Classical music

EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF JEWISH MUSIC’S GALA CONCERT – 2015 EDITION

Watch video clips of the first edition of the European Institute of Jewish Music’s Gala Concert, “Jewish music in all its states”, which was given November 8, 2015 in Adyar Theater in …

Ignaz Moscheles and the Changing World of Musical Europe

The first full-length study devoted to Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), pianist, conductor and composer …

Kol Nidré, Neshama, Kinah, Tfila, Petite suite klezmer…

Release of twenty scores from Serge Kaufmann by the Editions de l’IEMJ …

Serge Kaufmann – a composer in search of his roots

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JUNE 30, 2015, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. Serge Kaufmann, a radio and television broadcaster and composer, set out to create a genuine Jewish work by composing pieces with evocative names: Suite Yiddish, Memorah, Matsevah, Sèlah, Yesod …

Dix mélodies (vol. 1), Cinq pièces pour piano by Fernand Halphen and Petit nocturne by Reynaldo Hahn

Publication of two musical scores by Fernand Halphen and an unpublished score for violin and piano by Reynaldo Hahn …

Fernand Halphen, a Jewish composer in the Great War

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MARCH 11, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.Laure Schnapper, a musicologist and the president of the EIJM will tell us about the history and the music of this Jewish composer, killed on duty for France …

The routes of klezmer : Sirba Octet or World Classical

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - DECEMBER 17, 2013, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. By abolishing the borders between classical music, klezmer music and Yiddish song, Richard Schmoucler, founder of the Sirba Octet, reinvents an original and unprecedented musical genre, that of "World Classical" …

Darius Milhaud – Ani maamin – un chant perdu et retrouvé

Ani maamin is the latest work by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974). This cantata, which was put on a text by Elie Wiesel, deported in Auschwitz at the age of 15, describes the horror of the extermination camps and the martyr of the Jews …

Charles-Valentin Alkan, from Jewish faith to modernity

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 2013, Judaïques FM (94.8), 21h05. Musicologist Anny Kessous Dreyfuss introduces us to Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), a composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher whose talent was often compared to that of Chopin or Liszt …

Norbert Glanzberg – From popular songs to Jewish music

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JUNE 5, 2012 - JUDAIQUES FM, 21h05. Radio programme dedicated to the composer, melodist and virtuoso pianist Norbert Glanzberg, who became famous for his film scores and popular songs. With the participation of Serge Glanzberg, son of the composer …