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Ruth Yaakov was born in Israel. She received a musical education in singing studies at the well known Rubin Academy of Musics in Tel Aviv.With a repertoire of genres as there are opera, song and Sephardic chambermusic she has already performed on many famous stages in Europe and all over the world.... Learn More »

Ruth Yaakov was born in Israel. She received a musical education in singing studies at the well known Rubin Academy of Musics in Tel Aviv.

With a repertoire of genres as there are opera, song and Sephardic chambermusic she has already performed on many famous stages in Europe and all over the world. She studied classical singing in Israel, USA and Europe with teachers like Nathania Dovrat, Virginia Zeani, Kathleen Kaun and Roberta Knie.
During her studies she worked with original Sephardic singers, who teached her in style and repertoire of Sephardic traditional songs.

At the international Styrian Autumn Festival she gave the first performance of Zbginiew Bargielski's "Niemandsland" and was part of TV and Radio productions in Europe and North America. In addition she leads workshops in Israelite and Jewish music and dancing.

The Ruth Yaakov Ensemble, founded in 1993 and named after its Israeli lead singer, is backed by the Albanian violinist and accordionist Shkëlzen Doli, Turkish percussionist Levent Tarhan, and Armenian- Uruguayan lutist Juan Carlos Sungurlian (on saz, oud and bouzouki).

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