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Monty, Line (1926-2003)

Line Monty, whose real name was Éliane Serfati, was born in 1926 in Algiers into a music lovers family. …

Hidden sides of Jewish Music : Metropolitan Klezmer

Hélène Engel presents the 5th album of the band Metropolitan Klezmer entitled Mazel Means Good Luck …

Kyranne (violin, cello, clarinet and piano) / Ikh Gedenk (piano)

Release of 2 new musical scores by Serge Kaufmann at the EIJM’s editions …

Discovering “Mimuna”

Listen to a musical selection for the celebration of the Mimuna …

The Abbina-Diena Collection

Handwritten scores, books and discs on liturgical chants and Jewish musical traditions in Italy …

Il gioco delle sorti

Composed by Gilberto Bosco in 2002, with a libretto by Sandra Reberschak, Il gioco delle sorti ("the game of fate" in Italian) is an opera that, like Purim shpil, tells the story of Megillat Esther. This score is now available in our collections …

Hidden sides of Jewish Music : Klezmerson

Hélène Engel invites the musical band Klezmerson and talk about their album: Book of angels (2015)... …

Grand Ball of Purim with the Marx Sisters Orchestra

On March 1st, 2018 at 8 pm, at the Jewish Cultural and University Center in Paris (75010), an exceptional Purim event with a Grand Ball in the company of the Marx Sisters Orchestra - reduced rate for IEMJ members …

The Purim Shpil

The Purim Shpil – etymologically “Purim play” in Yiddish – is a satirical performance that blends theater, music, dance, songs, mimes and disguises.The origin of this custom is intimately related …

Lidarti, Cristiano Giuseppe (1730-after 1793)

A composer born in Vienna who spent a large part of his life in Italy, Lidarti was the author of several Hebrew works, including the famous oratorio Ester, the longest and …