Artist at Self-employed·1983 – now

Learn lost Sephardic songs from elders after my concerts

I once spent an afternoon with a 94-year-old woman from Turkey who knew songs I had never heard.

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Early life

Turned my grandmother's dining table into a stage

I made the whole house watch. At nine I went along to my dad's guitar lesson. He quit, I never stopped.

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Owner at Sefarad Records Corp.

Funded my first CD with fans and started my own label

I had no label, so I made one. It became home for my recording, publishing and management, and for artists I worked with.

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Master's degree in Operatic Performance at Manhattan School of Music·1979 – 1986

Trained in opera, then drifted to my ancestors' songs

After 30+ opera roles, I was invited to sing at events marking 500 years since Spain expelled the Sephardim.

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Songbook

Collected 40 songs from the Sephardic oral tradition

Ballads, courtship and wedding songs, and liturgy, with guitar chords, a Ladino pronunciation guide and translations.

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Musical

Co-wrote a musical mixing Sephardic song and flamenco

With Noa Ain I wrote about a woman whose longing for love brings it to her. Lincoln Center's Premieres festival staged it.

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Gerard Edery

Gerard Edery⁠

Sefarad Records Corp.

Owner at Sefarad Records Corp.

About

I'm owner of Sefarad Records, and I received the Sephardic Musical Heritage Award.

Experiences

  1. Artist at Self-employedLearn lost Sephardic songs from elders after my concerts

    I once spent an afternoon with a 94-year-old woman from Turkey who knew songs I had never heard.

  2. Early lifeTurned my grandmother's dining table into a stage

    I made the whole house watch. At nine I went along to my dad's guitar lesson. He quit, I never stopped.

  3. Owner at Sefarad Records Corp.Funded my first CD with fans and started my own label

    I had no label, so I made one. It became home for my recording, publishing and management, and for artists I worked with.

  4. Master's degree in Operatic Performance at Manhattan School of MusicTrained in opera, then drifted to my ancestors' songs

    After 30+ opera roles, I was invited to sing at events marking 500 years since Spain expelled the Sephardim.

  5. SongbookCollected 40 songs from the Sephardic oral tradition

    Ballads, courtship and wedding songs, and liturgy, with guitar chords, a Ladino pronunciation guide and translations.

  6. MusicalCo-wrote a musical mixing Sephardic song and flamenco

    With Noa Ain I wrote about a woman whose longing for love brings it to her. Lincoln Center's Premieres festival staged it.

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Gerard Edery

Gerard Edery⁠

Sefarad Records Corp.

Owner at Sefarad Records Corp.

About

I'm owner of Sefarad Records, and I received the Sephardic Musical Heritage Award.

Experiences

  1. Artist at Self-employedLearn lost Sephardic songs from elders after my concerts

    I once spent an afternoon with a 94-year-old woman from Turkey who knew songs I had never heard.

  2. Early lifeTurned my grandmother's dining table into a stage

    I made the whole house watch. At nine I went along to my dad's guitar lesson. He quit, I never stopped.

  3. Owner at Sefarad Records Corp.Funded my first CD with fans and started my own label

    I had no label, so I made one. It became home for my recording, publishing and management, and for artists I worked with.

  4. Master's degree in Operatic Performance at Manhattan School of MusicTrained in opera, then drifted to my ancestors' songs

    After 30+ opera roles, I was invited to sing at events marking 500 years since Spain expelled the Sephardim.

  5. SongbookCollected 40 songs from the Sephardic oral tradition

    Ballads, courtship and wedding songs, and liturgy, with guitar chords, a Ladino pronunciation guide and translations.

  6. MusicalCo-wrote a musical mixing Sephardic song and flamenco

    With Noa Ain I wrote about a woman whose longing for love brings it to her. Lincoln Center's Premieres festival staged it.

Follow Gerard for more...

LinkedInXWebsiteYouTubeInstagram

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