Tagged Ladino music

Meet Sarah Aroeste, the Jewish Mom Revitalizing Ladino Music

Musician Sarah Aroeste (Courtesy of Sarah Aroeste)
March 25, 2016 / Joanna Valente, Kveller via JTA

(Kveller via JTA) — Sarah Aroeste is one of those people who seem utterly fascinating. She’s a mom and Ladino musician who recently released her fourth album “Ora de Despertar,” or “Time to Wake Up.” In her music, she explores her connection between her Sephardic roots in Greece and her passion for Ladino musical… Read more »

Scion of Azrieli family goes from opera to cantor, and back
April 17, 2012 / Alexandra Halpern, JTA
Sharon Azrieli-Perez, a Candian-born opera singer, performs "Turandot" with the New Israel Opera in 2008. (sharonazrieli.com)

NEW YORK (JTA) — When Sharon Azrieli-Perez told her father — David Azrieli, one of Israel’s biggest real estate moguls — that she wanted to be an opera singer, he told her he’d pay for voice lessons only if she got into Juilliard. That was all the motivation she… Read more »