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Tur Malka

Tur Malka is the most recent project of the multi-instrumentist Henri Oppenheim. He transposed the rich musical traditions from the Old world to the New world, through a cycle of original songs, on Yiddish poems from Montreal from the 20th century. …

The revival of klezmer music – Hervé Roten and Denis Cuniot

As part of the Days of Yiddish culture 2010, Hervé Roten, ethnomusicologist and director of the European Institute of Jewish Music and Denis Cuniot, klezmer pianist, present to us a general view on the revival of klezmer music …

Klezmer music, 2nd part

Listen to this second playlist around klezmer music …

The musical traditions of the Ethiopian Jews

Discover the history and music of the Ethiopian Jews …

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Since its creation, the EIJM saved from oblivion tens of thousands of musical documents. To continue its goals,the EIJM needs your support. …

Yiddish Glik

A special broadcast dedicated to the launching of the songbook "Mir Zingen". …

Adler, Israel (1925-2009)

Israel Adler died on August 17, 2009 after a prolonged illness. At this early stage, while we stand for his shloshim (end of the first month of mourning), a full …

exilio

La Roza Enflorese plays with the Quatuor Alfama to perform a Judeo-Spanish repertoire with polyphonics from the Spanish Renaissance and original compositions by Philippe Malfeyt on Pablo Neruda’s poems. …

Arom, Simha (1930)

Simha Arom is a world known musician and ethnomusicologist, specialized in traditional music, especially from Central Africa. He also collected music by Jews from Ethiopia, when they arrived in Israel …

Simha, l’africain: film screening, meeting and concert

On June 15, 2016 at 7pm, the Institut Européen des Musiques Juives, the FSJU's Direction de l'Action culturelle and the Musée Dapper are hosting a festive evening dedicated to ethnomusicologist Simha Arom, as part of the 2016 Festival of Jewish Cultures …