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Gala concert of the European Institute ofJewish Music – 2nd edition

Sunday November 6, 2016, 6 pm, Salle Cortot – 78 rue Cardinet, 75017 Paris   The European Institute of Jewish Music is happy to invite you to its great gala …

Summer’s playlist, 1st part

Just for you, a special « vacation playlist », for a warm and sunny summer …

Chasidic music 2nd part

The emergence of the chasidic movement in Podolia, during the 2nd half of the 18th century, came along with the creation of a new way of singing, half way between …

The sacred music of the world

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JULY 5, 2016, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. An initiatory journey through the Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hinduist, Buddhist and Animist music …

Cuniot, Denis (1953)

A pianist of jazz and improvised music, Denis Cuniot is one of the main initiators of the revival and recognition of klezmer music in France …

Yiddish Glik / Jewish Happiness – Jewish Culture Festival 2016

Radio show dedicated this month to the Parisian festival of Jewish culture …

Le grand livre des musiques sacrées du monde

The EIJM just received the latest book by Gérard Kurkdjian, dedicated to sacred music. In 18 chapters, he travels through the great musical traditions in Christianism, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Animism …

European Institute of Jewish Music (EIJM) – 10 years already !

Created in 2006, the EIJM celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2016. Ten busy years which have enabled it to become the most important European resource and documentation centre for Jewish music …

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 …