Léon Algazi
05/02/2024
Léon Algazi (1890-1971), a Jewish music pioneer in France
In the "Life Courses" series, Jacques Algazi (1934-2021) reveals the life of his father, Léon Algazi (1890-1971), a tireless intellectual musician of Romanian origin, who contributed in particular to the diffusion of Jewish music in France …
26/02/2020
THE LÉON ALGAZI COLLECTION
Deposited at the Yuval organisation in the 1990’s, then at the EIJM between 2007 and 2020, the Léon Algazi Collection around 600 documents (sheet music, audio files, films, photographies and other various archives) coming mainly from the Algazi family and from the archives of the Grande synagogue de la Victoire …
18/12/2017
Confluence{s} : the encounter of Jewish and French melodies
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI – DECEMBER 19, 2017, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the encounter between French melody and Jewish music, whether popular or religious, produced works of rare intensity: Ravel and his Kaddish, but also Darius Milhaud and his Jewish poems, Paul Martineau and his Quatre mélodies hébraïques or Elsa Barraine and her Quatre chants juifs …
04/10/2017
The 78 RPM picture discs by Ben Baruch
Among all our 78 RPM discs, discover these painted records which are real masterpieces …
31/08/2017
Hebrew melodies concert
Watch excerpts from the concert performed by the cellist Sarah Iancu and the pianist David Bismuth, as part of the 13th edition of the Festival des Cultures Juives 2017, on …
02/06/2017
Singing La Victoire
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JUNE 6, 2017, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. Radio show dedicated to the music of the Great synagogue la Victoire (Paris). With Jacques Canet and Jean-Marc Thoron, president and chief conductor of la Victoire …
21/12/2016
Hebrew Melodies: a musical journey through the Jewish soul
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY DECEMBER 20, 2016, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.
Radio show for the release of the CD "Hebrew Melodies for cello and piano" …
07/12/2016
Hebrew melodies for cello and piano
Admirably performed by Sarah Iancu (cello) and David Bismuth (piano), this CD gathers 30 melodies inspired by liturgical, hassidic, Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish themes. Beautiful and sensitive, it inaugurates our new collection dedicated to Jewish classical music …
30/03/2010
Algazi, Léon (1890-1971)
This article is dedicated to the memory of Jacques Algazi, who passed away on March 1, 2021, 50 years to the day after his father's death, and to Béatrice Algazi, his daughter, who kindly provided many of the elements used to write this tribute …