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Ilana Webster Kogen in conversation with Clara Wenz - "Torah Scrolls from the Dar al-Islam: Theorizing a Diasporic Afterlife"Dr Ilana Webster-KogenIlana Webster-Kogen is an ethnomusicologist by training, specializing in music, diaspora and ethnicity in the urban Middle East. She was appointed the Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music in 2014, becoming Senior Lecturer in 2019, […]
Two Israeli musicians travel throughout Morocco to rediscover their Jewish-Moroccan heritage. In life and on stage, they question their identity and home country, attempting to heal the wounds of ancestral exile from song to song.In this compassionate and lively documentary, Jerusalem musicians Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen journey to Morocco, their grandparents’ native country, […]
Available to rent here Thursday 12 AugustRemember Baghdad: Iraq's Last Jews Tell the Story of Their CountryWe have a screening of Fiona Murphy's captivating documentary Remember Baghdad. Released in 2017, the film follows five Jewish families as they remember a time in Baghdad before war and instability. One of those contributors is Iraqi Jewish businessman […]
THE PROGRAMME WILL PLAY AT 7.30PM ON THURSDAY 19 AUGUST AT THE PLAYER ABOVE La Falfula GrooveWatch the Iraqi maqam group of singers (and one dancer) La Falfula Groove live in concert. Led by Iraqi-Israeli David Regev Zaarur, a qanun player and great-grandson of Yusuf Zaarur, who famously played qanun around the same time of […]
Dr Merav Rosenfeld-Hadad (The University of Cambridge, St Edmund’s College) is a musicologist specialising in the history, religion, culture and music of the Jews who lived or originate from the Arab-Muslim world and she is currently leading a project, which explores the endangered culture of the Jews of Baghdad and Aleppo. Merav is the author […]
Composer Brian Elias joins ethnomusicologist Dr Sara Manasseh in conversation about their lives and their musical influences. Both were born in Bombay (now Mumbai) to Iraqi Jewish families. The panel discussion, hosted by Dr Bea Lewkowicz, Director of Sephardi Voices UK, and musicologist Dr Malcolm Miller will explore the impact of cultural heritage and identity […]
We are proud to announce that our live broadcast partnership with Jerusalem Orchestra East West continues into a new season with a concert paying homage to Albert Suisa & Sliman El Maghribi.This concert features the musical brilliance of the Jerusalem Orchestra East West, the vocal virtuosity and passion of singers Neta Elkayam, Emil Zrihen and […]
A festive concert with hits created in Arab and Islamic countries that made their way to Israel, were translated into Hebrew and became part and parcel of Israeli culture. Hits such as Basbusa di, Rona sheli Rona, (originally Zahma ya dunya zahma) and others. Onstage Adwa Omar (The Voice) with her astounding vocal skills, and […]
CONCERT LEGENDS Concert programme dedicated to remember one of the most prominent Lithuanian composers, who passed us in the last years.Gleb PYŠNIAK | celloRokas ZUBOVAS | pianoProgramme: Composer: Anatolijus Šenderovas "Two Songs of Shulamith”Composer: Vidmantas Bartulis "I'm Seeing My Friend Off and We Are Taking One Last Look at the Snow-covered February Trees"Composer: Faustas Latėnas […]
We are proud to announce that our live broadcast partnership with Jerusalem Orchestra East West continues into a new season with a concert featuring world renowned artists – Benjamin Bouzaglo, Yehuda Shveiky and Spanish guitarist Fyty Carrillo, with leading Flamenco dancers Sharon Sagi & Keren Pesach.Watch here!
The sad death of a famous Brazilian guitarist - Joao Nicolau de Almeida - from COVID-19 inAugust 2020 inspired his musical collaborator Nicole Borger to produce a documentaryabout his life and his Jewish family.João Nicolau de Almeida was one of the best 7-string guitarists in Brazil. The 7-string guitaris a very important instrument for Choro, […]
This week our live broadcast partnership with Jerusalem Orchestra East West continues with a concert called: “Bat Kol”, celebrating of tradition and renewal in the spirit of the Mahgreb. Featuring the two voices of some of the world;’s most amazing singers Mor Karbasi and Lior Elmaleh – both as solo and in duet – bringing […]
This week our live broadcast partnership with Jerusalem Orchestra East West continues with a concert called: Morocco Original A night of real Moroccan celebration, in honour of newly established peace treaty with Israel. Some of the most popular songs of the North-African and Maghreb repertoire. From classic Andalusion music to the rhythmic Chaabi style – a show that is […]