Fernand Halphen

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 …

Fernand Halphen, a composer in the Great War

On April 6, 2014, for the commemorations celebrating 100 years after World War 1 (1914-1918), the European Institute of Jewish Music organized a concert, along with the Museum of Art …

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 …

Halphen, Fernand (1872-1917)

Fernand Halphen was born in 1872 and died for France in 1917. A pupil of Gabriel Fauré and Jules Massenet, he won the second Prix de Rome in 1896. Halphen was the author of over a hundred major works, including melodies, symphonies, sonatas, and pieces for the violin, cello, piano, and horn …

Fernand Halphen – Andante religioso

The melody of this work for violin or cello and keyboard (organ or piano) by Fernand Halphen is based on the melody of Friday’s evening prayer Veshomerou sung in the Consistorial synagogues that practice the Ashkenazi rite …

Tribute to Fernand Halphen

Throughout 2014, various events in honor of Fernand Halphen will be organized to commemorate the centenary of the 14-18 war …

Fernand Halphen, a Jewish composer in the Great War

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MARCH 11, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.Laure Schnapper, a musicologist and the president of the EIJM will tell us about the history and the music of this Jewish composer, killed on duty for France …

Fernand Halphen – Melodies, pieces for piano and chamber music

Pupil of Gabriel Fauré and Jules Massenet, laureate of the Second Grand Prize of Rome in 1896, Fernand Halphen (1872-1917) is the author of numerous melodies, pieces for piano and chamber music. This album received the Orphée d'or 2007 from the Académie du Disque Lyrique. …