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Amadou & Mariam Announce U.S. Tour in Support of New Live Album 'ECLIPSE'

Amadou & Mariam are beloved West African music ambassadors who break through musical and cultural barriers while inspiring millions of fans along the way.

Superstars of Malian music with an illustrious career spanning more than 40 years, Amadou & Mariam will headline venerable U.S. venues such as Miner Auditorium @ SF JAZZ, Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), 9:30 Club (Wash. DC), and others from March 14 - 25, 2023. The prolific blind African duo will tour in support of their new live album, Eclipse (Because Music, Release Date: December 9, 2022), which marks the 10th Anniversary of their legendary concert performed completely in the dark (for musicians and audiences alike) at the Manchester International Festival (2012). For a full list of forthcoming Amadou & Mariam tour dates, please see below and visit: amadou-mariam.com .

Amadou & Mariam are beloved West African music ambassadors who break through musical and cultural barriers while inspiring millions of fans along the way. 2021/2022 was an ambitious two years for two of Africa's most revered artists. While the duo has been working in the studio on their much-anticipated ninth full-length album (due out in autumn 2023), Amadou & Mariam toured with gospel royalty The Blind Boys of Alabama and cut two dance crossover singles. Mainstays on dance floors around the world, their collaboration with Sofi Tukker on the track and music video for "Mon Cheri" (from Red Hot + Free, July 2021) now has over 1 million views on YouTube . A deep house remix of "Sete" (March 2022) by Blond:ish and Haitian producer Francis Mercier revisits one of the earliest hits from Amadou & Mariam's acclaimed recording catalog ( view music video on YouTube ) -- "Sete" ranked #8 on Billboard's "Best Dance Songs of 2022."

Following eight critically-acclaimed studio albums, including the gold and platinum certified Dimanche à Bamako (Sunday in Bamako) produced by Manu Chao and the GRAMMY Award-nominated, Welcome to Mali featuring Damon Albarn and Sabali, Amadou & Mariam released Eclipse to bring their fans into a fully immersive experience unlike any other. During the taped concert at Manchester International Festival (2012), the crowd settled in and the lights went dark allowing listeners to hear and feel the music similar to Amadou & Mariam. Aromas and sounds filled the air to create an elevated sensory journey into their incredible life story. The English version of Eclipse is narrated by actor Isaach de Bankolé (Casino Royale, Black Panther I & II, Godfather of Harlem, and an array of films by Jim Jarmusch ). To listen, please click HERE .

"There are always a lot of questions on how we live and how we feel about music," says Amadou & Mariam. "Eclipse is a way for us to be on an equal footing with the audience so that they can understand our lives. In the dark, we listen in a new way. Beyond our vision, we can imagine, we can pretend, we can take in the space around us through our hearing, and therefore, get a real sense of what's our experience. Maybe by not seeing, we can feel the music in a different way."

Amadou & Mariam preserve a legacy of being one of the most heartwarming stories of modern music -- a love affair that propelled two grandparents from Mali into topping charts across the globe and raising awareness of the challenges of living in one of the world's poorest countries. Amadou & Mariam have performed at the world's most lauded music festivals, from Coachella to Glastonbury; they've opened for U2, Coldplay, and the Scissor Sisters; recorded with Damon Albarn of Blur, Santigold, TV On The Radio, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs; and DJs/producers Jamie XX, Four Tet, and Mike Snow have all either remixed their songs or mixed Afro and electrico sounds based on their love of Amadou & Mariam's music.

There's not much that Amadou & Mariam haven't done in the music industry. Even with all of their career accolades though, one thing remains true: their love for one another and that of their craft will always be of the highest order on their mission to bring African music to the masses.

Amadou & Mariam's upcoming U.S. tour includes live performances by an award-winning quartet featuring many of their classic and latest hits, as well as songs from Eclipse.

Amadou & Mariam -- U.S. Tour Dates -- Spring 2023

Tuesday, March 14 -- "Afro Roots Fest" @ Miami Beach Bandshell -- Miami, FL

Thursday, March 16 -- Sunday, March 19 -- Miner Auditorium @ SF JAZZ -- San Francisco, CA

Monday, March 20 -- Rio Theatre -- Santa Cruz, CA

Wednesday, March 22 -- 9:30 Club -- Washington, DC

Thursday, March 23 -- Bailey Hall -- Ithaca, NY

Friday, March 24 -- Bardavon 1869 Opera House -- Poughkeepsie, NY

Saturday, March 25 -- Le Poisson Rouge -- New York City

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At its best, music can ease the barriers for empathic experience, imbuing a room full of individuals with a shared consciousness.

For the superstar Malian couple Amadou and Mariam, a catalog of incantatory, relentlessly grooving tunes is fuel enough to turn just about any assembly into a writhing celebration. But a decade ago they were looking for a different kind of communion, and set about to create a concert experience that invited audiences into their world.

Guitarist and vocalist Amadou Bagayoko and vocalist Mariam Doumbia return to the Bay Area on a tour marking the release of their new live album, “Eclipse,” a project inspired by the 10th anniversary of the much-discussed Manchester International Festival concert where they performed completely in the dark. They won’t be replicating the black-out conditions during their four-night run at the SFJAZZ Center March 16-19 or at Kuumbwa Jazz’s March 20 Rio Theatre show, at least not for the audience.

Bagayoko lost his vision at 16, while Doumbia became blind at age 5 due to untreated measles, and they first met in Bamako at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, performing in the school’s Eclipse Orchestra. They trace the concept for the Manchester Eclipse concert back to their days at the institute “where the Eclipse Orchestra has both blind and seeing people,” Bagayoko said in a recent phone call, speaking in French.

It took years to put the idea into action and when they were finally able to perform in complete darkness they found the experience strangely “calm,” Bagayoko said. With the theater completely dark, “people had to stay seated. It was calmer, with much less movement. But people could concentrate on how the vibrations of the music made them feel.”

An interesting experiment, it has not proven feasible to recreate the conditions on the road. “Things have changed,” he said. “There are a lot of challenges to get a proper tour with all the elements to get a dark room, and then there’s security and safety concerns. Production-wise it’s way easier to present a regular concert.”

For Amadou and Mariam, a regular concert is a scorching affair. They’re touring with their longtime five-piece band featuring bassist Yao Dembele, keyboardist Charles-Frederik Avot, and Egyptian-born drummer Yvo Abadi, co-founder of the French world metal combo Ethnician. Bagayoko’s style combines the stripped down approach of Malian guitar heroes like Boubacar Traoré and Ali Farka Touré with “tons of different inspirations,” he said, including Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.

More than Malian musical ambassadors, Amadou and Mariam are the go-to act for the highest profile assignments, like recording the official anthem for the 2006 FIFA World Cup or performing at the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Eager to absorb new sounds and influences, they recorded half of their 2012 album “Folila” in New York City, where they collaborated with acts like rapper Theophilus London, Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, the Afrobeat horns of Antibalas, and TV on the Radio.

The couple’s breakthrough collaboration took place two decades ago, when the polyglot Latin music star Manu Chao heard their music on the radio in Paris and approached them about working together. He ended up producing and singing on their 2004 album “Dimanche à Bamako,” which went on to earn a Grammy nomination and win the BBC Award for best world music album.

The project made them stars in Europe, but more importantly it transformed the way they thought about creating and presenting their music. They’ve collaborated with dozens of artists from across Europe, Africa and North America, “but what makes Manu Chao very important is he changed our way of composing and performing,” Bagayoko said.

The synergy that powers Amadou and Mariam flows from the yin/yang nature of their stylistic palettes and divergent approaches to composing. They both write songs, sometimes together and sometimes apart. She’s a traditionalist who looks to ancient Malian forms, while he keeps an ear out for new sounds.

“It hasn’t changed since the beginning, since we got together,” he said. “We listen to very different music. I always have the radio on, and this always brings in something different.”

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When & where: 7:30 p.m. March 16-18, 7 p.m. March 19 at SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco; $30-$85, www.sfjazz.org ; 7:30 p.m. March 20 at Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz; $47.25-$63; www.kuumbwajazz.org

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The title and subject of Amadou & Mariam's latest album, La Confusion , would lead you to believe that the music this married, Malian couple make might be sad and troubled. But Amadou & Mariam, on the contrary, bring some of the most lyrical melodies and joyful sounds we've ever had at the Tiny Desk, and their performance comes while their country endures great turmoil, including a coup and insurgencies.

As Amadou and Mariam said when their album was released, "We seek to make people happy with our music, help humanitarian causes and share positive messages about the good work being done by people in every corner of the world."

The story of Amadou and Mariam is still worth telling almost 40-years (and eight albums) into their career because it speaks well to who they are, the obstacles they've had to overcome and the positive yet realistic attitude that has made them such an international success. Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia met when they were children in Mali's Institute for the Young Blind. Both had lost their sight when they were young and they began performing together. Later, in the 1980s, they married and began a career together.

On this occasion, they stripped down their bigger band to a keyboard, a percussionist and a backup singer while the couple holds it all together with Amadou's stuttered melodic guitar and Mariam's sweetly gruff voice. It's an inspired performance to hear and to witness.

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Amadou & Mariam , the famed “blind couple from Mali,” bring their grooving, GRAMMY-nominated mix of Malian pop and Hendrix-flavored blues-rock with “spine-tingling harmonies that make the music soar” ( Spin­ ). The Bamako-born husband and wife met at while students at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, and found a shared interest in music and performing. Since that momentous meeting, the couple has risen through the African and European music scenes to become one of the hottest world music acts today, sharing the stage with artists including Coldplay, U2, Alicia Keys and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.

Five and half years after the release of their star-studded Nonesuch release Folila — a recording featuring collaborations with Damon Albarn, TV On The Radio, Santigold, and members of Antibalas and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that brought a new dimension of notoriety to the duo — they return with 2017’s La Confusion , a move to a more intimate style featuring primarily African collaborators including kora player Djeli Moussa Diawara and ngoni master Youssouf Diabaté. At a time when Africa’s cultural and social issues have become so deeply politicized, La Confusion is a fitting statement of gratitude and connectedness, an album that “offers uplift in a time of global insecurity.” ( Pitchfork )

La Confusion is a fitting statement of gratitude and connectedness, an album that “offers uplift in a time of global insecurity.” ( Pitchfork )

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GRAND RAPIDS — When Art Garfunkel played the first official concert at Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in June 2003, the fledgling Grand Rapids-area amphitheater attracted a little more than 1,000 concertgoers as it braced for an inaugural 10-concert season.

