28/03/2019
The melody of the Kol Nidre : Sources, interpretations and new compositions
On the 8th April 2019 at 7h30 PM at the Institut Elie Wiesel in Paris (75010) audiovisual conference by Hervé Roten about the melody of the Kol Nidre, as part of the Lundis de Wiesel. REGISTRATION RECOMMENDED …
19/04/2018
Conference on the HATIKVA – Lyrical Odyssey, History and origins of the Israeli national anthem
A conference proposed by Théa Herz and the EIJM, as part of the Festival of Jewish Cultures in Paris, on June 13, 2018 at 6PM at the townhouse of the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. Théa Herz traces the incredible odyssey of this song. From what did the Israeli National anthem, Hatikvah - Hope, got inspired? Who wrote this poem and how? And how did this song became the anthem of the Israeli state? …
08/02/2018
The musical instruments in the Bible – between myth and reality: conference by Hervé Roten
On February 12, 2018 at 7h00 pm, conference about the musical instruments in the Bible, by Hervé Roten, at the Institut Universitaire Elie Wiesel in Paris …
26/04/2017
Discovering Jewish music: a conference by Hervé Roten
On May 3, 2017 at 7 pm in the synagogue of Bordeaux, Hervé Roten will hold a conference on Jewish music, illustrated with many audio and video examples, letting us roam through 3700 years of Jewish music …
27/03/2017
Lecture by Hervé Roten and David Winter – “Yiddish music in Parisian cabarets after WWII”.
April 22, 2017 at 6:45 p.m.: a two-part lecture illustrated by numerous audio examples, taken from the 6-CD box set published by Editions de l'IEMJ …
27/03/2017
Lecture by Hervé Roten – “Chansons françaises, chansons juives: une interférence créative” (French songs, Jewish songs: a creative interference)
April 21, 2017 at 5 p.m., lecture by Hervé ROTEN, illustrated by numerous audio examples, on creative interferences between French chanson and Jewish song …
21/12/2016
Lectures: Jewish art music in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries (Italy, France, Holland)
This course, illustrated by numerous audio and audiovisual examples, explores the wealth of Jewish musical practices in the Baroque and Classical periods, from 1623 to 1774. …
28/11/2016
Lecture: “3,000 years of Jewish music”, by Hervé ROTEN
December 7, 2016 at 8pm, at the Centre Medem, introductory lecture on Jewish music, by ethnomusicologist Hervé Roten …
09/12/2015
COURSE CYCLE: Itinerary of Jewish song in France
The Institut Elie Wiesel, in partnership with the Institut Européen des Musiques Juives, organizes a series of classes given by Hervé Roten on Thursdays, January 7, 14, 21 and 28, …
04/06/2014
LECTURE “LOVE SONGS IN THE JEWISH TRADITION”
On June 12, 2014, a musical conference by Jacques Arnold, cantor, honorary rabbi and Hervé Roten, musicologist and director of the Institut Européen des Musiques Juives devoted to the scope of the text "The Song of Songs", as well as its resonance in different Jewish musical traditions …
