Tickets to Tony Bennett in Concert at Ovens Auditorium on Sale Friday

Blumenthal Performing Arts and 35 Concerts proudly present Tony Bennett in Concert, the 18 time Grammy Award-winning musician whose music spans over six decades on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Ovens Auditorium. Tickets range from $57 to $107, and can be purchased beginning Friday, May 29, at 10 a.m. For tickets visit BlumenthalArts.org or call 704-372-1000.

With worldwide record sales in the millions and dozens of platinum and gold albums to his credit, Tony Bennett is a musician who touches the hearts and souls of audiences with his legendary vocals and charming stage presence. His long list of achievements, spanning over 60 years, includes eighteen Grammy Awards, including the prestigious Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, making this artist a true international treasure. His signature tunes, such as "Steppin' Out With My Baby" and "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" form part of the fabric of American music culture. Often billed as the world's most boyish octogenarian, Bennett is a vital musical artist at the peak of his powers.

Tony Bennett celebrated his 85th birthday in 2011 with the release of "Duets II" and made music history by making Tony the oldest artist to ever have a #1 CD on the Billboard album charts. "Duets II," followed up "Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic" CD, released in 2006. 2012 marked the 50th anniversary of the singer's signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." as well as the release of a new documentary film, "The Zen of Bennett," created and conceived by Tony's son and manager Danny Bennett. Bennett also authored his fourth book, Life is a Gift, released in 2012 and entered the NY Times Best Seller list.

In 2014, Tony Bennett released a collaborative album with Lady Gaga, "Cheek to Cheek" featuring these two legendary artists performing jazz standards. Bennett beat his own record when the album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Album charts making him the oldest musical artist, at the age of 88, to have an album top the Billboard 200 yet again. The album won the Grammy Award in the Best Traditional Pop Album category. Bennett is a Kennedy Center Honoree, an NEA Jazz Master and a recipient of the United Nation's Humanitarian and Citizen of the World honors.

Tony Bennett is also a talented painter. He has exhibited his work in galleries around the world, and three of his original paintings are part of the permanent collection in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.

Throughout his career, Bennett has put his heart and time into supporting humanitarian concerns and joined with Dr. Martin Luther King in the historic Selma march in 1965. His many charitable works include raising millions towards Diabetes, and lending his artwork to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. In 2007, he was honored by the United Nations. Together with his wife, Susan, Bennett established the charitable organization, Exploring the Arts (ETA) to support arts education in public high schools. Bennett founded Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, a NYC public high school in his hometown of Astoria, Queens and ETA now supports 14 additional NYC public high schools throughout New York City and just expanded to support three public arts high schools in Los Angeles.

Bennett's daughter, Antonia Bennett, has been touring with her father and will open the performance with a collection of jazz/pop standards. Antonia Bennett is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music.