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Mystical chanting in the Jewish tradition

Lecture on mystical chanting in the Jewish tradition, by Hervé Roten, as part of Vox Aurea-Via Sacra 2013, focusing this year on the study of ecstatic practices supported by chant as a medium specific to mysticism …

¡ Ay Petenera !

A gypsy with a deadly charm, La Petenera was a woman from Paterna de Rivera near Cadix in Andalusia, in the 18th century. Her name was given to a song and a dance of flamenco …

Balabosta

In Yiddish, the Balabosta is the housekeeper, the women who cooks the gefilte fish for the family, who knits the thread of tradition and heritage. The Balabosta trio tells the story of the klezmer music heritage …

Second summer university of Judeo-Spanish in Paris

7 – 12 JULY 2013 in the Centre Edmond Safra – 6 bis rue Michel-Ange – Paris 16e …

Jewish-Portuguese Music – The musical traditions of the ancient Marrano communities from South West of France

MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY JULY 2, 2013, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. In this programme, illustrated with numerous sound examples, the musicologist Hervé Roten presents the fascinating history of the musical traditions of the Portuguese Jewish community of south-west France …

Alpen klezmer

The CD Alpen Klezmer was born with the observation that the Yiddish and Bavarian traditions have certain songs in common. The singer Andrea Pancur gathered many musicians around her in this original project to restore klezmer music from the mountain pastures …

A COLLECTION OF 9 CD’S PUBLISHED BY THE EUROPAÏSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR JÜDISCHE MUSIK (EZJM) IN HANOVER

Founded in 1988 by Andor Izsák, the Europaïsches Zentrum für Jüdische Musik (EZJM) in Hanover published around 10 CD’s, mainly music for choral and organ, featuring in particular works by Louis Lewandowski, Ernest Bloch, Alberto Mizrahi …

Greif, Olivier (1950-2000)

Olivier Greif was born on the June 3, 1950 in Paris. His father studied the piano in Poland before emigrating to France to become a doctor. A child prodigy, Olivier …

Barraine, Elsa (1910-1999)

Daughter of Mathieu Barraine, solo cellist in the orchestra of the Paris Opera, who was removed from this position during the nazi occupation, like the Jewish musicians of the orchestra, …

Les Yiddishe Mamas et Papas

Created in 1996 in Strasbourg, the band Yiddishe Mamas et Papas offer us an explosive cocktail of Jazz, Twist, Charleston... sung in Yiddish …