Jerusalém de España–Cantilena is an internationally renowned trio that brings Sephardic Jewish classical music to concert halls worldwide. The trio delivers an impassioned performance of a stirring mixture of works rooted in an ancient Judeo Español culture as depicted through Romansas, Cantigas and Piutim that go as far back as 2000 years ago. Stories of love, loss and longing take center stage in classical concert form including both traditional and original contemporary works, one of which is a monument in the memory of the Jewish community of Salonika who perished in the Holocaust. ARTISTS: Ronit Widmann-Levy, voice; Guy Yehuda, clarinet; and Daniel Akiva, guitar. Generously sponsored by Thea Glicksman and the Belle S. Harris and Julius N. Harris Endowed Distinguished Visiting Artists Fund in the College of Music..

The program explores Jewish music through history, from a medieval Christian period, under the Visigoths, to the period of Moorish rule by Islamic cultures, in which Jewish scholars wrote their tomes in Arabic, as well as the famous period of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the "Catholic Monarchs," and beyond, into the twentieth century.

Generously sponsored by the Thea Glicksman and the Belle S. Harris and Julius N. Harris Endowed Distinguished Visiting Artists Fund in the College of Music, and the Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowment for Chamber Music.