Sofía Noel

Sofía Noel, birth name Sophie Heyman, (1915–2011) was a Belgian-born Spanish soprano and ethnomusicologist who specialized in Sephardic music.

In addition to singing and promoting Sephardic music, Noel also recorded Spanish songs from the Middle Ages, including those related to the country's Jewish and Arabic heritage.

During World War II, she escaped persecution by the Nazis by moving to Spain where she settled in Barcelona, changing her name first to Sophie Noël and later to Sofía Noel.

She performed in the last concert of Ricardo Viñes in February 1943, singing to his piano accompaniment in the city's Palau de la Música Catalana.

Of particular note are the songs she performed on Radio Nacional de España as well as those she sang to the accompaniment of the guitarist Pierre Élie Mamou.