Musical Artists & Bands

Cracow Klezmer Band / Bester Quartet

(Cracow) Bester Quartet is a Polish band from Cracow, created in 1997 under the name Cracow Klezmer Band …

Shira u’tfila

Native of Belgrade, Shira u’tfila was founded in 2000 by Stefan Sablic (Asher Alkalay), singer and musician …

Adama

(France) Brothers, Ilan, Momo and Daniel Zaoui, who have always been united by the same passion: to stage and share, in a generous spirit of openness, research and creativity, the most beautiful pages sung and danced in the history of the Jewish people …

Hayea

(France, Judeo-Spanish) HAYEA, from the verb «hayear» : to regive life in Judeo-Spanish. Voice, oud and percussions …

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 …

Mosaik Klezmer

(Klezmer, judeo-spanish, judeo-arabic, Paris) Formed in 2011, this group draws its inspiration from klezmer music, an Ashkenazi Jewish musical tradition, which mixes influences such as Judeo-Spanish and Judeo-Arabic music …

Balkanes

(Song of the Balkans, Sephardic songs, Lyon) Balkanes was created in December 1996 through the encounter of four young women. From different backgrounds, they have come together to create original songs from the traditional Balkan repertoire …

Symphonic Orchestra of the Orsay Campus

(Classical Music, France) The repertoire of the orchestra is very big because in forty years of existence no musical genre has been ignored …

Kabaretalè

(Klezmer, Yiddish, France) KABARETALE is above all a show with SONGS. … but not only ! There is also dance, stories, instruments, a puppet …

Rémy Yulzari

Bassist and composer Rémy Yulzari reinvents the role of double bass solo and in collaboration in a wide range of musical styles from a very wide geographical and historical spectrum …

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