KANTA JUDEZMO
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Kanta Judezmo
An oratorio in Ladino and English,
​about the Sephardic diaspora experience
as told through the eyes of a
Jewish immigrant girl
composed by Sascha Jacobsen
Libretto by Bobby Coleman

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Kanta Judezmo
​              Premiere Performances:

What is Kanta Judezmo?

Kanta Judezmo is an oratorio sung in Ladino and English and an immersive performance with live music, singing, narration, Spanish Guitar, percussion, dance and projections, telling the story of the Sephardic Diaspora, through the eyes of an immigrant woman forced from her home on a journey to forge a new life.

Composed by Sascha Jacobsen
Narrated by librettist Bobby Coleman

With
Melinda Martinez Becker, mezzo soprano
The Musical
 Art Quintet
Carlos Caminos, Guitar
Edgardo Cambon, percussion
Natalie Nayun, Andrea Fuchilieri & Emanuel Colombo, dancers
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A young Sephardic woman circa 1900
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Read about our premiere here in J. News.
​Quien no tiene su casa, es vecino de todo el mundo. (Whoever has no home is neighbor to the whole world.)
Ladino is a world language and a world music, clever and tantalizing. It has a diaspora sound, wandering, blending, inclusive, urban, cagey, funny, rhythmic, poignant, secret, nearly dead, potentially reviving, and politically and artistically compelling. From the start, we wanted to universalize aspects of the historical record using its amazing specifics, a kind of unity in diversity, because that's how universal it really is.
​Strings, Guitar, Percussion, Voice, Narration, Dance. Kanta Judezmo reaches into the past for inspiration from our ancestors, to create musical art for the present times and looks toward a future where we are all neighbors, at peace with each other.
Kanta Judezmo is an oratorio, using songs sung in the Ladino language to tell the story of those who spoke it, with narration in English. It tells a story about the Sephardic diaspora through the lens of its central female character, with universal threads that traverse centuries, borders, language, culture and genre.
April 30, 2019 NPP presents:
Kanta Judezmo, world premier

Congregation Emanu-El, 7:30pm
2 Lake St, San Francisco
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FREE ADMISSION


June 30, 2019 4pm
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, SF, CA 94109
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​More performances to be announced soon!
A new oratorio sung and narrated in Ladino and English.
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Kanta Judezmo is an oratorio that tells the story about the Sephardic diaspora through the lens of its central female character, with universal threads that traverse centuries, borders, language, culture and genre. Kanta Judezmo uses Jewish melodic themes, with motifs and rhythms from Spain, North Africa, the Middle East, and South America.   Sascha Jacobsen is an acclaimed composer and bassist, whose music has been praised by the Strad Magazine for being "Stylish and Vigorous..beautifully arranged" and the SF Bay Guardian, "his concoctions hop nimbly through a world of styles while impressing with ear-catching intricacy and handsome technique." The Neighborhood Performance Project, which brings high quality chamber music to community spaces, is honored to join Congregation Emanu-El in presenting the world premiere of Kanta Judezmo. ​

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Artists

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Sascha Jacobsen
Composer, bassist
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Melinda Martinez Becker
Mezzo soprano

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Bobby Coleman
Librettist, poet

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