Some people still think that it is necessary to be from Rio to be able to play bossa nova well, or Chat a person must come from Reunion to drum the sega properly, or that a Saxon pianist's fingers inevitably make Mozart's music sound more limpid.
Balderdash! And that at a time when the musical world, in any case, constantly gives us proof of being a simmering cultural still and a fantastic planetary resonator that debunks such theories by abolishing the distances between peoples.
Jean-Christophe Hoarau did not have to be Israeli or of Jewish heritage to offer us, well-intentioned expert that he is, an anthology with easy arrangements of some of the most famous themes from the Yiddish repertoire.
In it we come across dance music, those delightful themes of marriages and bar mitzvahs, as well as the Israeli national anthem (the moving Hatikva) and other songs, all translated into "beginning guitar" language, as it should be.
Mazel Tov to you Jean-Christophe, for another well-done job! I am sure that your thoughtful work will please numerous young (and not so young) students.
Roland Dyens (traduction: Jacqueline Rose
