Yasmin Levy

Posted on Tuesday, November 3

Yasmin Levy is the Ladino singer born in Jerusalem, Israel who has taken Ladino music in new directions and to new heights on the international stage. Yasmin has received numerous recognitions and has toured extensively throughout the world including appearances at the WOMEX and WOMAD festivals. She is on her debut tour of the United States with three previous U.S. appearances in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle.

Yasmin is the daughter of the late Yitzhak Levy, one of the world’s leading scholars in Ladino music who spent his entire career collecting and preserving the Sephardic music that was passed down orally from generation to generation for over 500 years. Although her father passed away when she was only one year old, the traditions passed from her father to her mother and then to the young Yasmin are a testament to the survival of this endangered art. Her widely acclaimed third album Mano Suave will be released in the U.S. in September 2009.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 | 8:30 PM
Old Town School of Folk Music
Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall
4544 N Lincoln Ave.

Free ticketed event. $5 suggested donation.
BOX OFFICE: 773.728.6000 for reservations