A radio broadcast hosted by Edmond Ghrenassia
KLEZMER ATTITUDE – JUNE 25, 2007 – RADIO JUDAICA LYON (RJL) (94.5). Radio program in French
Edmond Ghrenassia makes us discover the klezmer clarinet player Claudine Movsessian. Native of Armenia, she grew up in a neighborhood of Paris, where many Polish Jews lived. In 1993, she creates the band Black Yiddish Trio. Several tunes will be heard from her album Rue Des Rosiers… Rue Des Mélodies, released in 1995.
Formed to be engeneer, and teacher in University, Edmond Ghrenassia hosts since 2005 the show Klezmer Attitude on Radio Judaïca Lyon, program created to favor the diffusion of Jewish music. In 2009, he creates the International Festival of Jewish Music of Lyon which takes place in the Espace Hillel, where he programmed over 50 concerts. Amateur musician, he plays in several klezmer bands since 2003 and recorded several CD’s..
