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Extreme Jewish music – From Punk-Rock to Heavy Metal

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – FEBRUARY 12, 2019, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H00. The encounter of Yiddish, Israeli or Chasid music played in punk, hardcore or heavy metal …

M. Offenbach nous écrit

Published in January 2019 by the Editions Actes Sud Beaux-Arts / Palazzetto Bru Zane, this book by Jean-Claude Yon based on Offenbach’s mail with the founder of the newspaper Figaro, gives us a privileged access to the personality and thoughts of a musician at ease with words and musical notes …

Samuel Naumbourg (1817-1880)

A selection of liturgical compositions by Samuel Naumbourg, one of the main reformers of the French Consistorial cult in the second half of the 19th century Born on March 15, …

Naumbourg, Samuel (1817-1880)

Born on March 15, 1817 in Dennenlohe, in Bavaria, Samuel Naumbourg came from a long lineage of famous cantors. As he entered the synagogue at a very young age, he …

Israeli Chassidic Song Festival

Discover a video by the EIJM about the Chassidic music festivals which took place in Israel between 1969 and 1992 …

KZ Musik: Encyclopedia of music composed in concentration camps (1933 – 1945)

Published in 2011 under the direction of Francesco Lotoro, this boxed set of 24 CDs gathers more than 500 pieces of music composed in the concentration camps …

Concert : The Petit Mish-Mash

Watch excerpts from the concert of the Petit Mish-Mash, which took place the 9th of December 2018, at the Synagogue of l’ULIF- Copernic. …

Liturgical chants by Salomon Sulzer (1804-1890)

The best liturgical tunes by Salomon Sulzer, precursor of the new synagogal music in Europe in the beginning of the 19th century Considered the father of the new synagogal music …

Tu Bichvat evening with JewSalsa

On January 20th, 2019 at 8pm at the Espace Culturel et Universitaire Juif d'Europe à Paris (75010), Tu Bishvat evening driven by the JewSalsa group. …

Sulzer, Salomon (1804-1890)

Salomon Sulzer was born on March 30th, 1804 in Hohenems (Austria). His family, who bore the name Loewy (Levi) before 1813, came from Sulz (Austria), from which comes probably the …