This season, Meijer Gardens has announced a 33-concert lineup for the 1,900-capacity outdoor venue, with My Morning Jacket, Black Pumas, Blues Traveler, Leslie Odom Jr., Boyz II Men and Charley Crockett joining returning favorites like O.A.R., Trombone Shorty, Bonnie Raitt, Michael Franti and Amos Lee.

The Fifth Third Bank Summer Concert Series will kick off June 5 with “outlaw cowboy” Orville Peck, who was forced to cancel his 2023 tour with a stop at Meijer Gardens.

Tower of Power, Jason Mraz, The Wallflowers, Il Divo, Gin Blossoms, Kansas, Grace Potter and Fitz and The Tantrums also will likely garner enthusiastic attention from concertgoers when discounted tickets go on sale to Meijer Gardens members at 9 a.m. April 20.

After the member pre-sale, tickets will go on sale to the general public April 27 through AXS.com , this year’s new ticket provider.

“I might be biased, but welcoming Bonnie Raitt back after a seven-year break is certainly hard to beat. She is just the best,” said Chris Mautz, who books the annual concert series. “The mix of the first-time acts hitting the gardens is (also) sweet."

Meijer Gardens had previously announced three shows — Los Lobos and Little Feat on June 21, The Temptations and The Four Tops on July 12, and Andrew Bird and Amadou and Mariam on Aug. 9.

As usual, the series will feature several high-profile double bills, including Raitt and James Hunter on June 26; Old Crow Medicine Show and Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway on July 10; Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket with Vertical Horizon on Aug. 5; Blues Traveler and Big Head Todd and The Monsters on Aug. 14; and the series-closing Keb’ Mo’ and Shawn Colvin on Sept. 16.

“Curating the (series) is such a blast for our entire team. (It's) a bit like going for a long walk in the gardens. You begin with a bit of a plan and then you see where it takes you,” Mautz said.

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Mali : Amadou et Mariam, bientôt 50 ans d'amour et de musique

À Bamako (Mali), un hymne à l'amour, composé par les chanteurs Amadou et Mariam , est repris de génération en génération. En couple depuis bientôt 50 ans, ils sont surnommés "le couple aveugle de Bamako" et habitent dans un quartier populaire de la capitale malienne. Leur histoire a commencé en 1975, à l'Institut pour jeunes aveugles de Bamako. Ensemble, ils partagent leur amour de la musique. L'orchestre de l'institut, où est né le duo, existe toujours et rassemble des musiciens non-voyants.

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Le couple a été déterminant pour des non-voyants souvent discriminés en Afrique. Amadou et Mariam se sont aussi battus pour faire accepter leur couple. Mariés en 1980, ils ont connu le succès et ont eu trois enfants, dont un musicien. "Il n'y a pas Mariam sans Amadou, il n'y a pas Amadou sans Mariam, c'est ce qui donne la beauté de leur style de musique" , explique Sam Bagayoko, musicien, fils d'Amadou et Mariam.

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1975–76 The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra Jean Martinon, conductor Alicia De Larrocha Branko Krsmanovich Chorus Lynn Harrell

1976–77 The Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan Barbara Hendricks Lili Kraus Osipov Balalaika Orchestra with 
Stars of the Bolshoi Opera & Ballet

1977–78 Boston Symphony Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, conductor Preservation Hall Jazz Band Beaux Arts Trio Paul Schenly Isaac Stern

1978–79 National Choir of Isreal-Rinat James Galway & The New Irish Chamber Orchestra Donald Gramm Vladimir Ashkenazy Tokyo String Quartet

1979–80 James Galway & Friends Buffalo Philharmonic Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor Pinchas Zukerman Kenneth Cooper Garrick Ohlsson

1980–81 Murray Perahia The American Brass Quintet Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players The Waverly Consort The Vienna Boys’ Choir Mstislav Rostropovich

1981–82 Peter Serkin Vienna Chamber Orchestra Philippe Entremont, conductor Marianna Christos & Evelyn Petros Itzhak Perlman & Samuel Sanders Ohio Ballet Carol Wincenc Richard Goode Kenneth Cooper Dave Brubeck Quartet

1982–83 Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma Cecile Licad Jean-Pierre Rampal Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Los Angeles Philharmonic The Vienna Boys’ Choir Washington Ballet Eduardo Fernandez Sharon Robinson Jeffrey Kahane

1983–84 Emanuel Ax, Young Uck Kim & Yo-Yo Ma Warsaw Philharmonic Tadeusz Strugala, conductor Juilliard String Quartet Richard Stoltzman Mummenschanz Carlos Montoya The Murray Louis Dance Company The Boston Camerata The Boston Museum Trio Stephen Burns & John Van Buskirk Dong-Suk Kang & Leslie Sixfin

1984–85 Les Ballets Trockaderos de Monte Carlo Empire Brass Quintet The Vienna Boys’ Choir Pilobolus Modern Jazz Quartet Julian Bream The King’s Singers Berlin Radio Symphony Riccardo Chailly, conductor Shlomo Mintz, violin Murray Perahia John Gibbons Lucy Shelton & Margo Garrett Carter Brey & Edmund Battersby

