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Judeo-Spanish songs by women from Morocco

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2012, JUDAÏQUES FM, 21H05. Radio programme dedicated to the women of Morocco, custodians of an important repertoire of Judeo-Spanish songs, with the participation of Vanessa Paloma, associate researcher at the Hadassah Brandeis Institute of Brandeis University (Boston - USA) …

Brandwein, Naftule (1889-1963)

Naftule Brandwein (1889–1963) was born in the small town called Przemyslany in Poland, not far from Lvov, belonging to Austrian Galicia at the time, and later returned to Poland in …

Tarras, Dave (ca 1898-1989)

David Itsy Tarasyuk (ca 1898-1989), better known as Dave Tarras, was born in the village called Ternovka, near Uman in Ukraine. As a very young boy, he was immersed in …

First Summer University of Judeo-Spanish in Paris

From July 8 to 13, 2012 at the CENTRE EDMOND J SAFRA in Paris, presentation of the full richness of Sephardic culture through language, cooking and singing workshops, lectures and round tables, shows, screenings and a multimedia exhibition …

VIIth Summer University of the Institut Maïmonide – Montpellier

From July 5 to 12, 2012 at the Espace cultuel hébraïque médiéval of the Institut Maimonide - Lecture, talk and concert …

Norbert Glanzberg, his “own carousel”

June 13, 2012, musical conference on Norbert Glanzberg, and his fascinating story told in pictures and music by Serge Glanzberg, his son …

Norbert Glanzberg – From popular songs to Jewish music

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JUNE 5, 2012 - JUDAIQUES FM, 21h05. Radio programme dedicated to the composer, melodist and virtuoso pianist Norbert Glanzberg, who became famous for his film scores and popular songs. With the participation of Serge Glanzberg, son of the composer …

Schubert Klezmer

Inside a Viennese café around 1820, musicians play in a corner. Franz Schubert speaks with his friend Solomon Sulzer, cantor in a synagogue close by, and other less known musicians, Jewish or not …

Cheikh Raymond – The art of Constantine Malouf

MUSIQUES JUIVES D'HIER ET D'AUJOURD'HUI - TUESDAY MAY 8, 2012 - JUDAIQUES FM, 21h05. Bertrand Dicale, author of a recent book on Cheikh Raymond, will accompany us on this musical journey during which we will be able to hear several extracts from an anthology of Cheikh Raymond's recordings, published at the end of 2011 by Universal Classics & Jazz France …

Cheikh Raymond – Anthology (original records 1937 – 1961)

Since his death on June 22, 1961, the original records of Cheikh Raymond Leyris have oscillated from relics to myths. In France, exiles from a lost country kept precious old …