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Miriam’s Song

This is an album that pays tribute to Jewish women composers. In the 19th century, being a Jewish woman was a double obstacle for musicians and composers, who had to live with an anti-Semitic environment, as well as a strict distribution of roles between men and woman in the Jewish society …

Je Chante! Magazine

The latest issue of the magazine Je Chante ! la revue de la chanson française has published an important file on the French-Arab song repertoire, with interviews and articles on Enrico Macias, Line Monty, Blond-Blond, Maurice El Médioni, Salim Hallali, José de Suza, Lili Boniche …

The importance of singing in the Jewish tradition – Hervé Roten

As part of the day of study Vox Aurea-Via Sacra 2014, dedicated to sacred Jewish music, Hervé Roten an ethnomusicologist and the director of the European Institute of Jewish Music presents …

Rosenblatt, Yossele (1882-1933)

Josef Rosenblatt was born on May 9, 1882 in Bila Tserkva, in Ukraine. He came from a great dynasty of cantors. Considered a child prodigy, he started his career as …

Jewish Prayer

Compilation of musical scores for cello (or viola) and organ with works from Max Bruch, Joseph Sulzer, Fernand Halphen, Louis Lewandowki …

Yossele (Josef) Rosenblatt

A famous voice among the cantors …

Fernand Halphen, a composer in the Great War

On April 6, 2014, for the commemorations celebrating 100 years after World War 1 (1914-1918), the European Institute of Jewish Music organized a concert, along with the Museum of Art …

Erransa 1 and 2, Sandra Hurtado-Ròs

With an expressionist and colourful performance, Sandra Hurtado-Ròs sings the troubadour's cansos and sefardi songs …

The Jewish traditional wedding 1st part

The wedding in Jewish tradition follows certain rules. It’s about celebrating the union of two people, but also their belonging to a religious life …

Matrouz – Artistic creation – Music, languages, theater

Instinctively reconnecting with the Judeo-Arabic cultural heritage linked to the Hebrew, Muslim and Christian melting pot of multicultural Andalusia, Simon Elbaz was inspired by Matrouz - in Arabic, that which is embroidered - to create a new art form where languages, music and theater are intertwined …