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Consuelo Luz Arostegui is an
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singer. She performs and records as "Consuelo Luz" is known for her Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino and Sephardic music.


Early life

Consuelo Luz Arostegui was born in Manhattan of Latin American parents and moved to Greece with them when she was a baby. She is the daughter of a Sephardic Chilean mother and a Cuban father of Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque descent. Although raised Catholicism, Catholic, Luz was made aware of her Jewish ancestry at an early age. Her parents were United Nations diplomats which had her growing up in many countries, including Greece, the Philippines, Spain, Italy and Peru.


Education

Luz studied Spanish language, Spanish through the Overseas Cambridge University in Lima, Peru and later studied literature and music at the New School for Social Research in New York City. Further studies included drama at the Stella Adler Theater Studio.


Career

In 1974, she moved her family to New Mexico where she met Rabbi Chavah Carp in Taos, New Mexico, Taos, who presented her with a collection of ancient Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino prayers with text and music with a request that she learn them and sing them at community festivals and services. This sparked Luz's interest in Ladino music and inspired her first Sephardic CD, ''Dezeo'', in 2000. Since then Luz has performed internationally and produced and released many more recordings and this has led her to explore more deeply her Sephardic Jewish heritage. Her work has received positive reviews by various publications and broadcasters. Her music has been played on the national Hearts of Space Radio network and KUNM, and has been broadcast on the BBC.


Personal life

Luz has two sons and a daughter. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is involved with the Ha Makom Congregation in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe, run by Rabbi Malka Drucker.


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* additional website for new sound healing work: www.vocalchemy.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Arostegui, Consuelo Luz Living people American people of Basque descent American musicians of Cuban descent Musicians from Santa Fe, New Mexico Year of birth missing (living people) American people of Jewish descent 20th-century American women singers 20th-century American singers 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers Jewish women singers Singers from New York City Singers from New Mexico The New School alumni