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Documentary of the Competition Finals

with thanks to

the Dutch Jewish Broadcasting Network

IJMF 2010 Competition winners:

At the 2nd International Jewish Music Competition, 24 ensembles from 12 different countries came to Amsterdam and performed music of incredible diversity and quality. A world-class jury and festival programmers from Spain, Canada, Germany, and the U.S. awarded prizes: bookings, agency representation, and recording contracts worth more than € 70,000. For a complete overview, look at our Winners page.


  1. Grand Prize: The Heart & The Wellspring (Israel)

  2. Audience Prize: Mames Babegenush (Denmark)

  3. Mira Rafalowicz Prize: Shir (U.K.)

  4. Glezele Yash Prize: Di Gojim (Nederland)

  5. Shemspeed Prize: Mames Babegenush (Denmark)

  6. Jewlicious Prize: Voices Of The Levites (Israel)

  7. Sefardische Muziek Prize: Lafra (Croatia/Hongary/Bulgaria)

  8. Simcha Prize: Yonit Shaked Golan & Gabi Argov (Israel)

  9. City Winery Prize: Klezmafour (Poland)

  10. IJPA Prize: Trio C Tot De Derde (Netherlands) & Vent D’ouest Klezmer Band (France)

  11. Chutzpah! Festival Prize: Klezmafour (Poland)

  12. Internationales Klezmer Festival Fürth Prize: Mames Babegenush (Denmark) & Di Gojim (Netherlands)


IJMF 2010 Finalists:

  1. Duo Bilitis (Netherlands)

  2. KlezmaFour (Poland)

  3. Mames Babegenush (Denmark)

  4. The Heart & the Wellspring (Israel)

  5. Yoni Eilat (Israel)

  6. Yonit Shaked Golan & Gabi Argov (Israel)

IJMF 2011: A Nationwide Festival

October 21-30, winners of our 2010 Jewish Music Competition from France, Israel, Denmark and the Netherlands will perform in top venues.


Click here for the

NEW 2011 WEBSITE

IJMF 2010 on YouTube

24 x 1 minute = the competition first rounds in a nutshell!

Below you can see clips of the first round performances of the 2010 winners of the jury prize and the audience prize. For a look at all 24 ensembles, take a look at our Video page.

New Jewish Music Calendar

Below is a preview of the coming 3 Jewish music events in the Netherlands. For a complete line-up, see our Calendar page.