Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Batiste and More Set for Carnegie Hall's 2013-2014 Pops Season

Though summer is just around the corner, we are looking ahead in anticipation to the start of Carnegie Hall's 2013-2014 season this fall. Listed below are jazz, pop, folk, and world music highlights at Carnegie Hall, beginning with our Opening Night Gala concert on October 2, which features jazz artistEsperanza Spalding as special guest soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Other jazz highlights include performances by pianist Jon Batiste and his high-energy Stay Human band; the saxophonist and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón, performing a program that explores the mix between Latin American folkloric music and jazz; as well as performances by the Zawinul Legacy Bandas part of Carnegie Hall's citywide Vienna: City of Dreams festival, and Trio da Paz, featuring three of Brazil's most in-demand musicians-guitaristRomero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka da Fonseca performing with guest artists Harry Allen, Joe Locke, and Maucha Adnet.

Pop and folk music highlights include a performance by Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone entitled Far Away Places; the return of both the WFUV Live at Zankel series presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with WFUV 90.7 FM and the three-concert Standard Time series with Michael Feinstein; and The New York Pops with Music Director Steven Reineke, who launch their season with a program featuring trumpeter Chris Botti performing a unique take on timeless standards. Rounding out the pop concerts for the season is Tony- and Emmy Award-winning performer Kristin Chenoweth, who presents her show Evolution of a Soprano in May 2014.

In world music highlights, Carnegie Hall's forthcoming season includes performances by Yo-Yo Ma and members of the Silk Road Ensemble in celebration of the ensemble's 15th anniversary; legendary Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón; the Iranian singer Parissa joined by the Dastan Ensemble; and singer/songwriter and guitarist Omara "Bombino" Moctar. Additional highlights include performances by Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki; guitarist and electronic musician Fennesz in a program entitlEd Mahler Remixed; Flamenco singer Estrella Morente; Sufi performer Asif Ali Khan; and António Zambujo-a leading voice in the resurrection of male fado singers in a female-dominated genre.

Also of note, Zankel Hall turns ten this fall and its season kicks off in October with performances that reflect wide variety of music for which the venue has become known, including concerts by Brooklyn country band The Lone Bellow; mandolin player Chris Thile; the Tetzlaff Quartet; American Composers Orchestra; plus a duo recital by Jessica Rivera and Kelley O'Connor with pianist Robert Spano; and Ian Bostridge, Iestyn Davies, and Joshua Hopkinsperforming Benjamin Britten's Canticles with pianist Julius Drake.

Single tickets for Carnegie Hall events will go on sale Monday, August 26 at 8:00 a.m., with an early on-sale date of Monday, August 19 at 8:00 a.m. for subscribers and donors, at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, by phone at CarnegieCharge (212-247-7800), or online at carnegiehall.org. Subscription packages are currently available. If you need further information or images related to these or any other Carnegie Hall presentations, don't hesitate to contact us.

Carnegie Hall 2013-2014 JAZZ, WORLD MUSIC, AND POP/FOLK SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
All performances take place in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage unless otherwise noted. Click the date of a performance for complete program information.

• Carnegie Hall launches its 2013-2014 season on October 2 with an opening night gala concert featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin joined by vocalist/double-bassist Esperanza Spalding and violinist Joshua Bell as soloists. Ms. Spalding, the first jazz artist to be featured on Carnegie Hall's opening night program, performs newly commissioned arrangements for the occasion.
• The New York Pops and Music Director Steven Reineke open their season on October 4 with a performance featuring acclaimed trumpeter Chris Botti, performing new interpretations of standards including "Over the Rainbow," "Summertime," and "When I Fall in Love." Other New York Pops programs this fall include an all-swing concert Sing Sing Swing on November 1 celebrating the 75th anniversary of Benny Goodman's legendary Carnegie Hall recording with guest artists Montego Glover and Dave Bennett; and holiday concerts on December 19 and 20 with Ashley Brown, Broadway's original Mary Poppins, plus a Family Concert on December 21.

• Jazz pianist Jon Batiste, a member of the legendary Louisiana Batiste lineage of musicians, brings his Stay Human band-known for their impromptu performances throughout New York City-to Zankel Hall on October 12.

• On October 16, Yo-Yo Ma brings members of the Silk Road Ensemble-a loose collective of musicians, composers, artists and story-tellers from Eurasion cultures-back to Carnegie Hall for a program celebrating the group's 15th anniversary and featuring encore presentations of previous commissions along with new works.

