Sun, May 30, 2021 7.30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Central European Summer Time (UTC + 2)
Tickets ($ 18) here.
Join us on a dynamic interactive journey through the fascinating legacy of Sephardic music.
About this event
Sefarad is both a geographic location and a concept – it’s Spain and Portugal, and it’s the centuries and continents of the Sephardic diaspora to date. Musically we travel from medieval Jewish life in Spain and Portugal through the diaspora in Morocco and the eastern Mediterranean, former Ottoman countries. Ancient ballads with mesmerizing stories, irresistible rhythms of wedding songs, songs of the Jewish calendar cycle and the popular love songs and songs of everyday life are presented both live and in archive footage with photos and stories of the Sephardim who kept this tradition alive at every chance.
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About Judith
Judith Cohen is a Canadian ethnomusicologist and singer best known for her work in Sephardic music and related traditions. Village songs from Spain and Portugal, narrative ballads and stories in the English and European tradition, Balkan singing, songs from French Canada, Yiddish – and music from medieval Europe are part of their performance and workshop repertoires. She has also spent many years doing field research and music research into the lives of Portuguese crypto-Jews who preserved their identities through the centuries of the Inquisition.