France, Belgium, Switzerland

Yerushe

(Yiddish song, klezmer, France) This project, founded by Eléonore Biezunski in 2014, draws its repertoire from the drawers of the Yiddish folklore collections (Ruth Rubin, Moshe Beregovski, Zusman Kisselgof) …

Cigarillos en el Shtruddle

(Klezmer-Salsa, France) Cigarillos en el Shtruddle is the first French band to experience the explosive mix of Latin and Klezmer music, inspired by what was performed in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s …

Sirba Octet

(Klezmer, Gypsy, France) Mostly from the Orchestre de Paris or from the most prestigious ensembles, the musicians of the Sirba Octet propose an original reading of the klezmer, yiddish and gypsy repertoire …

Le Petit Mish-Mash

(Klezmer, Romanian music, Paris) Trio of traditional Klezmer, Gypsy and Romanian music …

Sonia Wieder Atherton

(Classical music, France) In recent years she has instigated a wide range of projects conceived as complete musical and visual experiences : Jewish songs, a cycle for cello and piano inspired by the art of the Chazan …

Yaïa

(Paris, Sephardic songs) Parisian quartet that plays Ladino songs in a modern way …

Keren Esther

(Sephardic chants, Switzerland) "The Judeo-Spanish songs have held a prominent place from the first moments of my life" …

Animal K

(Fusion Jewish Music, France) Animal K is an unprecedented encounter between Marie-Suzanne de Loye's baroque viola da gamba, Violaine Lochu's protean voice and Serge Teyssot-Gay's electric rock guitar …

Presensya

(Judo-Spanish, France) The story of Presensya is first and foremost the story of friendship. Hélène and Isaia met in Lyon and shared the same enthusiasm for traditional Spanish-speaking songs, especially Sephardy …

Marlène Samoun

(Sephardic songs, Hebrew, Paris) Marlène Samoun is a French singer specializing in traditional music of the Mediterranean, especially Judeo-Spanish music …

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