“The music was excellent. What struck me was that this composer nobody ever heard of outside of people familiar with Jewish music had composed 90 to 100 operettas. Who knew?” “The librettist ...

When Israeli singer Yuval Raphael represents her country at the Eurovision Song Contest in May, there will be at least one ...

who merged elements of oriental Jewish and Arab music with modern European classical music. On May 27 (8:30 p.m.) Lazarus will share the stage with 10 instrumentalists and vocalist Shir Yifrach ...

After being appointed by Mandel, who had a passion for classical music, Rosé had the band rehearse and play forbidden music by Polish and Jewish composers. Historian David Crowe later wrote that ...

He encountered the cultural seepage of American influences, as evident, for example, in Arabic renditions of the classic “Yes, Sir! That’s my Baby.” Or, take the music that Tunisian Jewish ...

Keyboardist Brian Haas has spent much of the past 31 years crisscrossing the country in a van, performing experimental, often ...

Beyond his musical compositions, Marc Blitzstein was deeply engaged in the political and social movements of his time. His Jewish upbringing, which instilled in him a deep sense of moral ...

The Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies and the Department of Music in the School of the Arts ... which integrated popular and classical elements. He composed approximately 1,200 works, which ...