1985–86 Academy of Ancient Music Ensemble Royal Winnipeg Ballet Preservation Hall Jazz Band Richard Goode Jean-Pierre Rampal Ohio Ballet The Chieftains Isaac Stern Mitchell/Ruff Jazz Duo Steven Lubin Randolph Bowman Mendelssohn String Quartet

1986–87 Yo-Yo Ma The Clancy Brothers Gary Burton Jose Feghali Czech Philharmonic Jiri Belohlavek, conductor Marcel Marceau James Galway Peking Acrobats Elmer Iseler Singers Christopher Trakas Anne-Marie McDermott Anne Chamberlain Paul Neubauer Gary Burton Quintet The Boston Camerata

1987–88 André Watts Tokyo String Quartet The Vienna Boys’ Choir The Barber of Seville, New York City Opera The Chieftains Elly Ameling Finnish National Ballet Itzhak Perlman

1988–89 Jessye Norman & Geoffrey Parsons Jeffrey Kahane/David Shifrin/
Joseph Swensen Trio Canadian Brass A Christmas Carol, Nebraska Theater Caravan Emanuel Ax Christopher Parkening Pilobolus Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig Kurt Masur, conductor The Flying Karamazov Brothers Elmer Iseler Singers

1989–90 Dave Brubeck English Concert with Trevor Pinnock Royal Winnipeg Ballet Los Angeles Piano Quartet Vladimir Feltsman Dizzy Gillespie & Billy Eckstine
with Count Basie Orchestra The King’s Singers Dreamgirls, national tour La Bohème, New York City Opera Beaux Arts Trio Soviet Acrobats Jean-Pierre Rampal Horacio Gutierrez H.M.S. Pinafore, Texas Opera Theatre David Parsons Dance Company Manuel Barrueco

1990–91 Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma Midori & Robert McDonald Elmer Iseler Singers Woody Guthrie’s American Song, 
Missouri Repertory Theatre Peter Serkin Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Glen Campbell Kodo Drummers New World String Quartet The Marriage of Figaro, New York City Opera Messiah, Choral Art Society Oakland Ballet Orpheus Chamber Orchestra George Shearing Joe Williams & Joe Pass Mummenschanz Super Stuff, children’s series

1991–92 Les Ballets Africains Los Angeles Guitar Quartet Guildhall String Ensemble Canadian Brass Glenn Yarborough & the New Christy Minstrels Isaac Stern Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Philharmonia Hungarica Yehudi Menuhin, conductor Ralph Markum & Kenneth Broadway, piano Tosca, New York City Opera Ellis Marsalis & Marcus Roberts Ballet Chicago Richard Stoltzman The Chieftains Eduardus Halim Super Stuff, children’s series

1992–93 James Galway and Christopher O’Riley American Indian Dance Theatre Midori & Robert McDonald Shanghai Acrobats Hesperus Mark Russell The Vienna Boys’ Choir Garrick Ohlsson Eliot Fisk Brian Bedford The Music Man, national tour Carmen, New York City Opera Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Libana Dawn Upshaw & Jeffrey Kahane Emerson String Quartet Rebirth Brass Band Super Stuff, children’s series

1993–94 Sunday in the Park with George, national tour Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Die Fledermaus, Western Opera Theater Ondekoza Guitar Summit Harlem Spiritual Ensemble Yo-Yo Ma & Peter Serkin Jazz at Lincoln Center Cherish the Ladies Porgy and Bess,
 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields András Schiff Madame Butterfly, New York City Opera Super Stuff, children’s series

1994–95 Newport Jazz Festival Don Giovanni, Western Opera Theater Israel Chamber Orchestra The Mikado, Opera à la Carte Eduardus Halim Pinchas Zukerman & Marc Neikrug Jean-Pierre Rampal Anonymous 4 Christopher O’Riley Evita, national tour The Barber of Seville, New York City Opera Michael Moschen Dayton Contemporary Dance Company Grant Johannsen Canadian Brass Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

1995–96 Crazy for You, national tour Forever Plaid, national tour The Marriage of Figaro, Western Opera Theater La Traviata, New York City Opera Slide Hampten & the Jazz Masters Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Melvyn Tan Dubravka Tomšic Alan Feinberg The Boston Camerata Kandinsky Trio Prague Chamber Orchestra Evelyn Glennie Guitar Summit II The Pipes, Drums & Highland Dancers of the Black Watch The Vienna Boys’ Choir Paul Taylor Dance Company Ondekoza Victor Borge

1996–97 Portland String Quartet & Borealis Wind Quintet Falsettos, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company Yefim Bronfman The Pirates of Penzance, Opera à la Carte Anonymous 4 La Bohème, New York City Opera History of America, Reduced Shakespeare Company Eliot Fisk Ethos Percussion Group Peter Schickele Street Sounds Herb Pomeroy Itzhak Perlman Cleo Lane

