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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 …

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) …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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. …

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" …

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 …

Voice of the Turtle – Circle of Fire

Created in 1978, the American band Voice of the Turtle gathers four musicians (Derek Burrows, Lisle Kulbach, Jay Rosenberg and Judith Wachs) who wish to make hear again the musical repertoire of the Sefardi communities …

Moishe Oysher – Passover Seder, Kol Nidrei & Chanukah Party

This 2 CD box set includes 29 tracks from Passover seder, Kol Nidre (Yom Kippur) and Hanukka’s services, performped by the cantor and actor of Yiddish theatre Moishe Oysher (1906-1958) …