Esther Lamandier

Esther Lamandier remains one of the most searched entertainment personalities associated with Saint-Raphaël, Var, France and modern film culture.

Esther Lamandier is a French soprano and harpist known for explorations in early chant and monodic music. She is known to frequently accompany herself on the harp, vielle or portative organ (for example in her cd 'Cantigas de Santa Maria'). Lamandier was born in 1946 in Saint-Raphaël, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; her father's family is Jewish, from Piatra Neamț in Romania. She is a specialist in both Assyrian and Sephardic Jewish song, and the Hebrew biblical chant transcriptions of Suzanne Haïk-Vantoura. Source: Article "Esther Lamandier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.