern Times with Moriah Ferrús
Book your place at https://www.eajl.org/old5 where you will also find the full session details and programme for the afternoon.
If you have a query please email info@eajl.org.
Participation is free of charge. Donations are encouraged upon booking.
