9 min
Interview
Piyutim, and a language kept alive by singing it
A short interview on the Sephardic piyutim and on Ladino itself, a language now carried mostly in song.
About the artist
Yasmin Levy
Israeli singer of Ladino, born in Jerusalem in 1975 and the daughter of Yitzhak Levy, the cantor and researcher who first set down the Judeo-Spanish songs of the Sephardic diaspora. She took the fifteenth-century repertoire her father collected and made it living music again, letting flamenco and Middle Eastern phrasing into songs that had been sung in exile for five hundred years.
“True freedom will come only when we are free from every fear.”Yasmin Levy
Upcoming events
Meet Yasmin Levy in person.
Talks, day programmes and retreats currently listed in the Paths Are Many calendar.
06NOV
Yasmin Levy at Sava Centar
Belgrade, Serbia · Concert
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27NOV
Yasmin Levy in the Mozart-Saal
Stuttgart, Germany · Concert
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Show 5 past gatherings
24OCT
Yasmin Levy in Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland · Concert
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11OCT
Yasmin Levy at the Saban Theatre
Los Angeles, California, United States · Concert
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08OCT
Yasmin Levy at Irving Arts Center
Irving, Texas, United States · Concert
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06OCT
Yasmin Levy: One More Night
Bellevue, Washington, United States · Concert
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04OCT
Yasmin Levy: One More Night
San Francisco, California, United States · Concert
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Talks & videos
Watch before you attend.
Short introductions and longer conversations, to hear this artist in their own words.
26 min
Interview
On her father's songbook, with the songs
Yasmin Levy talks and sings in the ABC studio about the Judeo-Spanish songs her father collected and what she did with them.
103 min
Music
Akko, Salonika, Istanbul: a full evening of Ladino song
Yasmin Levy with the Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, following the Sephardic song from Akko to Salonika to Istanbul across a whole concert.
Path
The wider context.
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Concealment & the hidden light
Kabbalah
The Jewish mystical tradition centred on hidden dimensions of scripture and the nature of the divine, often explored through symbolic systems such as the Tree of Life.
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