Kohava Levy


Kokhava Levy, born 1946 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer and poet in the Judeo-Spanish language, as was her husband Yitzhak Isaac Levy and daughter Yasmin Levy.

Biography

After finishing her studies, she learned to develop her voice at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. Kohava met her husband at Kol Yisrael, when he was the director of Ladino programming and popular music. She appeared on a radio program called "Karas Muevas" and was selected to participate. Yitzhak Levy was 27 years older than Kohava, but she married him despite the age difference and they had four children. Two of their sons are engineers, their daughter Smadar is a lawyer and the youngest, daughter Yasmin Levy, continues her parents' traditions and songs as a singer.
After the death of her husband, Kohava appeared on various radio programs and on television, singing the songs, romances and hymns in the books published by her husband. Her son Yuval produced the album "El Kanto de los Levitas" for her. It includes liturgical hymns interpreted by Kohava. Kohava continues her work at the Bureau of Matriculation in Jerusalem.

Discography

Full albums