Klezmer Attitude : the band “The Klezmorim”

KLEZMER ATTITUDE – MARCH 3, 2008 – RADIO JUDAICA LYON (RJL) (94.5). Radio program in French

Since 2005, Edmond Ghrenassia hosts every monday the program Klezmer Attitude on Radio Judaïca in Lyon. 30 minutes of klezmer music and Yiddish songs, that sometimes extends to other Jewish music, such as Sephardi, Oriental, religious or secular.

Edmond Ghrenassia dedicates this broadcast to the American band The Klezmorim, the first band that participated to the revival of klezmer music in the USA.

Music broadcasted

• The Klezmorim – Heyser Bulgar
• The Klezmorim – Moldovanke
• The Klezmorim – Minnie the Moocher
• The Klezmorim – Fidl Volach
• The Klezmorim – Thalassa
• The Klezmorim – Heyser Bulgar

Formed to be engeneer, and teacher in the university, Edmond Ghrenassia hosts since 2005 the show Klezmer Attitude on Radio Judaïca Lyon, program created to promote Jewish music. In 2009, he created the International Festival of Jewish Music of Lyon which takes place every year in the Espace Hillel, where he programmed over 50 concerts. Also a musician, he plays in several klezmer bands since 2003 and recorded several CD’s..