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19/05/2013
Le Passant du pont de l’Europe : Charles-Valentin Alkan, entre tradition et modernité
A book written by Anny Kessous Dreyfuss who makes us discover Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), composer, virtuoso, pedagogue, whose several works are related to Jewish tradition …
16/05/2013
Alkan, Charles-Valentin (1813-1888)
Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 3Oth 1813 – March 29th 1888), was a composer and precocious musician like Mozart, with a solid technique just like Liszt, and friend of Chopin (who “gave” …
01/05/2013
Klezmer, Gypsy : a common musical story
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - TUESDAY MAY 7, 2013, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05. A fascinating story with commentary by Astrid Ruff and illustrated with many samples of klezmer and gypsy music …
01/05/2013
Klezmanouche
Klezmanouche - with the singer Astrid Ruff - offers a meeting between « klezmer » music (Jewish music from the Yiddishland) and Gypsy jazz …
27/04/2013
The Alexandre Tansman Collection
In 2013, the daughters of the composer Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986), Mireille and Marianne Tansman, did us the honour to give to the European Institute of Jewish Music several discs and archive documents from their father, as well as copies of manuscripts, for some of them yet unpublished …
27/04/2013
KANTIGA ALTELI – JUDEO SPANISH SONGS
The four musicians forming the band Kantiga Alteli perform Judeo Spanish melodies, mixing ancient and new, written and spoken, East and West …
10/04/2013
JEWISH SINGERS FROM MOROCCO
This CD features remasterized recordings from the most famous Jewish singers from Morocco, from 1934 to 1985, from Zohra al Fàsiyya to Esther Elfasi, Raymonde, Cheikh Mwijo, Jo Amar, Boutboul, Samy Elmaghribi, Pinhass Cohen …
04/04/2013
JEWISH SINGERS FROM TUNISIA
The producer Michel Lévy republishes the treasures from catalogue of Oriental music Dounia, held at the origin by the musician El Kahlaoui Tounsi. This CD dedicated to the Jewish singers from Tunisia offers the possibility to hear songs by Raoul Journo, Cheïkh El Afrite, Louisa Tounsia, Hbiba Msika and many others …
23/03/2013
Haggada de Pâques
This touching CD features a reissue of the recording of the Pesach Haggada, in the Tunisian rite, performed by Nathan Cohen, Baby Bismuth, Haim Slama and Alain Setbon …