Yasmin Levy
Yasmin Levy
Genres: ladino, Flamenco, female vocalists, world, spanish
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About Yasmin Levy
Yasmin Levy (Hebrew: יסמין לוי), born on December 23, 1975 in Jerusalem, Israel, is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judeo-Spanish music. Yasmin Levy is of Sephardic descent from the city of İzmir, Turkey. Her late father, Yitzhak (Isaac) Levy (1919–1977), was a composer and hazzan (cantor), as well as a pioneer researcher into the long and rich history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora, being the editor of the Ladino language magazine Aki Yerushalayim. With her distinctive and emotive style, Yasmin has brought a new interpretation to the medieval Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) song by incorporating more "modern" sounds of Andalusian flamenco and Persian music, 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". On her second album, La Judería, she also covered the popular songs "Gracias a la Vida" by Violeta Parra and "Nací en Alamó" 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 of "The Song of the Gypsies" (Greek: "Το Τραγούδι των Γύφτων"), written by Greek songwriter Dionysis Tsaknis in 1990). Yasmin's work earned her the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation Award for promoting cross-cultural dialogue between musicians from three cultures. 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 years 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. Yasmin is a goodwill ambassador for the charity Children of Peace.
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Yasmin Levy — Top 30 songs of 35
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmin Levy | Yo En La Prizion (English, Türkçe Ly | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Me Voy | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Madre, Si Esto Hazina | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Alfonsito | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Hallelujah | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Hasta Siempre Amor | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Komo La Roza | ||
| Yasmin Levy | La Nave Del Olvido | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Los Mareados | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Mal De L'amor | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Me Estas Mirando | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Naci En Alamo | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Nos Llego El Final | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Olvidate De Mi (Feat. Concha Buika) | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Recuerdo (Soghati) | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Una noche mas | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Naci En Alamor | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Tango Argentino | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Una Noche Mas | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Muestro Senyor Elohenu | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Firuze | ||
| Yasmin Levy | De Edad De Kinze Anyos (Since The Age Of Fifteen) | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Una Noche Mas (SR) | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Mano Suave | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Nani, Nani | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Adio querida | ||
| Yasmin Levy | La nave del olvide | ||
| Yasmin Levy | La Ultima Curda | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Gracias A La Vida | ||
| Yasmin Levy | Y Todavia Te Quiero |