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The Oriental festival

LE FESTIVAL ORIENTAL – NOVEMBER 4, 2019, RADIO J (94.8), 16H05 - Broadcasts 44 and 45, hosted by Avner Azoulay …

Jacques OFFENBACH

Illustrated biography, released in October 2019 by Editions Bleu Nuit, on the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) …

Decile a mi Amor

These recordings are a tribute to the rich musical tradition of the Sephardim from Tetuan, under the direction and based on the research of the Israeli ethnomusicologist Susana Weich-Shahak, and supported by The Salonika and Greece Jewry Heritage Center …

Jacques Offenbach and friends – European Institute of Jewish Music’s gala concert – 2019 Edition

Watch video excerpts of the fifth edition of the European Institute of Jewish Music’s gala concert, which took place on November 17th, 2019, at the Cortot Hall (Paris), with the …

Yaffa Yarkoni

A selection of the best songs by Yaffa Yarkoni, Israeli singer Yaffa Yarkoni was dubbed Israel’s “songstress of the wars” due to her frequent performances for Israel Defense Forces soldiers, …

Klezmer Attitude: nigunim

Radio program hosted by Edmond Ghrenassia, broadcasted on Radio Judaica Lyon (RJL), on July 9, 2007, dedicated to nigunim …

Yarkoni, Yaffa (1925-2012)

Yaffa Yarkoni was born in Givatayim in 1925. One of her most famous songs is called “Bab-el-Oued” (1948), dedicated to the Israeli soldiers who were killed during the war of …

The JOSEPH SITBON COLLECTION

The Joseph Sitbon Collection includes about twenty 45 RPM records of Oriental music …

Jewish music: when singular is plural

Lecture by Hervé Roten on the singular plurality of Jewish music given on November 6, 2019 at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Italy), as part of the session Art as/in Dialogue: Jewish and Christian Music

The Oriental festival

LE FESTIVAL ORIENTAL – October 28, 2019, RADIO J (94.8), 16H05 - Broadcasts 42 and 43, hosted by Avner Azoulay …