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Barraine, Elsa (1910-1999)

Daughter of Mathieu Barraine, solo cellist in the orchestra of the Paris Opera, who was removed from this position during the nazi occupation, like the Jewish musicians of the orchestra, …

Les Yiddishe Mamas et Papas

Created in 1996 in Strasbourg, the band Yiddishe Mamas et Papas offer us an explosive cocktail of Jazz, Twist, Charleston... sung in Yiddish …

Le Passant du pont de l’Europe : Charles-Valentin Alkan, entre tradition et modernité

A book written by Anny Kessous Dreyfuss who makes us discover Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), composer, virtuoso, pedagogue, whose several works are related to Jewish tradition …

Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)

Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 3Oth 1813 – March 29th 1888), was a composer and precocious musician like Mozart, with a solid technique just like Liszt, and friend of Chopin (who “gave” …

Klezmer, Gypsy : a common musical story

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MAY 7, 2013, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. A fascinating story with commentary by Astrid Ruff and illustrated with many samples of klezmer and gypsy music …

Klezmanouche

Klezmanouche - with the singer Astrid Ruff - offers a meeting between « klezmer » music (Jewish music from the Yiddishland) and Gypsy jazz …

The Alexandre Tansman Collection

In 2013, the daughters of the composer Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986), Mireille and Marianne Tansman, did us the honour to give to the European Institute of Jewish Music several discs and archive documents from their father, as well as copies of manuscripts, for some of them yet unpublished …

KANTIGA ALTELI – JUDEO SPANISH SONGS

The four musicians forming the band Kantiga Alteli perform Judeo Spanish melodies, mixing ancient and new, written and spoken, East and West …

Yubka

In this CD called Yubka, beautifully perfomed by the clarinetist Samuel Berthod, with Gabriel Androne on the accordion and Frédérik Fraysse on the double bass, the composer Jean-Pierre Stora offers …

JEWISH SINGERS FROM MOROCCO

This CD features remasterized recordings from the most famous Jewish singers from Morocco, from 1934 to 1985, from Zohra al Fàsiyya to Esther Elfasi, Raymonde, Cheikh Mwijo, Jo Amar, Boutboul, Samy Elmaghribi, Pinhass Cohen …