The Collections

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 …

Sirba Octet – In the Heart of the Yiddish Soul

Published by Sony in 2012, Catherine Lara joins the Sirba Octet for the creation of this original album …

Sirba Octet – Yiddish Rhapsody

In 2009, to fulfill an order from the Pau Orchestra / Pays de Béarn, directed by Faycal Karoui, Isabelle Georges and Richard Schmoucler create Yiddish Rhapsody, an invitation to travel in the heart of Yiddish melodies from the folkloric repertoire of the Eastern Europe Jews …

Sirba Octet – Du Shtetl à New-York

A thrilling explosion of music blending folk and musical theatre. A journey back to the roots of American music by way of brilliant musicians, strong emotions and dancing shoes. …

Sirba Octet – A Yiddishe Mame

A Yiddishe Mame is built on classic melodies with vibrant phrasing which dance and sing and reinvent themselves through the ages and across borders by way of journeys and stories retold. …

Voice of the Turtle – Circle of Fire

Created in 1978, the American band Voice of the Turtle gathers four musicians (Derek Burrows, Lisle Kulbach, Jay Rosenberg and Judith Wachs) who wish to make hear again the musical repertoire of the Sefardi communities …

Moishe Oysher – Passover Seder, Kol Nidrei & Chanukah Party

This 2 CD box set includes 29 tracks from Passover seder, Kol Nidre (Yom Kippur) and Hanukka’s services, performped by the cantor and actor of Yiddish theatre Moishe Oysher (1906-1958) …

Les voix de l’oubli : Erwin Schulhoff – Léo Smit

Performed by the flutist Virginie Reibel-Escoffier, this disc speaks of the times of the musical purge of Nazi Germany (1933-1945), in particular with the works of Erwin Schulhof (1894 - 1942) and Leo Smit (1900- 1943) …

Zabulon Sebban – Recueil de chants hébraïques

Zabulon Sebban (1911-1983) followed rabbinic studies with the great Rabbi Isaac Hanoune, before serving as a cantor in the Great Temple of Algiers. This CD, produced by his children, features 26 songs of prayer : from Biblical cantilation to famous melodies from the Algiers’ liturgy …

Aleksander Tansman

In 1950, Alexandre Tansman finished the composition of his oratorio Isaïe the Prophet, one of his favorite works, which he dedicated to the six million Jews who were killed during the Second World War …

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

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This original score was composed for the YWAM-Copernic Talmud Torah Children's Choir, directed by conductor Mélanie Levy-Thiébaut. Graciane Finzi composed…

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…