The Mexico City-born pianist, arranger, composer, producer, and singer Zoilapianista began her musical career as a child prodigy. Influenced by the legendary Latin jazz artist Papo Lucca, she boldly transitioned from classical music into salsa. Lucca and Sonora Ponceña supported her 2013 debut solo album, Influencias,...
SLP & The Joyful Noise is an eight-piece band, led by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist Suzan-Lori Parks, that serves as her musical workshop for original songwriting and new storytelling. The Tune Up! series, directed by Bessie Award-winning Executive Artistic Director of The Flea Theater Niegel Smith, puts...
Lincoln Center’s Songwriter/Storyteller seeks to champion innovators of the singer-songwriter genre, celebrating the craft and artistry central to their work. Improviser, vocalist, record label founder, and scholar Miriam Elhajli is based out of Flatbush, Brooklyn. Her nuanced work is influenced equally by her Venezuelan and...
Lincoln Center’s Songwriter/Storyteller series celebrates artists who are redefining the singer-songwriter tradition, and Dámaris Bójor is doing just that. Originally from Hermosillo, Mexico, Bójor describes her music as folkpirano, a heartfelt blend of contemporary folk-pop and campirano, the regional sound of western Sonora. Her songs center...
Lincoln Center’s Songwriter/Storyteller seeks to champion innovators of the singer-songwriter genre, celebrating the craft and artistry central to their work. Dr. Julian Saporiti, aka No-No Boy, constructs his songs' empathic lyrics from interviews drawn from his academic research, including with his own Vietnamese American family....
Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic The day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a distinguished panel of experts delves into the themes of hope, discovery, and colonization of American lands—ideas that lie at the heart of Thomas Adès’s America (A Prophecy), which the...
Celebrating the visionary, boundary-pushing artistry of the Nordic countries, audiences are invited to transport themselves to the north for a night at Lincoln Center’s Nordic Next. Beth McBride is the solo project of singer and songwriter Bethany Forseth-Reichberg, known from bands such as Mall Girl and...
*Please note: This performance contains partial nudity and other adult themes. Audience discretion is advised. Spotlight: A Night at the Atrium showcases burlesque at its finest. Empowered, illustrious, and fierce. Set in an NYC apartment on Christmas Eve, The New York Nutcracker is a parody of the beloved...
Renowned for her spotlight turn as the lead in the Broadway touring company of Funny Girl, Katerina McCrimmon makes her Lincoln Center debut with the cabaret show, Naked. Following sold-out runs of Naked at Joe's Pub, McCrimmon, Musical Director Ben Moss, and Director Henry Gainza bring the wildly successful...
Presented in collaboration with the New York Philharmonic As New York City celebrates its 400th birthday, a panel of creators, performers, and scholars explores the city’s contribution to the American cultural voice in the performing arts and in literature. The springboards for the conversation are...