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25/03/2014
Tribute to Fernand Halphen
Throughout 2014, various events in honor of Fernand Halphen will be organized to commemorate the centenary of the 14-18 war …
18/03/2014
Musical instruments in biblical times
March 24, 2014, at 6 pm, Hervé Roten's lecture on "Musical instruments in biblical times" at the Institut Universitaire Européen Rachi (Troyes, France) …
12/03/2014
Maurice El Medioni – Oran Oran
Since he was a child, Maurice El Medioni lived with music. On the Rue de la Révolution, in Oran, in the family café, held by his uncle Saoud El Medioni, famous musician also known as Saoud l’Oranais, Maurice El Medioni got to meet the best musicians of the Arab-Andalusian tradition …
11/03/2014
Raoul Journo
Still today, in Tunis, in Paris or in Tel Aviv, the warm voice of Saul Journo, aka Raoul, is heard at weddings and other Jewish ceremonies …
09/03/2014
Fernand Halphen, a Jewish composer in the Great War
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MARCH 11, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.Laure Schnapper, a musicologist and the president of the EIJM will tell us about the history and the music of this Jewish composer, killed on duty for France …
14/02/2014
Elenkrieg, Abe (1878-1965)
Besides his work as a hairdresser, Abe Elenkrieg or Elenkrig (1878-1965) was a trumpet player and conductor of the “Abe Elenkrig Yiddishe Orchestra” and of the “Hebrew Bulgarian Orchestra”.Specialists consider …
12/02/2014
Jewish Songs
Seven traditional and contemporary melodies played in the style of modern instrumental jazz express the emotion of exile but also the happy days of Jewish communities of the past …
09/02/2014
Sandra Bessis, on the traces of Sephardi music
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. Since the end of the 1980s, the singer Sandra Bessis has performed regularly on stage to bring to life the Sephardic repertoire to which she has already devoted 5 albums …
22/01/2014
Olshanetsky, Alexander (1892-1946)
Alexander Olshanetsky was one of the most prominent composers and conductors on Second Avenue, NY and one of the most sophisticated musicians of the Yiddish theatre. Born in Odessa, in …