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A katsn’ shpring – un saut de chat

Through 12 beautiful songs, the band makes us travel through Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish traditions, with a very personal touch …

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 …

Samoun, Marlène

Born in Tlemcen in Algeria, Marlène Samoun is a French singer specializing in traditional music from the Mediterranean, especially Judeo-Spanish music. Her repertoire also comprises songs in Arab, Yiddish and Romani. …

Judeo-Spanish songs 2nd part

Listen to the playlist dedicated to Judeo-Spanish music … Judeo-Spanish is the vernacular language of the descendants of Jews chased from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 and 1497. Following their …

Judeo-Spanish songs 1st part

Songs in Judeo-Spanish, the vernacular language of the descendants of Jews chased from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 and 1497 …

Songs of Sefardi Jews

An introductive article about the singing of Sefardi Jews …

Six CD boxsets from the Jewish Research Music Centre of Jerusalem

The IEMJ recently received 6 boxed sets of CDs from the “Contemporary Jewish Music” and “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel” series, published by JMRC …

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF JEWISH MUSIC’S GALA CONCERT – 2015 EDITION

Watch video clips of the first edition of the European Institute of Jewish Music’s Gala Concert, “Jewish music in all its states”, which was given November 8, 2015 in Adyar Theater in …

Route of the Jewish songs in France

A musical journey through a representative selection of Jewish songs, from the 13th century to the present day, sung or edited in France In the 13th century, France is a …

Hemsi, Alberto (1896-1975)

Born on December 23, 1896 in Cassaba, a Turk village East of Izmir, to Italian parents, Alberto Hemsi studied at the school of the Universal Israelite Alliance …