1997–98 Santiago Rodriguez Trinity Dance Company Dance Theatre of Harlem Carmen, Western Opera Theater Flying Karamazovs James Galway The Legacy of Art Blakey Quartetto Gelato Carter Brey & Christopher O’Riley Julius Cæsar, Aquila Theatre Cavalleria Rusticana & I Pagliacci, 
Opera Nacional Italiana Boys Choir of Harlem Turtle Island String Quartet Cyrus Chestnut Emerson String Quartet The Daughter of the Regiment, New York City Opera Preservation Hall Jazz Band Isaac Stern Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

1998–99 Grease, national tour A Chorus Line, national tour West Side Story, national tour Spirit of the Dance Ondekoza The Vienna Boys’ Choir The Boston Camerata Emanuel Ax Porgy and Bess Philharmonia Quartett Berlin Otello, Opera Nacional Italiana The Monks of Tibet Swan Lake, Russian National Ballet Yo-Yo Ma & Jeffrey Kahane

1999–2000 The King and I, National Tour Annie, National Tour Camelot, National Tour STOMP Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Canadian Brass Lydian String Quartet Street Sounds The Magic Flute, London City Opera Big Apple Circus on Stage Lewis & Perry Piano Duo Romeo and Juliet, Ballet de l’Opéra de Bordeaux National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique Gil Shaham

2000–01 Emanuel Ax Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight WOFA St. Petersburg String Quartet with Andrew Rangell Godspell, national tour John O’Conor Show Boat, national tour Anonymous 4 Carmen, London City Opera Chicago, national tour Mary Black Aida, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Giselle, Moscow Festival Ballet AEROS Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano Willie Nelson

2001–02 Moscow State Symphony Pavel Kogan, conductor Vladimir Feltsman, piano Tap Dogs Dianne Reeves Ivan Moravec Takács Quartet Emmanuel Pahud The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone Jane Monheit Titanic, national tour The Merry Widow, London City Opera Judy Collins Ragtime, national tour Swan Lake, Grigorovich Ballet Turandot, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Cabaret, national tour Ray Charles Eileen Ivers

2002–03 Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Rent, national tour Moscow Chamber Orchestra Constantine Orbelian, conductor Dee Dee Bridgewater Tamas Erdi STOMP Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
, Endowment Benefit Performance Sleeping Beauty, St. Petersburg Ballet on Ice Richard Goode Madame Butterfly, London City Opera South Pacific, national tour Philharmonia Quartett Berlin Grieg Piano Trio Il Trovatore, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Grease, national tour Mary Chapin Carpenter The Capitol Steps

2003–04 The Music Man, national tour Herbie Hancock Quartet Porgy and Bess Prague Chamber Orchestra Yamato, drummers of Japan Cats, national tour Piotr Anderszewski Tosca, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Juilliard String Quartet Saturday Night Fever, national tour The Mikado, Carl Rosa Opera Alisa Weilerstein Preservation Hall Jazz Band THWAK!, The Umbilical Brothers Cinderella, Moscow Festival Ballet Opus Cactus, Momix Krystian Zimerman Natalie MacMaster Bobby McFerrin & Savion Glover Glenn Miller Orchestra

2004–05 Regina Carter Quintet Blues Clues Live Mendelssohn String Quartet The Capitol Steps La Traviata, Stanislavsky Opera Company 42nd Street, national tour Freddy Kempf Judy Collins Rent, national tour Christian Tetzlaff Don Giovanni, Mozart Festival Opera Frederic Chiu Deborah Voigt Leahy Romeo and Juliet, St. Petersburg Ballet The Barber of Seville, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight The Full Monty, national tour Chanticleer Paul Taylor Dance Company

2005–06 Miss Saigon, national tour Martha Graham Dance Company Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio Yamato, drummers of Japan Arlo Guthrie STOMP Norwegian Chamber Orchestra Leif Ove Andsnes, piano Die Fledermaus, Czech Opera Prague Natalie MacMaster Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, family series Jonathan Biss Joshua Bell Louis Lortie H.M.S. Pinafore, Carl Rosa Opera Tiempo Libre La Bohème, Teatro Lirico d’Europa In the Mood Swan Lake, Russian National Ballet Sweet Honey in the Rock Thoroughly Modern Millie, national tour Thumbelina, family series Borromeo String Quartet

2006–07 David Sedaris David Finckel & Wu Han The Snow Dragon, family series Rigoletto, Teatro Lirico d’Europa The Producers, national tour Jeremy Denk Chanticleer Christine Brewer Leipzig String Quartet Hairspray, national tour Madama Butterfly, Teatro Lirico d’Europa The Pirates of Penzance, Carl Rosa Company Cherryholmes Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, family series Romeo and Juliet, Aquila Theatre Jesus Christ Superstar, national tour Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Australian Chamber Orchestra Richard Tognetti, leader and violin Pieter Wispelwey, cello

2007–08 Anúna Emmylou Harris Tosca, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Matt Haimovitz Ellis Marsalis Trio Solid Blues Mavis Staples Charlie Musselwhite North Mississippi Allstars Joe Krown Mayhem Poets, family series Boys of the Lough Swimmy · Frederick · Inch by Inch, family series Lunar Sea, Momix Ingrid Fliter Limón Dance Company La Traviata, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Pink Martini Blast!, national tour Movin’ Out, national tour Spirit of Uganda Ronald K. Brown/Evidence Moby Dick Rehearsed, The Acting Company Evita, national tour Borromeo String Quartet James Ehnes

