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Troubadour: In the Footsteps of the Sephardim

Join us for an eclectic evening of music performed by a young up-and-coming Manchester ensemble. This event is organised as part of Jewish Culture Month 2026.

With a programme inspired by Andalusia and Sephardic folk song, we’ll be led across Europe and the Middle East through moving storytelling and song that celebrate the beauty of life in the face of adversity. Manchester Trouabdours, the classically trained eleven-piece ensemble of singers and musicians will bring high energy Sephardi and Arabic tunes with Medieval Spanish love ballads to our over 150 year old former Spanish and Portuguese synagogue. All performed unplugged, but by no means quietly, this will be a night to remember!

Manchester Troubadour is a young ensemble combining folk, medieval and classical genres with a focus on the connections between cultures. Their first project, Songs of Love and Separation, combined medieval Occitan troubadour music with Serphardic, Muslim and Catholic songs from over the border in Andalusia.

Director: Lily Fowke-Green
Assistant Directors: Naomi Isaacs, Ben Salwey, Sarah Fore
Publicity officers: Oscar Fairclough, Pia Brondel
Performers:
Lily Fowke-Green soprano;
Miluka Javadi-Anstey soprano;
Mykola Maleikyi tenor;
Nicholas Delargey-Crawley baritone;
Pia Brondel soprano;
Oscar Fairclough baritone;
Ben Salwey percussion;
Jake Rowley guitarist;
Maya Joliffe violinist;
Naomi Isaacs violinist;
Sarah Fore flautist.