14/06/2016
Binn, Sylvain (1911-1999)
Sylvain Binn was born in Luxembourg on March 8th 1911. His father, Salomon Binn, native of Lithuania, was a cantor in the Jewish community of Luxembourg. His mother, Sidonie Guggenheim, …
03/06/2016
The revival of klezmer music – Hervé Roten and Denis Cuniot
As part of the Days of Yiddish culture 2010, Hervé Roten, ethnomusicologist and director of the European Institute of Jewish Music and Denis Cuniot, klezmer pianist, present to us a general view on the revival of klezmer music …
25/05/2016
Adler, Israel (1925-2009)
Israel Adler died on August 17, 2009 after a prolonged illness. At this early stage, while we stand for his shloshim (end of the first month of mourning), a full …
24/05/2016
Arom, Simha (1930)
Simha Arom is a world known musician and ethnomusicologist, specialized in traditional music, especially from Central Africa. He also collected music by Jews from Ethiopia, when they arrived in Israel …
18/05/2016
Kirch, Albert (1918-2016)
Deceased on April 18, 2016 at the age of 98 years old, Albert Kirch was for more than 30 years the cantor of the Jewish community of Metz. This article …
11/05/2016
Gorby, Sarah (around 1900-1980)
Sarah Gorby (her real name was Gorbevitsh) was born around the turn of the century in Kishinev, which then belonged to Tsarist Russia. She was the descendant of a mainly …
20/04/2016
Music in Israel
Article written by Michèle Tauber, teacher of modern Hebrew, modern and contemporary literature in University Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle …
29/03/2016
Weill, Kurt (1900-1950)
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau on March 2, 1900. He was the third of four children of Emma Ackermann and Albert Weill, cantor in the synagogue of Dessau …
10/02/2016
The importance of singing in the Jewish tradition – Hervé Roten
As part of the day of study Vox Aurea-Via Sacra 2014, dedicated to sacred Jewish music, Hervé Roten an ethnomusicologist and the director of the European Institute of Jewish Music presents …
10/02/2016
Rosenblatt, Yossele (1882-1933)
Josef Rosenblatt was born on May 9, 1882 in Bila Tserkva, in Ukraine. He came from a great dynasty of cantors. Considered a child prodigy, he started his career as …
