Pink Martini returns to Raleigh next month for a two-night stand with the North Carolina Symphony. Packing their unique blend of red-hot world music and retro-lounge cool, they join Associate Conductor Sarah Hicks for two Pops concerts at Raleigh's Meymandi Concert Hall in downtown Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, at 8:00 p.m.
Led by Oregon-native Thomas Lauderdale and their “Diva Next Door," China Forbes, Pink Martini has turned a captivating sound—a mix of classical, jazz, samba and good old-fashioned pop—into one of the hottest acts in music. It has performed its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
“Pink Martini definitely is an original force in contemporary music," wrote The Washington Times in 2005. “It also bridges, better than any band in recent memory, the high-brow/pop culture divide.
Lauderdale, a former regular in Oregon politics, founded Pink Martini 15 years ago to bring more inclusive musical soundtracks to events supporting progressive causes. “Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure," he says, and a globe-trotting touring schedule and more than a decade of breakout success have not altered his motivations. “If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we'd be that band."
The twelve-member group joins the North Carolina Symphony for the first time since their sold-out run at Meymandi Concert Hall in January 2007. Since then, they have performed at the Governor's Ball for the 80th annual Academy Awards, the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia and in honor of Oregon's sesquicentennial. It also released four CDs, most recently 2009's Splendor in the Grass, hailed as “swiftly intoxicating and elegantly chilled" by London's Telegraph, and last year's bestselling Christmas album Joy to the World.
Regular tickets to this Fidelity Investments Pops Series performance featuring Pink Martini range from $40 to $60, with $30 tickets for seniors and $10 tickets for students. Meymandi Concert Hall is located in the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St., in Raleigh.
For tickets, program notes, podcasts, the blog and more, visit the North Carolina Symphony Web site at www.ncsymphony.org. Call North Carolina Symphony Audience Services at 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724.
The State of North Carolina has issued your Symphony an $8 million challenge; learn more at www.ncsymphony.org/challenge.
Concert/Event Listing: North Carolina Symphony Pink Martini Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
March 4-5, 2011, 8pm Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
Led by Oregon-native Thomas Lauderdale and their “Diva Next Door," China Forbes, Pink Martini has turned a captivating sound—a mix of classical, jazz, samba and good old-fashioned pop—into one of the hottest acts in music. It has performed its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Northern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and North America.
“Pink Martini definitely is an original force in contemporary music," wrote The Washington Times in 2005. “It also bridges, better than any band in recent memory, the high-brow/pop culture divide.
Lauderdale, a former regular in Oregon politics, founded Pink Martini 15 years ago to bring more inclusive musical soundtracks to events supporting progressive causes. “Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure," he says, and a globe-trotting touring schedule and more than a decade of breakout success have not altered his motivations. “If the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we'd be that band."
The twelve-member group joins the North Carolina Symphony for the first time since their sold-out run at Meymandi Concert Hall in January 2007. Since then, they have performed at the Governor's Ball for the 80th annual Academy Awards, the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia and in honor of Oregon's sesquicentennial. It also released four CDs, most recently 2009's Splendor in the Grass, hailed as “swiftly intoxicating and elegantly chilled" by London's Telegraph, and last year's bestselling Christmas album Joy to the World.
Regular tickets to this Fidelity Investments Pops Series performance featuring Pink Martini range from $40 to $60, with $30 tickets for seniors and $10 tickets for students. Meymandi Concert Hall is located in the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 E. South St., in Raleigh.
For tickets, program notes, podcasts, the blog and more, visit the North Carolina Symphony Web site at www.ncsymphony.org. Call North Carolina Symphony Audience Services at 919.733.2750 or toll free 877.627.6724.
The State of North Carolina has issued your Symphony an $8 million challenge; learn more at www.ncsymphony.org/challenge.
Concert/Event Listing: North Carolina Symphony Pink Martini Sarah Hicks, Associate Conductor
March 4-5, 2011, 8pm Meymandi Concert Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh
