Flamenco/Mizrachi Fusion night with Espacio Flamenco, Michelle Alany and Eric Stern

Part of The Portland Jewish Music Festival!

Flamenco, Sephardic, and Mizrachi music share deep historical and musical connections, rooted in the cultural exchanges of the Mediterranean, the Iberian peninsula (Al-Andalus), and the Jewish diaspora. Experience a fusion of styles: Flamenco! Sephardic! Mizrachi! The artists of Espacio Flamenco, steeped in the culture and craft of Flamenco, create a rich tapestry of flamenco music, dance, and song hearkening back to Spain's golden age. The dancers and musicians of Espacio Flamenco will be joined by internationally touring violinist & vocalist Michelle Alany, and oudist Eric Stern to explore the deep connections between the cultures of the Iberian peninsula and the Mizrachi diaspora. A night of music dancing, spectacle and cultural fusion!

All ages, $22/Person

About Espacio Flamenco

Espacio Flamenco is a dynamic Flamenco performance troupe that includes internationally renowned artists.
The troupe gives flamenco classes, performance, and special events that encourage individual expression as well as collaboration and exchange among artists. Espacio Flamenco creates music through Flamenco!

About Michelle Alany
With Iraqi roots, Michelle Alany is an internationally touring violinist & vocalist, a dynamic performer & ambassador of world folk traditions. She specializes in soulful Sephardic, Mediterranean & Eastern European-inspired music, as well as original music, drawing on rich folk and classical traditions. Based in the west coast, Michelle maintains a strong touring schedule as a solo performer and leading the Mystics (an ensemble that fuses the best of balkan, klezmer and mizrachi musical traditions). Michelle’s versatility and depth as a performer will stir your soul, delight your senses, commune with your ancestors and ignite your spirit.

About Eric Stern

Eric Stern is a performer, producer, and arts advocate. As a performer, he’s appeared on NPR and has performed at the Kennedy Center, throughout the Northwest, and internationally from Portland to Paris to Poland. Best known as the founder and leader of Vagabond Opera, Stern has returned in recent years to his Jewish roots, studying and playing Oud (a kind of lute that is played throughout the Mizrachi, and Sephardic world). Along with Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb he founded the Jewish Theater Project in New Mexico, Vagabond Opera in Portland and Hungry Opera Machine, a modern-opera company. He has produced productions from intimate cafe events to full-scale theatrical performances