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26/02/2018
Hidden sides of Jewish Music : Klezmerson
Hélène Engel invites the musical band Klezmerson and talk about their album: Book of angels (2015)... …
22/02/2018
Grand Ball of Purim with the Marx Sisters Orchestra
On March 1st, 2018 at 8 pm, at the Jewish Cultural and University Center in Paris (75010), an exceptional Purim event with a Grand Ball in the company of the Marx Sisters Orchestra - reduced rate for IEMJ members …
21/02/2018
The Purim Shpil
The Purim Shpil – etymologically “Purim play” in Yiddish – is a satirical performance that blends theater, music, dance, songs, mimes and disguises.The origin of this custom is intimately related …
21/02/2018
Lidarti, Cristiano Giuseppe (1730-after 1793)
A composer born in Vienna who spent a large part of his life in Italy, Lidarti was the author of several Hebrew works, including the famous oratorio Ester, the longest and …
21/02/2018
Mélanie Gardyn
(France, classical music, Yiddish song) Mélanie Gardyn sings in musical ensembles such as the Concert Spirituel or the choir of Radio France. In May 2017 she won in Amsterdam with Natacha Medvedeva the 1st international prize of Jewish music …
19/02/2018
Tango Ladino, Un sueño
After the albums "A la una yo naci" (Vde-Gallo label) and "Fuente Nueva" (Editions of the EIJM), Keren Esther records her 3rd album, Tango Ladino, Un sueño, with Sefardi songs as well as tangos. …
15/02/2018
Psalms and psalmodies
Traditionally attributed to King David, the 150 poetic texts that make up the book of Psalms, however, have a more uncertain origin: it would probably be a set of poems …
14/02/2018
Psalms: about Psalms 92 and 93
Listen to Psalms 92 and 93 according to different rites and traditions …
12/02/2018
Toscano, Paul
Paul Toscano was a gypsy violinist and conductor, known in France and Europe in the second half of the twentieth century. We know relatively little about the artist, except that …
12/02/2018
Inger, Richard (1915-1980)
Richard Inger was born on January 2, 1915, in Germany. He studied singing in Vienna.In 1942, he was deported to a concentration camp and owed his survival to his vocal …