16/05/2017
Concert “Mélodies hébraïques, un rêve vieux de 3000 ans” (“Hebrew melodies, a 3000-year-old dream”)
June 19, 2017 at 8:30pm at the Archives nationales in Paris (75003). In the footsteps of composers who draw their inspiration from Hasidic, Yiddish or Judeo-Spanish melodies. Sarah Iancu on cello and David Bismuth on piano …
10/05/2017
Jewish Music in Paris in the Aftermath of WWII, Elesdisc 1948-1953
Publication in the "Archives" collection of an anthology of 6 CDs of post-war Yiddish cabaret music, based on recordings published by the Elesdisc label between 1948 and 1953, entirely remastered! …
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 …
06/04/2017
Marc-Alain Ouaknin invites Hervé Roten on his radio show « Talmudiques » broadcasted on France Culture
Radio Program on April 9 and 16, 2017, from 9h10 am to 9h42 am. The blooming encounters of Jewish traditional songs with French variety gave birth to a very rich musical expression …
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 …
04/03/2017
Centennial of the passing of Fernand Halphen
For the centennial year of the passing of Fernand Halphen (1872 - 1917), several events will take place : Concerts, publication of a collective book, and release of a new CD at the end of 2017 …
01/03/2017
From the salon to the front: Fernand Halphen (1872-1917), composer, patron and director of military music
A collective work published in April 2017 under the direction of Laure Schnapper, with the collaboration of Pierre-André Meyer – Preface by Hervé Roten, published under the auspices of EHESS, …
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. …
08/12/2016
Nomination of Hervé Roten to the rank of Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
On September 13, 2016, Hervé Roten was appointed to the rank of Officier des Arts et des Lettres by the Minister of Culture and Communication, for his contribution and commitment to the service of French culture and its influence. A ceremony was organised by the Fondation du Judaïsme Français on December 15, 2016 …