2008–09 Chicago, national tour The Magic Flute, Mozart Festival Opera Philadanco Cédric Tiberghien The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Stories, family series Aida, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Sweet Honey in the Rock Diavolo Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) Yo-Yo Ma Sweeney Todd, national tour Natalie MacMaster The National Acrobats of China The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, national tour I Musici de Montréal David Sedaris Ira Glass Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal Beakman Live!, family series Toumani Diabaté and the Symmetric Orchestra Paul Lewis Annie, national tour Pink Martini

2009–10 Pilobolus Los Lonely Boys & Alejandro Escovedo: The Acoustic Brotherhood Tour Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory Chris Botti Yamato Drummers of Japan Arlo Guthrie & Family Peter Serkin, piano Stellaluna, Family Series Hairspray, Broadway National Tour Soweto Gospel Choir ScrapArtsMusic Garrison Keillor Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway Maria de Barros Brooklyn Rider Ed Asner as FDR Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Sofia Symphony Orchestra & Chorus St. Lawrence String Quartet Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Family Series Dayton Contemporary Dance Company “From the Top” Featuring Host Christopher O’Riley Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess Stefan Jackiw, violin Philip Hamilton’s Voices Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

2010–2011 Willie Nelson Occidental Brothers Dance Band International An Evening with Bill Cosby STREB Extreme Action: “Raw” Kronos Quartet “Forbidden Broadway” Jamie Adkins’ “Circus Incognitus” The Hot Club of San Francisco: “Silent Surrealism” Kirill Gerstein, Piano Balé Folclórico da Bahia National Broadway Tour: “Fiddler on the Roof” Blue Man Group Doug Varone and Dancers Mark O’Connor Quartet “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical” National Broadway Tour: “Avenue Q” Nikolai Lugansky, Piano Imago Theatre: “ZooZoo” Universes: “Live from the Edge” New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: “The Mikado” De Temps Antan Phil Kline’s “John the Revelator David Sedaris Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers

2011-12 Chris Botti Creole Choir of Cuba “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” Broadway National Tour Handel & Haydn Society Good vs. Evil: Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert Neil Berg’s “101 Years of Broadway” India Jazz Suites “Shuffle.Play.Listen” Matt Haimovitz & Christopher O’Riley Michael Cooper: “Masked Marvels & Wondertales” “Mamma Mia!” Broadway National Tour “Warriors Don’t Cry” CiRCA Dan Zanes & Friends Vasen Vancouver Chamber Choir Golden Dragon Acrobats Danu Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” Trey McIntyre Project Bombino Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Imogen Cooper, Piano Jennifer Koh, Violin

2012–13 Bridgman|Packer Dance Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi Treasured Stories by Eric Carle Soyeon Lee & Ran Dank Bélo “West Side Story,” Broadway National Tour Shaolin Warriors Natalie MacMaster: “Christmas in Cape Breton” Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” Broadway National Tour Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis ETHEL: “Present Beauty” Marc-André Hamelin The Midtown Men The Bad Plus Voices of Afghanistan The Joffrey Ballet Pablo Ziegler Trio for Nuevo Tango “Rock of Ages,” Broadway National Tour Tony Trischka: The Banjo Project Spellbound Dance Company Jonathan Biss & Elias String Quartet “Hair,” Broadway National Tour “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs” Imani Winds

2013-14 Potted Potter Blue Man Group Mandy Patinkin: Dress Casual with Paul Ford on piano David Finckel, Wu Han and Philip Setzer Julie Fowlis Paul Taylor Dance Company Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. David Sedaris Joan Rivers Kayhan Kaylor Richard Stoltzman with David Deveau and Sarah Shafer Cirque Alfonse: “TIMBER” Green Day’s “American Idiot” Benjamin Grosvenor Compagnie Kafig The Intergalactic Nemesis African Children’s Choir We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Children’s Choir of Africa SO Percussion: “Where (we) Live” Man of la Mancha DePue Brothers Band We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Handel & Haydn Who’s Hungry? Bobby McFerrin “Spirit You All” Pilobolus The Summer King

2014-15 Metropolis Ensemble: “Brownstone” Khumariyaan Paul Dresher Ensemble: Double Duo Minguet Quartett with Andreas Klein Sam Green and Yo La Tengo: “The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller” Béla Fleck, Abigail Washburn and Del McCoury Band Savion Glover: “STePz” Big Nate Ira Glass Sister Act Alexandre Tharaud Ray Chen Preservation Hall Jazz Band Million Dollar Quartet Memphis Moscow City Ballet: “Swan Lake” Basetrack Boston Camerata with Sharq Arabic Music Ensemble SkippyJon Jones The Nile Project Nordic Fiddlers Bloc Lucky Plush: “The Queue” Mamma Mia!

