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Hidden sides of Jewish music : Françoise Atlan

Hosted by Hélène Engel, broadcasted on Radio SHALOM Montreal in 2014. In this broadcast, Hélène Engel presents the CD "Andalussiyat" by the singer Françoise Atlan, released in 2001. …

Hidden Sides of Jewish Music : Dub and Hip-Hop music

Hosted by Hélène Engel, broadcasted on Radio SHALOM Montreal in 2012. This program features 2 CD that use contemporary forms and techniques: Dub and Hip Hop, in their Jewish expression. …

Erlanger, Jules (1830-1895)

Jules Erlanger was born in Wissembourg (Lower Rhine) in 1830 and died in Brussels on February 15, 1895. He was the son of Israël Susskind Erlander, Rabbi from Wissembourg, and …

Hervé Roten, invited by Lise Gutmann in radio program La Matinale

La Matinale hosted by Lise Gutmann on Judaïques FM (94.8), broadcasted on October 29, 2019. Hervé Roten, guest, presents the CD newly released and the Gala Concert of the EIJM : Jacques Offenbach and friends …

Offenbach, Isaac (1779-1850)

Isaac Eberst, this was his original name, was born in the city of Offenbach on the 26th October 1779. His father was the Schutzjude (protected Jew) Juda Eberst or Eberstadt. His mother’s …

Giacomo Meyerbeer – Hallelujah – The Choral Works

Released in 2016, in Germany, this album features in particular a unique recording of "Hallelujah" by Giacomo Meyerbeer, never published before …

Enchanted Jewish Culture : Jews from India

Program hosted by Hélène Engel, broadcasted on Radio CJRS Montreal in 2017, dedicated to the Jews from India, with musical excerpts from the album of the Bnei Israel of Bombay "Eliahou Hanabi" …

The Hebrew works of Fromental Halévy and Giacomo Meyerbeer

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – OCTOBER 22, 2019, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H00 Broadcast dedicated to the Hebrew works of two of the best opera composers of the 19th century : Fromental Halévy and Giacomo Meyerbeer. With the participation of Hector Sabo, musicologist, choirmaster of the Polyphonies hébraïques and of the vocal ensemble La Truite Lyrique …

Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791-1864)

Giacomo Meyerbeer was born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer to a wealthy Jewish family on September 5, 1791, near Berlin in Tasdorf. His father, Juda Herz Beer (1769-1825) was very involved …

Tribute to Fernand Halphen, original tunes

The 19th October 2019 at 8 pm, at the Chapelle Saint-Frambourg in Senlis (60300), concert with the soprano singer Faustine Picco, accompanied by the pianist Christophe Chauvet, giving tribute to Fernand Halphen and some of his unreleased compositions …