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Israeli mystic Victoria Hanna

brings sacred sounds to Bay Area

Einat Arif/courtesy of Victoria Hanna

Israeli singer Victoria comes to Stanford and San Francisco Nov. 29-
Dec. 5.

By ANDREW GILBERT | Correspondent

November 24, 2017 at 8:30 am

Victoria Hannas voice was never supposed to be heard in public.

Born into an ultra-Orthodox family in Jerusalem, the daughter of an Egyptian-
born rabbi and an Iranian mother, Hanna followed her calling to sing, which
meant breaking away from her insular community and establishing herself as a
vocal explorer drawn to the hidden power of sacred sounds and words. Since her
video Aleph-Bet went viral with more than a million Youtube views, shes
gained international attention with her striking voice and soul-bearing
performances.

In the midst of a three-month artist-in-residence program at Berkeleys Magnes

Collection of Jewish Art and Life, shes been creating new music inspired by
inscriptions on centuries-old amulets designed to ward off evil spirits. Shes
performing at Stanford with Sway Machinery guitarist Jeremiah Lockwood, and
at St. Cyprians Church in San Francisco, the two will be joined by Charming
Hostess vocalist Jewlia Eisenberg. Shes also concluding a series of Tuesday
night performances at the Magnes.

Details: 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at Bing Concert Hall Studio Cabaret, Stanford University;
$30; live.stanford.edu; 5:30 p.m. Dec. 5; Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and
Life, Berkeley; free; magnes.berkeley.edu; and 8 p.m. St. Cyprians Church, San
Francisco; $18/$22; www.sflivearts.org.

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