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‘My viola gives me space to be myself’

Musician Shiry Rashkovsky has organised a classical music festival in a London cafe - first steps to bringing back live music in the pandemic

By Jessica Duchen

4 min read

Ollie's beat goes on and on

By Nadine Wojakovski

2 min read

‘The alluring Jewish songs that inspire me’

By Elisa Bray

3 min read

From opera to jazz, this Rose is blooming

By Francine White

5 min read

Barry’s not blue about his songs

5 min read

Sephardi music of a vanished world plays again

By Mark Glanville

2 min read

The musician who draws on Jewish soul music

By Elisa Bray

5 min read

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‘I am amazed at what I have done’

They call him 'the sanest man in the room', he's won an Oscar and a Tony, and at 82 his career in showbiz is still going strong. Lyricist Don Black tells John Nathan about his life - and his recent brush with Covid-19

By John Nathan

5 min read

Breathing new life into ancient Sephardi songs

Music written in the ancient language of Spanish Jews is getting a very contemporary revamp

By Jacob Judah

3 min read

Breathing new life into ancient Sephardi songs

Cellist Natalie Clein: my love for Haydn

As her new album of Haydn's cello concertos is released, Natalie Clein writes about making a 'letter of love' to live music

By Natalie Clein

2 min read

Cellist Natalie Clein: my love for Haydn

From prodigy to superstar

Virtuoso violinist Maxim Vengerov puts his success down to his upbringing as a Jewish boy in the heart of Russia.. With celebrations of his 40 years as a performer on ice, he talked to Jessica Duchen about his career

By Jessica Duchen

6 min read

Little Richard, from gospel singer to Jewish star

Little Richard started as a gospel singer but converted to Judaism in the 1980. Gerald Jacobs recalls an encounter with the star

By gerald Jacobs

1 min read

Little Richard, from gospel singer to Jewish star

Beating  the Mafia with music

The Sicilian capital was once in the grips of the Mafia. But now, the city is forging a new future, with culture at its core, and Israeli conductor Omer Meir Wellber is playing a central role

By Fighting the mafia with music

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The Jews who created Woodstock

They weren’t rock legends but, 50 years ago, they made rock history

By Johnny Belknap

12 min read

I'm not Jewish, but I'm a Klezmer musician

Violinist Meg-Rosaleen Hamilton loves the emotional intensity of Jewish folk music

By Jessica Duchen

2 min read

I'm not Jewish, but I'm a Klezmer musician

A home for exiled music

A generation of musicians was wiped from Vienna’s history by the Holocaust — some murdered, others exiled. Now their work is being collected and celebrated

By Jessica Duchen

4 min read

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‘My viola gives me space to be myself’

Ollie's beat goes on and on

‘The alluring Jewish songs that inspire me’

From opera to jazz, this Rose is blooming

Barry’s not blue about his songs

Sephardi music of a vanished world plays again

The musician who draws on Jewish soul music

JC MusicDelivered Weekly

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

More from Music

‘I am amazed at what I have done’

Breathing new life into ancient Sephardi songs

Cellist Natalie Clein: my love for Haydn

From prodigy to superstar

Little Richard, from gospel singer to Jewish star

Beating the Mafia with music

The Jews who created Woodstock

I'm not Jewish, but I'm a Klezmer musician

A home for exiled music

Beating  the Mafia with music