Biografias: Flory Jagoda – La nona ke kanta

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Flory Jagoda, nasida en el anyo 1925 en Sarajevo, Bosnia i Herzegovina, es una kantadera i gitarera djudia amerikana konosida por la su musika en ladino.

Flory Jagoda yegó a los Estatos Unitos d’Amerika en el anyo 1946, komo una novia de gerra. Eya kresió en la viya de Vlasenica i en Sarajevo. Eya dezvelopó la su kapachitá musikala kon la famiya Altaras.

La komunita sefardi de Sarajevo kaji fue destruyida tuda durante la Sigunda Gerra Mondial.

Duránte la gerra, Flory fue yevada a la adá de Korcula en la kosta de Dalmasiya. La su famiya después eskapó a Italia, ande eya konosió a Harry Jagoda, un soldado amerikano i se kazó kon el, para después yirse a los Estatos Unitos.

Flory dize ke los sus katro diskos van  a representar las kuatro etapas musikalas de la su vida: El disko Kantikas Di Mi Nona, inklue kantikas las kualas la su bavá le kantava a eya duránte la su chikés. Después, de el su sigundo disko, Memories of Sarajevo (Arrikódros de Sarajevo), eya gravó La Nona Kanta, kon kantikas que eya eskrivió para los sus inyetos.

Oy endia, ya en los sus 84 anyos, Flory deklaró ke Arvoliko (The Little Tree) va ser el su ultimo disko, El arvoliko, ubikado en Bosnia, se dize ke es la unika sinyal de la tumba masiva de 42 myémbros de la famiya Altaras amatados por los Nazis.

En el anyo 2002 eya resivió un Premio a la su karriera musikala de la National Heritage Fellowship i el National Endowment for the Arts en agradesimyénto por los sus eshuérsos en sigir pasando la tradisiyon de la musika en ladino a las muevas jenerasiyones. 

Este mesmo anyo, 2002, Ankica Petrovic izo un filmo dokumentalo sobro de Flory i la su vida. Afilú eya ya está aedada i en la anyada de los 80, Flory Jagoda ainda sige ensinyando, eskrivyéndo i kantando en konsertos.

 Flory Jagoda, Sephardic folksinger from Bosnia, sings Laz Tiyas. The Aunts, at a concert at Congregation Etz Hayim, Arlington, VA, April, 2008. Video Producer:Abby Sternberg.

Flory Jagoda born in 1925 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a Jewish American guitarist, composer and singer. She is known for her interpretation of Ladino songs.

Flory Jagoda arrived in America as a war bride in 1946. She grew up in the Bosnian village of Vlasenica and in Sarajevo. She grew up in the Sephardic tradition in the musical Altaras family.

The Sephardic community of Sarajevo and its surrounding communities were nearly obliterated during World War II. During the war Jagoda was interned on the island of Korcula on the Dalmatian Coast. Her family escaped to Italy where she met and soon married Harry Jagoda, then in the U.S. military after which she immigrated to the United States.

Jagoda’s recording Kantikas Di Mi Nona (Songs of My Grandmother) consists of songs her grandmother, a Sephardic folksinger, taught her as a young girl. Following the release of her second recording, Memories of Sarajevo, she recorded La Nona Kanta (The Grandmother Songs), songs she herself wrote for her grandchildren.

Now in her 80’s Flory has stated that Arvoliko: The Little Tree, released in 2006, will be her final solo recording. The tree, located in Bosnia, is said to be the only marker of the mass grave of 42 massacred members of the Altaras family. She refers to her four recordings as representing the four musical stages of her life. In 2006 she also released a series of duets with Ramón Tasat, Kantikas de amor i vida: Sephardic Duets.

Ladino is in serious danger of extinction but it is experiencing a minor revival among Sephardic communities, especially in music. Jagoda is a leader in this revival.

In 2002 she received a Lifetime Honor by the National Heritage Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Arts for her efforts in passing on the tradition of Ladino music. In 2002, Ankica Petrovic produced a documentary film about Flory and her story. Despite being in her 80’s, Flory Jagoda continues to teach, write, and perform concerts.

Fuente: Wikipedia – Tablet