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26/06/2013
Alpen klezmer
The CD Alpen Klezmer was born with the observation that the Yiddish and Bavarian traditions have certain songs in common. The singer Andrea Pancur gathered many musicians around her in this original project to restore klezmer music from the mountain pastures …
14/06/2013
A COLLECTION OF 9 CD’S PUBLISHED BY THE EUROPAÏSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR JÜDISCHE MUSIK (EZJM) IN HANOVER
Founded in 1988 by Andor Izsák, the Europaïsches Zentrum für Jüdische Musik (EZJM) in Hanover published around 10 CD’s, mainly music for choral and organ, featuring in particular works by Louis Lewandowski, Ernest Bloch, Alberto Mizrahi …
04/06/2013
Greif, Olivier (1950-2000)
Olivier Greif was born on the June 3, 1950 in Paris. His father studied the piano in Poland before emigrating to France to become a doctor. A child prodigy, Olivier …
23/05/2013
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, …
19/05/2013
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 …
19/05/2013
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 …
16/05/2013
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” …
01/05/2013
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 …
01/05/2013
Klezmanouche
Klezmanouche - with the singer Astrid Ruff - offers a meeting between « klezmer » music (Jewish music from the Yiddishland) and Gypsy jazz …
27/04/2013
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 …