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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 …

Balagan Box : David Krakauer, Socalled and Abraham Inc.

Hosted by Laurence Haziza, broadcasted on Radio Shalom on November 11, 2006. Laurence Haziza invites the clarinet player David Krakauer and the multi-disciplinary artist Socalled to talk about their various collaborations. …

Commando Musik

Book written by Willem de Vries, released in October 2019 by Buchet-Chastel Editions, in which are described the process of pillage and dispossession organized by the nazi regime, through the special commando, the Sonderstab Musik, eager to eliminate all mark of Jewish musical culture in Europe …

The night of theology – 4th edition

Thursday January 30, 2020 from 7 pm to 11h30 pm. An evening dedicated to relations between music and religion, and then to the ecological question, conceived and organized by the Villa Gillet and the Institution des Chartreux, as part of the festival La Nuit des Idées. In collaboration with the Fonds de dotation des Chartreux and RCF …

Jewish Music: When Singular is Plural

Wednesday November 6, 2019, 6 pm a lecture by Hervé Roten, Director of the European Institute of Jewish Music, at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (ITALY), in the framework of the session Art as/in Dialogue: Jewish and Christian Music …