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Welcome
Lovers of Music, Language, Judaica, the Ottoman Era, Old Spanish
and Exotic Cultures!
Created
and directed by renowned mezzo-soprano vocalist Bonita Nahoum Jaros,
Los Tanyaderos is an ensemble of two to ten performers dedicated
to the preservation of the ethnic music of endangered cultures.
A Romance linguist and musician, Bonita has dedicated a large part
of her personal and professional life to the preservation and documentation
of the language and music of her native culture. Her love of international
music and language arises from her ancestry as the granddaughter
of Sephardic Jews of the Ottoman Empire. Their songs, the few treasures
they could take as they moved from their war-torn land, preserved
the culture and language.
The double CD set, Kantigas de Mi Chikés, is a tribute to Bonita's
parents and grandparents and the legacy of her children. Bonita
says, "Sometimes when I sing the songs of my ancestors, I feel
them passing through me." Set to the beautiful accompaniment
of John Bilezikjian, Bonita and John weave music and poetry with
all the ardor of her past.
As quoted in the journal of the European Sephardic Institute (Sefarad.org)
DE QUELQUES DISQUES...
Kantigas de Mi Chikés
De Bonita Nahoum Jaros
"Ce merveilleux double CD (seCD101 édité
par Los Tanyaderos, USA) vient de nous arriver. C'est un enchantement
pour les oreilles et le livret est un régal
tant pour les yeux et pour l'intellect. Accompagné
par John Bilezikjjian à
l'oud, au violon, au tamourin et la mandoline, Bonita, une fort
belle femme, nous replonge au début
de ce siècle,
dans la Salonique, berceau de sa famille. Les plus beaux morceaux
du répertoire
sépharade
nous font vibrer l'âme.
De sa voix pure comme le cristal, la chanteuse, une grande interprète,
nous donne une interprétation
à
la fois nouvelle et classique. De la belle chanson pour faire rê
ver..."
"This marvelous double CD (seCD101 produced by Los Tanyaderos,
USA) has just arrived. It is an enchantment for the ears, as is
the jewel cover for the eyes and the intellect. It is accompanied
by John Bilezikjian on the oud, the violin, the dumbek and the mandolin.
Bonita, a beautiful woman, plunges us into the beginning of the
century, in Salonika, the cradle of her family. The most beautiful
pieces of the Sephardic repertoire vibrate in our souls. From her
voice, pure as crystal, the singer, a great interpreter, gives us
a modern and classical interpretation at the same time. Beautiful
songs to make us dream ..."
--MoÏse
Rahmani
Journal of the Institut Sépharade
Européen
(Translation by Bonita Nahoum Jaros)
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