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14/04/2024
THE PASSOVER SEDER IN THE MOROCCAN RITE
In this article, we present the main songs and prayers of the Passover Seder evening, in the Moroccan rite …
03/04/2024
MAURICE EL MÉDIONI COLLECTION
In 2010, Maurice El Médioni donated several audio documents, concert videos, programmes, press articles and other archives retracing his career to the EIJM …
03/04/2024
El Médioni, Maurice (1928-2024)
Pianist, composer, arranger and performer Maurice El Médioni, born in 1928 in Oran (Algeria), was one of the leading figures in Arabo-Andalusian music, rai and Franco-Arabic chanson …
05/02/2024
Léon Algazi (1890-1971), a Jewish music pioneer in France
In the "Life Courses" series, Jacques Algazi (1934-2021) reveals the life of his father, Léon Algazi (1890-1971), a tireless intellectual musician of Romanian origin, who contributed in particular to the diffusion of Jewish music in France …
24/01/2024
Heichal Menachem
(New York, United States) Lubavitch website giving access to over 500 traditional nigunim that can be listened online! …
17/01/2024
Sefarad in the piano – Toni Costa
Inspired by Judeo-Spanish folk poetry, jazz, early music and the popular rhythms of flamenco, the pianist Toni Costa presents his personal vision of Sephardic melodies on this original album. …
09/01/2024
The Hoffman Book
Presented by Susan Watts and edited by Ilana Cravitz, Dr Hankus Netsky and Dr Hannah Ochner, The Hoffman Book is a remarkable collection of 160 songs compiled in 1927 by Jewish musician Joseph Hoffman (1869-1939) …
09/01/2024
12 Jewish Wedding Melodies
Published in 2020, this score offers us 12 Jewish wedding melodies, arranged for string quartet by British violinist Ilana Cravitz, recognized today as one of the major artists of klezmer music …
09/01/2024
Klezmer Fiddle: a how to guide
This klezmer method (supplied with a CD) by the violinist Ilana Cravitz is suitable for anyone wanting new tunes, play-along parts, or ways to explore klezmer traditional-style playing …