Alberto Hemsi

Chamber Works by Alberto Hemsi

This CD, performed by the ARC Ensemble of Toronto, presents the world premiere of a selection of instrumental works by the Sephardic composer Alberto Hemsi …

Alberto Hemsi : Coplas Sefardies

Soprano Tehila Nini Goldstein and pianist Jascha Nemtsov perform the complete 60 Coplas Sefardies (Judeo-Spanish Songs) by Alberto Hemsi in this 3-CD set released by Hänsser Classic on September 30, 2020 …

Coplas Sefardies by Alberto Hemsi – Vol.2

Release of the 2nd volume of the Coplas Sefardies by Alberto Hemsi, performed by Assaf Levitin, cantor at the reformed synagogue of Hanover, and the pianist Naaman Wagner …

Kol Nidre – New Visions

This CD presents 10 new musical visions Kol Nidre prayer, performed by 20 musicians (singers, pianist, harpist, organist, guitarist, violonist, cellist, clarinetist) and an ensemble of 30 chorists conducted by Itaï Daniel …

Alberto Hemsi : the Bela Bartok of Judeo-Spanish music

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - April 10, 2018, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. Ketty Menasce-Hemsi evokes the memory and the Judeo-Spanish work of her father, the composer Alberto Hemsi (1898-1975) …

Alberto Hemsi, a composer serving Sephardic culture

This video, made with archives from the IEMJ, describes the life of the Spanish-Jewish composer Alberto Hemsi (1896-1975) …

Art music, 2nd part

From the Baroque period to the present day, many Jewish composers have written works inspired by Judaism or reflective of their times.Listen to a selection of works by Reynaldo Hahn, Fernand …

Art music, 1st part

A selection of works by Charles-Valentin Alkan, Fernand Halphen, Ernest Bloch, Alexandre Tansman, Kurt Weill,  Alberto Hemsi, and Serge Kaufmann …

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF JEWISH MUSIC’S GALA CONCERT – 2015 EDITION

Watch video clips of the first edition of the European Institute of Jewish Music’s Gala Concert, “Jewish music in all its states”, which was given November 8, 2015 in Adyar Theater in …

The Alberto Hemsi Collection

In July 2004, Mme Myriam Capelluto Hemsi, the widow of the ladino collector and composer Alberto Hemsi (1896-1975), donated her husband’s archives to the EIJM. An exceptional collection which includes original manuscripts from the composer …
0:00
0:00