2015-16 Hot Sardines Rafal Blechacz 42nd Street Debo Band Caps for Sale Shaping Sound Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Trinity Irish Dance Company TAO: “Seventeen Samurai” Matt Haimovitz & VOICE DakhaBrakha Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Disney’s Beauty & the Beast Salzburg Marionette Theatre: “The Sound of Music” True Blues and the Campbell Brothers Wu Man with Shanghai Quartet The Capitol Steps Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Companhia Urbana de Danca The Illusionists The Ying Quartet with Zuill Bailey The Lightning Thief

2016-17 Kristin Chenoweth Red Baraat (50% Co-Pro with State) Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Other Treasured Stories Ballet X Cirque Mechanics “Pedal Punk” RENT – 20th Anniversary Tour A Far Cry with David Krakauer Mike Daisey – “Khan and the Whale: The Wrath of Moby Dick” The LeeVees The Jones Family Singers JCT Trio Vocalosity Yuval Ron Ensemble with Dervish Aziz Once Handel and Haydn Society “Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs” Jenny Scheinman “Kannapolis: A Moving Portrait” BodyTraffic Philharmonia Quartett Berlin Ms. Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton (50% Co-Pro with State) Saturday Night Fever Golden Dragon Acrobats Ragamala Dance: “Sacred Earth” Emanuel Ax The Gloaming Annie Elephant and Piggie “We are in a Play!” Pippin

2017-18 Bandaloop (Free – Public Event) Broadway National Tour:  Jersey Boys Leslie Odom Jr. Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia’s  Guess How Much I Love You/My Little Storybook Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott Simon Shaheen: “Zafir” Living Voices:  Within the Silence Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy: “A Celtic Family Christmas” Banda Magda Lukas Vondracek Roomful of Teeth Travis Wall’s Shaping Sound: “After the Curtain” Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet Broadway National Tour:  Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella BJM – Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal Sandglass Theater: “ Babylon ” (Ovations Co-Commission) Ladysmith Black Mambazo “Charlotte’s Web” Broadway National Tour:  Kinky Boots The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Jessica Lang Dance Ariel String Quartet with Navah Perlman STOMP DBR – En Masse (Free – Public Event) Broadway National Tour:  Dirty Dancing

2018-19 Annual Benefit featuring Lady Rizo Mermaid Theater of Nova Scotia’s  The Rainbow Fish Inon Barnatan Broadway National Tour:  Rock of Ages Nicole Wolcott and Larry Keigwin: “Places Please! National Geographic Live!:  Life on the Vertical Broadway National Tour:  ELF The Musical Vienna Boys Choir Dover Quartet National Geographic Live!:  Stranger in a Strange Land Alsarah and the Nubatones The Orlando Consort:  Voices Appeared Voctave Queen Nur California Guitar Trio and Montreal Guitar Trio Broadway National Tour:  Legally Blonde February Vacation Theater Camp:  Jumping Jack and the Beanstalks American Contemporary Music Ensemble Living Voices:  Right to Dream Broadway National Tour:  The Sound of Music Ranky Tanky Niyaz (Co-presented with Port City Music Hall) 600 Highwaymen’s  The Fever Dreamers’ Circus Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo National Geographic Live!:  Wild Seas, Secret Shores Wild Kratts Live 2.0:  Activate Creature Power! Air Play Alexi Kenney and Renana Gutman Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Me Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of a Young Jane Goodall Broadway National Tour:  Finding Neverland

2019-20 Taylor Mac:  A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, Abridged Broadway National Tour:  Beautiful: The Carole King Musical Kittel & Co. Songhoy Blues Sara Juli:  Burnt Out Wife  (Ovations Co-Commission) The Kingdom Choir Magic Tree House:  Showtime with Shakespeare Palaver Strings:  Welcome Home Annual Benefit Bash featuring Rizo and Ari Shapiro NPR’s  From the Top Boston Camerata:  Free America Broadway National Tour:  Waitress Gabriela Montero: Westward The Illusionists: Live From Broadway MOMIX:  Viva MOMIX February Vacation Theater Camp:  The Wizard of Oz  (in partnership with Portland Parks and Rec) Avi Avital and Bridget Kibbey New Orleans Jazz Orchestra:  The Music of Congo Square Malpaso Dance Company International Contemporary Ensemble (Virtual Performance)

Seeking Resonance: Welcome Home (Virtual Conversation) Performances in Our Parks Featuring Daniel Bernard Roumain Flex Ave. (Virtual Performance) Living Voices: Hear My Voice (Virtual Series) Kennedy Center Arts Across America “Sacred Resonance” (Virtual Performance) VOCES8 (Virtual Performance) Performances in Our Parks Featuring Ice Dance International Paige and Friends!   (Virtual Series) Samuel James Tells the Story of Tiny Bill McGraw (Virtual Series) Step Afrika! (Virtual Series) POP 90 Annual Fundraiser Seeking Resonance: Being Future Beings (Virtual Conversation) Fauré Quartet (Virtual Performance) GlobalFEST (Virtual Performance)

A Message From Far Away – Public Art Celebration in Portland BANDALOOP Dan + Claudia Zanes Pacifica Quartet Alan Cumming & Ari Shapiro: Och & Oy! A Considered Cabaret Broadway National Tour: RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Tour Cartography Music from the Sole: Partido Alexander Malofeev FLIP Fabrique: Six° Broadway National Tour – SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical Anaïs Mitchell + Bonny Light Horseman Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends John Cameron Mitchell’s The Origin of Love: The Songs & Stories of Hedwig Sphinx Virtuosi Step Afrika! POP Global Passport – Annual Fundraiser Requiem for an Electric Chair Written & Performed by Toto Kisaku From Bamako to Birmingham Featuring Amadou & Mariam and the Blind Boys of Alabama New York Philharmonic String Quartet Samuel James Already Home Recordings Vol. 2 Riley Watts, Heather Stewart & little house dance Hour Wolf in the Lighthouse Blue Man Group Broadway National Tour – Hairspray

