Pace's Schimmel Center continues it's excellent inaugural Pace Presents season this Thursday, February 16, with a performance by Israeli singer-songwriter Yasmin Levy, who combines traditional Sephardic styles with Flamenco and Mediterranean influences. Her latest album, Sentir, is the fourth since her 2005 debut to be recorded in the Judeo-Spanish language of Ladino, which, while spoken widely throughout medieval Spain and the Mediterranean, is spoken by fewer than 200,000 people today.
Levy will be joined by Turkish multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek, known throughout the world for his virtuoso playing of such traditional middle-eastern instruments as the ney, oud, saz, darbuka, baglama and zurna. The two will collaborate on material spanning Levy’s discography, as well as Tekbilek's own material. Tickets available at the Schimmel Center box office or online.