Through song, an exploration of history from the Sephardic (Judeo-Hispanic) perspective and with her own rich, personal history, Luz brings to life an expanded view of our world and the political, cultural and spiritual forces that have brought us to this perilous and exciting time of transformation.

Luz draws from her own fascinating Spanish Basque, Sephardic and Mapuche Indian ancestral background. "I understand the pull of ancestral myth in families and societies. In my case it is a heavy mix of some very powerful forces. Making peace in my soul is a process of exploring all these roots and creating an environment where they can all live together. The Mapuche Indian chief, the Jewish philosopher, the Catholic saint, the Royal family, the conquistador, the indigenous warrior, the aristocrat, the musical prodigy, the socialist revolutionary, the President. As both archetypes and genetic factors, these influences populate my consciousness but the very power of their diversity also challenge me to go beyond them to a place in my heart that is fluid, open and present to the now, that embraces all of humanity and envisions a transformed and loving world celebrating its diversity while at the same time honoring its oneness."

Raised in Greece, the Philippines, Spain, Italy and Peru by Chilean/Cuban parents, Luz completed Cambridge University's Overseas Spanish Literature A Level in Lima, Peru, and went on to study Literature and Music at New York's New School for Social Research and Drama at the Stella Adler Theater Studio in New York City where she also did street theater.

"Raised Catholic, as I grew older I became conscious of Jewish ancestry on my Chilean mother's side. In 1973 I moved to Taos, New Mexico, where I thrived spiritually as I raised my sons and daughter in mountain villages where I learned to treasure the wisdom and beauty of the local culture and its spiritual ties to the land and where I made deep and lasting friendships which taught me the true meaning of community and the value of this way of life which was in danger of disappearing. I learned the art of tinwork, sang in churches and cantinas, learned to make adobes, and cedar coyote fences, went for firewood in the forests, chopped wood and hauled water from the river, learned to make tortillas on a wood stove, picked apricots and learned how to preserve them, hunted el venado, fished for trucha, learned how to make a dirt floor with used motor oil and Elmer's glue (instead of goat's blood) and how to clean the acequia so that the agua sagrada could flow freely in the spring."

As a Spanish singer living in the mountains of Northern New Mexico, I was approached by Rabbi Chavah Carp with some ancient Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) prayer songs. As I discovered the haunting beauty of these songs, I was asked to sing them at religious and social gatherings and have been collecting these songs and singing them ever since, culminating in the international release of my Sephardic/World Music CD DEZEO.

Sephardic Music

"A shining star in the firmament of Sephardic music ...", The Albuquerque Journal

"... bringing a perfect union of the Golden Age of Spain to the modern day world ... inspires the soul of Judaism ...", Levi Ben Macario, Mi Seferino

As a singer/songwriter and actress, Consuelo has performed internationally in numerous concerts, one-woman shows, TV, stage and film appearances including the movie The Milagro Beanfield War, directed by Robert Redford.

Her first Sephardic album DEZEO, co-produced by Grammy-winning producer Jim Wilson and with Ray Obiedo and Jeff Silberman of the Bay Area, is a "World Music" style compilation of ancient Sephardic prayers and love ballads. Consuelo's other recordings of her own original songs include the recent MISSING WATER, YO SE QUE YO AMO, ESPIRITU DE AMOR recorded in Havana with Cuban band Mezcla and SE FUE LA NIŅA recorded in Santiago, Chile.

Her new, just-released CD ADIO is a continuation of her exploration of her Sephardic Jewish roots with some South American indigenous influence in the form of native flutes, celebrating Consuelo's own indigenous ancestry and the growing movement of Mestizo/Sephardic Hispanics rediscovering their CryptoJewish history.

Consuelo's international performances include synagogues across the US, the Parliament of World Religions in Barcelona, Spain, the Sephardic Arts Festival in Los Angeles, Les Orientales Sacred Music Festival in France, the World Expo in Germany and, most recently, the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, TX, for the 275th Anniversary of the founding of the City of San Antonio.

Consuelo's music has been featured in many prestigious compilations such as Buddha Bar 2, Putumayo's Jewish Odyssey, Chill Out in Paris, 10 Corso Como and Tulku.