Judeo-Spanish, or Ladino, culture sparkled in southern Spain until the 15th century Christian Inquisition decimated this meeting between the three monotheistic religions. Five centuries later, Yitzhak Levy and then his daughter Yasmin have helped to resurrect it through music. Yasmin Levy has shone on “world music” circuits since 2002, drawing on the ethnolinguist work her father left behind. Her three CDs, Romance and Yasmin, La Juderia and Mano Suave reveal the Israeli singer’s audacity. Yasmin was nominated for a BBC World Music award in 2006.
Mexico’s Ollin Kan festival 2006
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The vivacious singer talks of the inspiration behind her latest CD “La Juderia”. She also evokes her father, a great linguist and collector of Sephardic songs who died when she was only a one year old.
Setting: Yasmin Levy was part of a glittering line-up at Mexico’s Ollin Kan festival in 2006. It seemed an unlikely setting for her Ladino-Oriental music set. Yet, she seduced a large and enthusiastic audience, mainly thanks to the universal quality of her music and her stage charisma. This post-concert exchange was first broadcast by Radio France International and its programme World Tracks.
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