Making It New

 

What does it mean to create within a living tradition, to honour the past without being imprisoned by it? In this lecture-performance, Nani Vazana traces her creative process as one of the world's few artists composing original music in Ladino, the endangered Judeo-Spanish language carried across centuries and continents by the Sephardic diaspora. She'll explore how she brings that ancient tradition into dialogue with contemporary jazz, flamenco, and North African rhythms, and where she draws the line between innovation and preservation.

 

Featuring live performance on piano and trombone, the presentation will also offer a first look at material she will further develop during her Deep Roots Artist in Residence week at Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, following the Festival.