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Yasmin Levy (Hebrew: יסמין לוי; born December 23, 1975) is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judeo-Spanish music.

Yasmin Levy
Yasmin Levy in 2008
Background information
Born	(1975-12-23) December 23, 1975 (age 46) Jerusalem, Israel
Origin	Turkey
Genres	Sephardic music, world, flamenco
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Adama
Website	yasminlevy.net

Biography

Levy is of Sephardic Jewish descent.[1] Her parents were immigrants from Turkey.[1] Her late father, Yitzhak Isaac Levy (1919–1977),[2] was a composer and hazzan (cantor), as well as a pioneer researcher into the history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora, being the editor of the Ladino language magazine Aki Yerushalayim.[3]

Career

With her distinctive and emotive style, Levy has brought a new interpretation to the medieval Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) song by incorporating more "modern" sounds of Andalusian flamenco and traditional Turkish music[1] as well as combining instruments like the darbuka, oud, violin, cello, and piano.

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 Judería (Spanish: The Jewish Quarter). In 2006, she was nominated again, then in the category "Culture Crossing".[4]

On her second album, La Judería, she also covered the popular songs "Gracias a la Vida" by Violeta Parra and "Nací en Álamo" 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 (itself being a cover[5] of "The Song of the Gypsies" (Greek: "Το Τραγούδι των Γύφτων"), written by Greek songwriter Dionysis Tsaknis in 1990)^{[citation needed]}.

Levy's work earned her the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation Award for promoting cross-cultural dialogue between musicians from three cultures.[6] 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-year-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.[7]

Levy is a goodwill ambassador for the charity Children of Peace.

Discography

Full albums

• 2004: Romance & Yasmin
• 2005: La Judería
• 2006: Live at the Tower of David, Jerusalem
• 2007: Mano Suave
• 2009: Sentir
• 2012: Libertad (release date: October 2012)[8]
• 2014: Tango (release date: October 2014)
• 2017: "Rak Od Layla Echad" ('Just one more night')
• 2021: Voice & Piano (release date: March 2021)

Singles for movie soundtracks

• 2011: "Jaco", for My Sweet Canary (featuring the oud player Tomer Katz)
• 2011: "Una Pastora", for My Sweet Canary (featuring the qanun player Mumin Sesler)

Collaborations

• 2008: Tzur Mishelo Achalnu, for Avoda Ivrit 2, featuring Shlomo Bar.
• 2010: Tzur Mishelo Achalnu, for Kol HaNeshama, featuring Shlomo Bar.
• 2012: Yigdal, for Yehuda Halevi Pinat Ibn Gabirol - The Collection

References

External links

• Official website
• Long interview with Yasmin Levy on FLY
• BBC "The World" article about Yasmin Levy
• Radio documentary featuring Yasmin Levy on CBC Radio's Dispatches

На других языках

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- [en] Yasmin Levy

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[es] Yasmin Levy

Yasmin Levy (Jerusalén, 23 de diciembre de 1975) es una cantante israelí y española en lengua judeoespañola.

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[ru] Леви, Ясмин

Ясмин Леви (сеф. Yasmin Levy, ивр. ‏יסמין לוי‏‎; род. 23 декабря 1975, Иерусалим, Израиль) — израильская певица, известная исполнением традиционных сефардских песен на ладино и собственных композиций на испанском языке, с использованием элементов фламенко в акустическом сопровождении народных и современных инструментов.

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