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09/02/2014
Sandra Bessis, on the traces of Sephardi music
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. Since the end of the 1980s, the singer Sandra Bessis has performed regularly on stage to bring to life the Sephardic repertoire to which she has already devoted 5 albums …
22/01/2014
Olshanetsky, Alexander (1892-1946)
Alexander Olshanetsky was one of the most prominent composers and conductors on Second Avenue, NY and one of the most sophisticated musicians of the Yiddish theatre. Born in Odessa, in …
15/01/2014
Project Shatz
Launched by the Rabbinical Council of Canada (Quebec region), the Schatz project aims to favor the learning of prayers in various celebrations of the Jewish calendar, by the publishing of pedagogical recordings …
10/01/2014
The Matrouz by Simon Elbaz
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JANUARY 14, 2014, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. A native of Morocco, Simon Elbaz, declines and renews the Matrouz repertoire by crossing languages (Hebrew, Arabic, French, Latin, Judeo-Spanish...) and genres (music, song and theatre) …
21/12/2013
Sirba Octet – In the Heart of the Yiddish Soul
Published by Sony in 2012, Catherine Lara joins the Sirba Octet for the creation of this original album …
21/12/2013
Sirba Octet – Yiddish Rhapsody
In 2009, to fulfill an order from the Pau Orchestra / Pays de Béarn, directed by Faycal Karoui, Isabelle Georges and Richard Schmoucler create Yiddish Rhapsody, an invitation to travel in the heart of Yiddish melodies from the folkloric repertoire of the Eastern Europe Jews …
14/12/2013
Sirba Octet – Du Shtetl à New-York
A thrilling explosion of music blending folk and musical theatre. A journey back to the roots of American music by way of brilliant musicians, strong emotions and dancing shoes. …
14/12/2013
Sirba Octet – A Yiddishe Mame
A Yiddishe Mame is built on classic melodies with vibrant phrasing which dance and sing and reinvent themselves through the ages and across borders by way of journeys and stories retold. …
13/12/2013
The routes of klezmer : Sirba Octet or World Classical
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - DECEMBER 17, 2013, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. By abolishing the borders between classical music, klezmer music and Yiddish song, Richard Schmoucler, founder of the Sirba Octet, reinvents an original and unprecedented musical genre, that of "World Classical" …
18/11/2013
Jonas, Émile (1827-1905)
Emile Jonas was born to a Jewish family in Paris on March 5, 1827. His father was Simon Jonas and his mother was Jeanette Pohl. In 1841, Emile Jonas, at …