eSefarad Noticias del Mundo Sefaradi
Program Curator: Samuel R. Thomas
Ph.D candidate, CUNY, Graduate Center
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 6:30pm
Aviva & Dan
The electrifying New York City duo, Aviva & Dan, perform an eclectic mix of Spanish and Mediterranean music. Their repertoire spans generations and genres from medieval to modern, classical to tango, and includes pieces from Spain, Israel, Argentina and France, as well as the melancholic romances of the Sephardim – the exiled Jews of Spain.
The Nadel/Thomas Duo
Performs instrumental renditions of songs of the Moroccan Jews. By bringing in jazz sensibilities, Nadel and Thomas seek to stretch the musical boundaries of the Sephardic musical tradition.
A presentation of the Sephardic Music Festival in association with the
American Sephardi Federation and Yeshiva University Museum.
Co-sponsors: The Foundation for Iberian Music, the Institute for Sephardic Studies, AsefaMusic and Shemspeed.
General Admission: $15/ $12 for ASF & YUMuseum members and students.
Ticket includes both performances, panel discussion with the artists, and viewing the current ASF exhibit, Jerusalem and the Jews of Spain: Longing and Reality.
American Sephardi Federation / Sephardic House
15 West 16th Street
New York City, New York 10011
212-294-8350
Tickets may be purchased online at: www.smarttix.com searching for Sephardic Music; or by phone: 212.868.4444. For more information visit: www.sephardicmusicfestival.com
