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Judeo-Spanish music : reappropriation and staging

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - MAY 8, 2018, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H00. A radio broadcast dedicated to the reappropriation and staging of the Judeo-Spanish music of today. With François Azar (Aki Estamos), Xenia d’Ambrosio and José Canalès (Los Bilbilikos) …

Ventanas altas de Saloniki

This double CD, published in 2013 by the university of Haifa, gathers 36 songs that come from the traditional and modern repertoires of the Jews from Salonica. Available in the EIJM's online shop

Naftule Brandwein

Dedicated to the music of the Clarinet player Naftule Brandwein …

Practical Information

Practical information: Operating hours: The European Institute of Jewish Music is open from Monday to Thursday, from 10 am to 1 pm, and from 2 to 5 pm with prior …

Enchanted Jewish Culture : The Yemenite Jews

Hélène Engel makes us discover the history of the Jews from Yemen through their music. …

Conference on the HATIKVA – Lyrical Odyssey, History and origins of the Israeli national anthem

A conference proposed by Théa Herz and the EIJM, as part of the Festival of Jewish Cultures in Paris, on June 13, 2018 at 6PM at the townhouse of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. Théa Herz traces the incredible odyssey of this song. From what did the Israeli National anthem, Hatikvah - Hope, got inspired? Who wrote this poem and how? And how did this song became the anthem of the Israeli state? …

Yom Haatsmaout

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the creation of the State of Israel, listen to a musical selection dedicated to the independence of Israel  …

Ghetto songs

Listen to this selection of songs written in ghettos, or talking about life in the ghettos …

So We Dance, Israeli Folk Dance

This box set makes us feel again the warm atmosphere of the Israeli pioneers... …

Nardi, Nahum (1901-1977)

He began his piano studies at age seven, further pursuing them at the Kiev Conservatory, where he graduated with honors in 1919. Subsequently, he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and …