December 2019
Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy present A Celtic Family Christmas
Canada’s east coast is home to a place rich with Celtic tradition — Cape Breton Island. One of this beautiful isle's chief exports is Canada's reigning musical couple, award-winning fiddle virtuosos Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy. Born into music royalty, Grammy-winning superstar Natalie MacMaster has been recording gold-certified albums and performing around the world for decades. This holiday season, she combines her talents with her husband Donnell Leahy — the leader of Ontario's celebrated Celtic family band, Leahy — along…
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January 2020
A Thousand Thoughts—A Live Documentary with Kronos Quartet
Oscar-nominated filmmakers Sam Green and Joe Bini have teamed up with Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet for a wildly creative multimedia performance piece that blends live music and narration with archival footage and filmed interviews with such prominent artists as Philip Glass, Tanya Tagaq, Steve Reich, Wu Man, and Terry Riley. Together on stage, Green and Kronos interact with stirring cinematic imagery to craft an important record and exploration of late 20th– and early 21st–century music. As Green tells the multi-decade and…
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Alicia Olatuja
Jazz chanteuse Alicia Olatuja stormed into the public consciousness when she performed at President Obama’s second inauguration, and she hasn’t left since. In the years following, she has released two acclaimed albums, collaborated with such great performers as Chaka Khan and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and participated in multiple Grammy-winning records. Praised by Downbeat Magazine for her “full-bodied tone, precise pitch and personal engagement at the lowest whisper or highest wail,” Olatuja will astound you with her exquisite vocals, artistic…
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Pablo Sáinz Villegas
Hailed as “master of the guitar” by none other than Plácido Domingo, Spaniard Pablo Sáinz Villegas is the greatest guitarist of his generation. Whether showcasing classical guitar or riffing on flamenco, Sáinz Villegas' unparalleled playing captures worlds of passion, playfulness, and drama. His long list of collaborators includes the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, composer John Williams, and conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and he has won over 30 competitions, including the Andrés Segovia Competition and the inaugural Parkening…
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Yefim Bronfman
Born in Tashkent, Israeli-American pianist Yefim Bronfman has performed in the world's greatest halls and with its brightest musical luminaries. Recognized around the globe as one of the greatest pianists of our time, this “fabulous, fearsome” (Seattle Times) performer is admired by both audiences and critics alike for his “digital dexterity, warmly romantic sentiment, and jaw-dropping bravura” (Chicago Tribune). Over his decades-long career, Bronfman has earned an Avery Fisher Prize, seven Grammy nominations, and a Grammy award. Especially known for…
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May 2020
Anat Cohen Tentet
Grammy-nominated clarinetist Anat Cohen — a familiar face in PSF circles thanks to her inimitable 2018 performance at the Lensic with jazz legend Fred Hersch — has teamed up with some of New York’s greatest players to create a wildly inventive and genre-bending jazz ensemble, the Anat Cohen Tentet. Consisting of accordion, piano, guitar, vibraphone, percussion, cello, bass, trombone, trumpet, and baritone saxophone and fronted by Cohen’s “terrific...beautifully crafted” (The New York Times) sound, this ensemble traverses musical continents every…
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Mark Morris Dance Group: Pepperland
Mark Morris — hailed as “the most successful and influential choreographer alive” (New York Times) — returns to Santa Fe with Pepperland, a unique tribute to the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, accompanied live by an unprecedented chamber ensemble of voice, soprano saxophone, two keyboards, theremin, and percussion. Ethan Iverson’s original score intermingles arrangements of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, "With a Little Help From My Friends," "A Day in the…
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