{"description":"Nani Vazana is in a class of her own. She won the Eurovision Minority Languages competition (Liet International) in 2024, representing the Netherlands with her first Ladino composition, \"Una Segunda Piel\" (A Second Skin). Vazana is one of a very small group of artists who sing in Ladino, the ancient Spanish language spoken by Sephardic Jews around the time of their expulsion from Spain in 1492.\n\nHer album \"Ke Haber\" (What's New) ranked #11 on the World Music Charts and #13 on the Music Charts Europe, and her work has been documented and archived by the Library of Congress. BBC Radio 3 praised her as having \"a voice that transports you from ancient markets to modern jazz clubs in one breath.\"\n\nHer musical journey is deeply personal, inspired by her Moroccan grandmother who taught her Ladino when she was a girl\u2014even when her father forbade the language at home. Through her music, Vazana breathes new life into this endangered language, fusing Spanish-inspired vocals with contemporary storytelling that addresses themes of migration, gender, and female empowerment.\n\nThis video was captured at her performance in the Strauss Black Box Theatre at the Kirkwood Performing Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on January 30, 2026.","height":2160,"html":"
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