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26/11/2015
Wagner antisemite
Can the greatness of one of the most remarkable musicians of the Western world excuse some positions among the worse that can be ? And moreover : can it justify that we ignore them ? …
26/11/2015
Myriam Fuks – Ver bin ikh !
A new CD of Yiddish songs by Myriam Fuks, surrounded with exceptional musicians …
24/11/2015
Cash, Dave (Louis/Ludwig Slomniker) (1910-1981)
Dave Cash, whose real name was Ludwig (Louis) Slomniker, was born on October 3, 1910 from the union of Zygmunt and Amalia Slomniker in the Polish city of Lemberg in …
23/11/2015
The Collection Jacques Chalude, aka Ben Baruch
This collection gathers discs, sheet music and varied archives (photographies, posters...) tracing back the life and work of Jacques Chalude (1914-1997), who was at first a Yiddish singer known as "Ben Baruch", before becoming a cantor in the synagogue of Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth (Paris) …
19/11/2015
Three centuries ago – Polina Shepherd
Originary from Kazan in Tatarstan, Polina Shepherd was part of the forerunners of the Yiddish music revival in Soviet Union since the 1990’s …
18/11/2015
Become a Volunteer
Are you interested in the music and history of the Jewish people? Would you like to take actions today that will allow our children and grandchildren to have access to the exquisite musical patrimony that the Jewish artists and communities have created through centuries in France and elsewhere? …
18/11/2015
Aheym homeward – Sklamberg & the Shepherds
A beautiful album featuring original compositions in Yiddish, with world known artists: With Lorin Sklamberg (vocals, accordion, piano), Polina Shepherd (vocals, piano) and Merlin Shepherd (clarinet) …
13/11/2015
Tantz ! Klezmer & Gipsy music – Sirba Octet
With the virtuosity that characterizes each of the group's members, the Sirba Octet's album "Tantz!" (La Dolce Volta, 2015) energetically carries away Jewish and Gypsy melodies, revisited with a classical twist …
05/11/2015
The Alberto Hemsi Collection
In July 2004, Mme Myriam Capelluto Hemsi, the widow of the ladino collector and composer Alberto Hemsi (1898-1975), donated her husband’s archives to the EIJM. An exceptional collection which includes original manuscripts from the composer …