Acadia School of Music’s Concert & Lecture Series - Festival Theatre
(1:00 pm)
Acadia School of Music is happy to present a Concert & Lecture Series
Making It New
by Nani Vazana
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.
