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Jewish music and cuisine

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

Les enfants de l’espérance, a score by Graciane Finzi

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

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, solo baritone, clarinet in A and string trio …

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 Klezmer for wind orchestra, percussion and double bass …

The Jewish Wedding

The Jewish wedding is celebrated according to numerous customs and laws designed to bring out its full spiritual and material significance. In this article, we listen to the recitation of the 7 blessings in the Ashkenazi rite, taken from an historic recording made in 1933 …

Raphael Elfassy collection

In 2022 and then 2024, Christine Dangremont and Josiane Sberro donated to the IEMJ the archive of Raphael Elfassy (1939-2019), synagogue choirmaster, founder of the Ensemble de Musique Hébraïque de Paris, teacher and publisher of several discs of Jewish music …

Elfassy, Raphael (1939-2019)

Raphael Elfassy was born on November 4, 1939 in Rabbat, Morocco. Like many children in the Moroccan community, he developed a precise and meticulous knowledge of sacred texts. He was …

Finzi, Graciane (1945)

Born into a family of musicians on July 10, 1945, Graciane Finzi first studied at the Casablanca Conservatory, directed at the time by Georges Friboulet, then at the Conservatoire National …

Adolphe Attia Collection

In July 2023, Adolphe Attia donated to the IEMJ a set of photos, programs and concert posters retracing his career as a cantor, to add to his archive of over 250 documents …

Attia, Adolphe (1937)

Born into a modest family on April 23, 1937 in M’Sila, Algeria, Adolphe Attia was raised by his aunt in Bousaada, his mother having already had six children and his …