16 Facts About Ana Silvera

Ana Silvera's recordings have, as of 2018, been added to the Sound Archive at the British Library.

Ana Silvera is an interpreter of traditional Ladino song and traces her lineage back to Sephardi Jews who escaped Iberia as refugees during the religious conquests of the 1500s, and later settled in the Ottoman Empire.

Ana Silvera has released modern interpretations of Ladino music under the name Yja as part of a duo with cellist Francesca Ter-Berg.

Ana Silvera was awarded a scholarship to study voice and piano at junior Guildhall School of Music where she studied under David Joyner.

Ana Silvera attended South Hampstead High School and is an alumnus of University College London.

In 2015, Ana Silvera recorded her seven part song-cycle in a series of live recordings over three nights.

Ana Silvera was commissioned by arts organisation Arts La'Olam to compose a piece reflecting on the Mourner's Kaddish, as part of a COVID-19 legacy commission funded by Arts Council England.

Ana Silvera writes, "on reflection, I see my quest was to fathom this experience and - though it no longer existed in the familial sense of the word - to find my own way back home".

Ana Silvera duetted with Imogen Heap on her song, Hide and Seek, and Heap duetted on a song of Silvera's, entitled 'Letter from New York'.

Ana Silvera was commissioned in 2013 by the Royal Opera House to create, compose and perform in a new work for Royal Ballet alongside choreographer Ludovic Ondiviela and film maker Kate Church, entitled "Cassandra".

Ana Silvera performed on Youssef's composition, 'Syrian Dreams' and Moody's composition, 'Dark Days'.

In February 2020, Ana Silvera was asked to compose a song for BBC Radio 3's spoken word show, The Verb, inspired by the new anthology "The Heart of A Stranger" edited by poet Andre Nafis-Sahely.

Ana Silvera performed the song, "Exile" - whose opening line was inspired by Iranian poet Sholeh Wolpe's 'The World Grows Blackthorn Walls' and joined the roundtable discussion about the idea of 'exile' alongside presenter Ian McMillan and poets Andre Nafis-Sahely, Mina Gorji, John McAuliffe and Igor Klikovac.

In 2016, Ana Silvera was invited by BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Sheila Hayman to work with six members of the Write to Life group that is part of the UK-wide Freedom from Torture organisation.

Ana Silvera then worked this into a fully composed 35 minute piece entitled "Lost and Found", which the group performed at the Roundhouse Studio Theatre on 2 September 2016.

In 2021, Ana Silvera was commissioned to compose a score of re-arranged folk and original music for the theatre adaptation of The Times best-selling book of the same name by Ben Myers.