Yasmin Levy

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Yasmin Levy, born on December 23, 1975 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli singer of Sephardic music. Her late father, Yitzhak Levy, was a pioneer researcher into the long and rich history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora. 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 Spanish Flamenco, as well as traditional instruments like the oud, violin, cello, and piano. Her debut album was Romance & Yasmin in 2000, which earned her a nomination as Best Newcomer for the 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.[1] According to her official MySpace page, she has a new album - Mano Suave - which was released October 2007.

[edit] Discography

  • 2000: Romance & Yasmin
  • 2005: La Judería
  • 2006: Live at the Tower of David, Jerusalem
  • 2007: Mano Suave

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[edit] Reference

  1. ^ BBC - Radio 3 - Awards for World Music 2006 - Yasmin Levy. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-04-19.


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