06/11/2014
Fernand Halphen – Andante religioso
The melody of this work for violin or cello and keyboard (organ or piano) by Fernand Halphen is based on the melody of Friday’s evening prayer Veshomerou sung in the Consistorial synagogues that practice the Ashkenazi rite …
06/11/2014
The compleat Klezmer
Published by Tara Publications in 2000, this music score collection, compiled by Henry Sapoznik, is the ultimate klezmer music anthology ! …
18/09/2014
Le bled
In this mute movie, Jean Renoir evokes Algeria in the times of colonization, with a love story. …
18/09/2014
Ben Zimet – Un enfant de la Corrèze
The CD of the last public appearance show by Ben Zimet with the Yiddish Quartet traces the childhood of the singer during and after the war, and maintains the memory of those who disappeared …
07/05/2014
La Danse traditionnelle juive ashkénaze
In this book, the world's leading specialists in the traditonal dance of the former Yiddishland (Eastern Europe) describe this emblematic aspect of popular Ashkenazi Jewish culture …
06/05/2014
Les Musigrains – A pedagogical institution (1939 – 1986)
Les Musigrains is a pedagogical and musical adventure lived in Parisian theaters. Thousands of young music lovers who attended more than 400 concerts performed by hundreds of musicians …
12/03/2014
Maurice El Medioni – Oran Oran
Since he was a child, Maurice El Medioni lived with music. On the Rue de la Révolution, in Oran, in the family café, held by his uncle Saoud El Medioni, famous musician also known as Saoud l’Oranais, Maurice El Medioni got to meet the best musicians of the Arab-Andalusian tradition …
11/03/2014
Raoul Journo
Still today, in Tunis, in Paris or in Tel Aviv, the warm voice of Saul Journo, aka Raoul, is heard at weddings and other Jewish ceremonies …
15/01/2014
Project Shatz
Launched by the Rabbinical Council of Canada (Quebec region), the Schatz project aims to favor the learning of prayers in various celebrations of the Jewish calendar, by the publishing of pedagogical recordings …
