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Yasmin Levy

 
Artist: Yasmin Levy
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  • Born: December 23, 1975, Bakaa, Jerusalem, Israel
  • Died: 1977
  • Genres: World
  • Instrument: Arranger
  • Representative Albums: "Mano Suave", "Romance & Yasmin", "La Judería: Ladino Meets Flamenco

Biography

Yasmin Levy is an Israeli singer who performs Ladino music with a modern twist, an infusion of flamenco in particular. Born on December 23, 1975, in Jerusalem, Levy learned about Ladino music and culture from her father, Yitzhak Levy, a researcher of Ladino, the Judeo-Spanish language of the Sephardic Jewish communities that were driven from Spain in the late 15th century. Levy's songs are generally sung in Ladino, and her music is generally comprised of traditional instruments such as oud, violin, and cello; however, she also infuses her music with more modern styles such as flamenco. Levy's debut album, Romance & Yasmin (2000), garnered some attention, particularly after being reissued internationally in 2004 and earning her a nomination for Best Newcomer at the 2005 BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards. Her follow-up album, La Judería: Ladino Meets Flamenco (2005), is more typical of the style that she would carry forward on subsequent albums such as Live at the Tower of David, Jerusalem (2006) and Mano Suave (2008). These follow-up efforts were acclaimed, for instance earning her further BBC Radio 3 World Music Award nominations, and they also were commercially successful on an international scale, with Mano Suave, for instance, charting in France and becoming a Top Ten hit in Sweden. Levy's next full-length was Sentir, released in September 2009. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
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Yasmin Levy
Born December 23, 1975 (1975-12-23) (age 33)
Origin Jerusalem, Israel
Genres Sephardic music, World music, Flamenco music
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 2000–present
Labels Adama
Website www.yasminlevy.net

Yasmin Levy, born on December 23, 1975 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Sephardic music. Her late father, Isaac Levy, was a composer and cantor, pioneer researcher into the long and rich history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora, being the editor of the Ladino language magazine Aki Yerushalayim. With her distinctive and emotive style, Yasmin has brought a new interpretation to the medieval Ladino/Judeo-Spanish song by incorporating more "modern" sounds of Andalusian Flamenco and Turkey[1], as well as combining instruments like the darbuka, oud, violin, cello, and piano. In her second album, La Judería (Sp: "The Jewish Quarter"), she also covered the popular songs Gracias a la Vida by Violeta Parra and Nací en Alamó from the film Vengo, directed by Tony Gatlif, which in its original version won the 2001 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film.

Her debut album was Romance & Yasmin in 2000, which earned her a nomination as Best Newcomer for the fRoots / BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards 2005, followed in 2005 with her second album La Juderia. In 2006 she was nominated again, then in the category Culture Crossing.[2]

Yasmin's work earned her the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation Award for promoting cross-cultural dialogue between musicians from three cultures.[3] In her own words:

I am proud to combine the two cultures of Ladino and flamenco, while mixing in Middle Eastern influences. I am embarking on a 500 years old musical journey, taking Ladino to Andalusia and mixing it with flamenco, the style that still bears the musical memories of the old Moorish and Jewish-Spanish world with the sound of the Arab world. In a way it is a ‘musical reconciliation’ of history.[4]

Contents

Discography

  • 2004: Romance & Yasmin
  • 2005: La Judería
  • 2006: Live at the Tower of David, Jerusalem
  • 2007: Mano Suave
  • 2009: Sentir

External links

Image Gallery

Yasmin Levy in concert in Warsaw, September 2008 (Mano Suave world tour)

References

  1. ^ "Yasmin Levy: Passion from exile". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/yasmin-levy-passion-from-exile-498786.html. Retrieved 2008-11-25. 
  2. ^ "BBC - Radio 3 - Awards for World Music 2006 - Yasmin Levy". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2006/a4wm_yasmin.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-19. 
  3. ^ >"2008 Event Media Release - Yasmin Levy". Sydney Opera House. http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/08EventMediaRelease_YasminLevy.aspx. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 
  4. ^ "BBC - Awards for World Music 2007 - Yasmin Levy". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2007/2007_yasmin_levy.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-19. 



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