Mara Aranda’s 25 years on stage coincide in 2015 with the 450th Annivesary of the arrival of the Sephardic Jews to the Ottoman Empire after their expulsion from the Iberian Peninsula.
Produced and directed by citole, lute and hurdy-gurdy expert J Martinez, a group of renowned musicians has come together with the goal of bringing the music of this important period in Spanish history to the public. It was a period of nearly eight centuries when different religions coexisted through times of greater and lesser tolerance to each other, sharing their social and cultural lives: over 24 generations of Judeo-Spaniards of the Sepharad; Moors from Al Andalus; and Christians of Hispania.
Examples of how the Judeo-Spanish population would have lived, songs that would have been passed from father to son down the generations, have survived more than 500 years since they were expelled from Spain. Songs that talk to us not only of their inner-most feelings, their festivities, celebrations and rites, but also of real historical events.
From Iberia to Sofia and Salonika, Sephardic Legacy contains the sounds of Mediaeval Spanish instruments as well as instruments of Northen African and Eastern Mediterranean origin, and follows the example of the Sephardic people themselves, who adapted their musical style to the instruments available and the regions where they settled. Far from leaving behind their rich cultural legacy, the Sephardic people opened themselves and their song to the world. And we can still sing their songs today and share them with all lovers of history, music and tradition.
Date
22/04/2015 (19:00 h)
Venue
Casa de la Cultura Judía en Bulgaria – Sala Jerusalén
avda. Al.Stamboliyski 50
1303 Sofía
(BULGARIA)
Entidades Organizadoras
Embajada de España (Bulgaria)
Entidades colaboradoras
Instituto Cervantes (Sofía)
Organización de los Judíos en Bulgaria (Shalom)
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Bulgaria)
