The Collections

Matrouz – Artistic creation – Music, languages, theater

Instinctively reconnecting with the Judeo-Arabic cultural heritage linked to the Hebrew, Muslim and Christian melting pot of multicultural Andalusia, Simon Elbaz was inspired by Matrouz - in Arabic, that which is embroidered - to create a new art form where languages, music and theater are intertwined …

German-Jewish Organ Music

The Jewish Reform movement of the 19th century revolutionized synagogue music, among other things with the introduction of the organ, which marked a new musical and religious identity. A new repertoire for solo organ emerged in the Jewish diaspora of Central Europe …

L’enfer aussi a son orchestre

Book in French. Comes with a CD. An unknown aspect of the history of the music created in the concentration camps. …

Sound of Prayer

Recording of the selichot of Rosh Hashanah performed by the choir of the great synagogue of Jerusalem and the cantor Naftali Herstik, conducted by Elli Jaffe …

David (Dudu) Fisher – In God’s name

First album of cantorial art by Israeli singer and hazzan Dudu Fisher …

Klezmer Über Alles!

It is not often that we see a new CD of klezmer music from Kiev in Ukraine. So when Pushkin Klezmer Band relases its first album Klezmer Über Alles, first album of Jewish music to be recorded in Ukraine in many years, evidently, it rocks! …

The disc collection from the French radio RCJ

Deposited in 2014 at the European Institute of Jewish Music, the disc collection of the French Jewish radio RCJ gathers over a thousand documents, mainly 33 RPM discs, from Israeli variety to great works of cantorial art …

Nor A Moll

With Caroline Kulcsar (vocals), Lionel Jacubowiez (clarinets), Marc Hanna (guitar) and Bess Fang (cello), Calima Jazz offers us its new CD Nor a moll which mixes Yiddish melodies and jazz …

Thadé Geisler Wyganowski: Pieces for Violin, Two Violins, Violin and Piano

Music pieces for violin, two violins and piano from the Jewish composer and violinist of polish origin Thadé Geisler Wyganowski (1913-1989) …

Thadé, une longue histoire d’amour…

Biography of Thadé, Jewish violonist native of Poland …

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A musical and gastronomic conference by Hervé Roten, director of the European Institute of Jewish Music

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Cantata Shma Kolenu by Itaï Daniel, finally available on score!

The European Institute of Jewish Music publishes the Cantata Shma Kolenu, a major work by ltaï Daniel, for 4-part choir,…

Release of six new scores by Serge Kaufmann

The European Institute of Jewish Music publishes six new compositions by Serge Kaufmann, including Kaddish for solo cello and Parade…