GARBA360 Chicago Broadway National Tour The Last Girl A Play by Dianne ‘dee’ Clarke Farruquito: Flamenco Íntimo Fauré Quartet The Four Phantoms: A Holiday Concert Janice Carissa, piano Memphis Jookin’: The Show Featuring Lil Buck Wabanaki Stories Bridget Kibbey Presents From Persia to Iberia Jessica Vosk Peking Acrobats featuring The Shanghai Circus The Simon & Garfunkel Story Miró Quartet and Soprano Karen Slack somewhere/elsewhere Ugly Duckling Cirque Alfonse: Animal, A Farm Story Fiddler on the Roof Broadway National Tour Ballet Hispánico

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Moscow, Russia

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Theatres in Moscow

Cultural life of Moscow city is various and rich! Operas, ballets, symphonic concerts... Russian composers have created some of the most beautiful classical music. Russian classical music is very popular in Moscow. It is performed in many beautiful historical venues. Do not forget to include a visit to a concert hall in your itinerary when you are planning your stay in Moscow! And do it in advance.

There are almost no restrictions on dress code in Russian theatres. Visitors may wear jeans and sports shoes, they may have a backpack with them. Only shorts are not allowed.

A typical feature of Russian theatre – visitors are bringing a lot of flowers which they present to their favorite performers after the show.

Here are some practical advices where to go and how to buy tickets.

The Bolshoi Theatre

The Bolshoi Theatre is the oldest, the most famous and popular opera and ballet theatre in Russia. The word “Bolshoi” means “big” in Russian. You can buy a ticket online in advance, 2-3 months before the date of performance on the official website . Prices for famous ballets are high: 6-8 thousand rubles for a seat in stalls. Tickets to operas are cheaper: you can get a good seat for 4-5 thousand rubles. Tickets are cheaper for daytime performances and performances on the New Stage. The New Stage is situated in the light-green building to the left of the Bolshoi's main building. The quality of operas and ballets shown on the New Stage is excellent too. However, you should pay attention that many seats of the Bolshoi’s Old and New Stages have limited visibility . If you want to see the Bolshoi’s Old Stage but all tickets are sold out, you can order a tour of the theatre. You can book such a tour on the official website.

If you want, following Russian tradition, to give flowers to the performers at the end of the show, in the Bolshoi flowers should be presented via special staff who collects these flowers in advance.

In August the Bolshoi is closed.

The Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Music Theatre

This theatre is noteworthy. On one hand, it offers brilliant classical opera and ballet performances. On the other hand, it is an experimental venue for modern artists. You can check the program and buy tickets online here http://stanmus.com/ . If you are opera lover, get a ticket to see superstar Hibla Gerzmava . The theatre has a very beautiful historic building and a stage with a good view from every seat. Tickets are twice cheaper than in the Bolshoi.

The Novaya Opera

“Novaya” means “New” in Russian. This opera house was founded in 1991 by a famous conductor Eugene Kolobov. Its repertoire has several directions: Russian and Western classics, original shows and divertissements, and operas of the 20th and 21st centuries. It is very popular with Muscovites for excellent quality of performances, a comfortable hall, a beautiful Art Nouveau building and a historic park Hermitage, which is situated right next to it. You can buy tickets online here http://www.novayaopera.ru/en .

Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Center

The Opera Center has become one of the best theatrical venues in Moscow. It was founded in 2002 by great diva Galina Vishnevskaya. Nowadays its artistic director is Olga Rostropovich, daughter of Galina Vishnevskaya and her husband Mstislav Rostropovich, great cellist and conductor. Not only best young opera singers perform here, but also world music stars do; chamber and symphonic concerts, theatrical productions and musical festivals take place here. You can see what is on the program here http://opera-centre.ru/theatre . Unfortunately “booking tickets online” is available in Russian only. If you need help, you can contact us at and we can book a ticket for you. 

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and The Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory

These are two major concert halls for symphonic music in Moscow. Both feature excellent acoustics, impressive interior, various repertoire and best performers. You can check the program here http://meloman.ru/calendar/ . You need just to switch to English. Booking tickets online is available only for owners of Russian, Ukrainian and Belorussian phone numbers. If you need help, you can contact us and we can book a ticket for you. 

Moscow International Performing Arts Center (MIPAC)

This modern and elegant concert hall houses performances of national and foreign symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, solo instrumentalists, opera singers, ballet dancers, theatre companies, jazz bands, variety and traditional ensembles. Actually, it has three concert halls placed on three different levels and having separate entrances. The President of MIPAC is People’s Artist of the USSR Vladimir Spivakov, conductor of “Virtuosy Moskvy” orchestra. You can see pictures of the concert halls here http://www.mmdm.ru/en/content/halls . The program is impressive in its variety but is not translated into English. You can contact us at and we can find a performance for you.