• WFUV Live at Zankel, presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with WFUV 90.7 FM, returns with four concerts in Zankel Hall, beginning with Brooklyn-based trio The Lone Bellow on October 18. Additional concerts for this series will be announced at a later date.
• On October 22 in Zankel Hall, mandolin virtuoso and co-founder of the progressive roots group Punch Brothers, Chris Thile performs a recital of works by J. S. Bach drawn from his forthcoming recording, Bach Sonatas & Partitas Vol. 1, as well as his own compositions and contemporary music.
• Singer, pianist, "Great American Songbook" interpreter, and Broadway performer Michael Feinstein presents the first of his annual three-concertStandard Time with Michael Feinstein series in Zankel Hall on October 23. Additional performances in the series take place on March 19 and April 30. Mr. Feinstein presents an additional concert in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on February 14.
• Legendary Afro-Peruvian singer Eva Ayllón-known for her larger-than-life stage personality and fearsome dance chops-infuses her music with sounds from the coastal plains of Lima, as well as her country's indigenous, African, and Spanish musical heritage. She performs on October 26.
• Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone performs a special one-night-only concert entitled Far Away Places, a travelogue of styles and stories that includes songs by Kurt Weill, Cole Porter, and Edith Piaf on November 7.
• On November 8 in Zankel Hall, Parissa, one of the foremost singers from Iran, is joined by the Dastan Ensemble to perform centuries-old Persian music as well as fresh approaches to rarely heard songs of the past century.
• Tuareg singer/songwriter and guitarist Omara "Bombino" Moctar brings his electrifying sound-which captures the spirit of rebellion from his native land along the Niger and Mali border-with echoes of Ali Farka Touré, Jimi Hendrix, and John Lee Hooker to Zankel Hall on December 6.
• The multiple Grammy Award-nominated and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón, considered one of the most influential saxophonists of his generation, performs a program entitled Identities Are Changeable: Tales from the Diaspora, which expands upon the artist's efforts to perfect a fine mix between Latin American folkloric music and jazz on December 7 in Zankel Hall.

Winter / Spring 2014 Highlights-January-May

• Renowned Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki-known for seamlessly combining disparate styles ranging from the rebetiko folk music once popular with refugees from Asia Minorto contemporary Greek styles-performs on February 1.

• On February 8 in Zankel Hall, Portuguese singer and composer António Zambujo, a leading voice in the resurrection of male fado singers in a female-dominated genre, offers his unique approach to the music, which connects it his Portuguese roots while incorporating elements of Brazilian pop.

• In a program entitlEd Mahler Remixed on March 7 in Zankel Hall, Austrian-born guitarist and electronic musician Fennesz salutes the universality of fellow Austrian Gustav Mahler in this remixed interpolation of the composer's oeuvre. As visualized by the German digital abstractionist and video artist Lillevan, the performance showcases Mahler's enduring influence in modern life, both in the creative incubator of Vienna and around the world. This performance is part of Carnegie Hall's citywide festival Vienna: City of Dreams.

• Flamenco singer and heiress to one of Spain's greatest musical dynasties, Estrella Morente-hailed by the London Daily Mail as "a new force to be reckoned with"-brings her passionate voice back to Carnegie Hall on March 8.

• As part of its citywide festival Vienna: City of Dreams, Carnegie Hall presents the Zawinul Legacy Band in Zankel Hall on March 8. The jazz ensemble celebrates the late electric piano pioneer Joe Zawinul. The Austrian native possessed an unparalleled ability to make the synthesizer an expressive musical instrument, and, alongside renowned saxophonist Wayne Shorter, founded and led the groundbreaking band the Weather Report.

• The New York Pops continues its season at Carnegie Hall on March 21 with A Broadway Love Story, featuring real life Broadway spouses Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley performing the famous love songs of Stephen Sondheim, Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, and more. In its final concert of the season on April 4, the New York Pops performs works from some of Hollywood's most famous film scores, including music by Bernard Herrmann, James Horner, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Howard Shore, and Hans Zimmer.

• On March 22 in Zankel Hall, Sufi musician, Asif Ali Khan, protégé of the late Qawwali maestro Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, performs with his ensemble-including a powerful rhythmic section consisting of handclapping and the dholak, an essential Qawwali instrument-offering a unique contemporary take on a musical tradition that stretches back more than 700 years.

• David Lang-composer and holder of the Carnegie Hall Debs Composer's Chair-concludes his season-long residency in April 2014 with a six-concert series commemorating the 10th anniversary of the opening of Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall. Entitled collected stories, the multi-genre series was curated by Mr. Lang and showcases new music by him and others. Some of the featured performers and ensembles include: folk singer Sam Amidon; Tuvan throat-singing ensemble Huun-Huur-Tu; guitarist and composer Kaki King, hip hop duo The Uncluded (featuring Aesop Rockand Kimya Dawson) and Celtic singer Iarla Ó Lionáird, among many others. For more information visit carnegiehall.org/lang.

• Trio da Paz, featuring three of Brazil's most in-demand musicians-guitarist Romero Lubambo, bassist Nilson Matta, and drummer Duduka da Fonseca-carries on the infectious legacy of jazz oriented Brazilian music. For this performance on April 5 in Zankel Hall, the group plays the music of Jobim, Getz, and more with guest artists Harry Allen (tenor saxophone), Joe Locke (vibraphone), and Maucha Adnet (vocals).

• The Tony- and Emmy Award-winning performer Kristin Chenoweth returns to Carnegie Hall on May 3, for the first time since her 2004 sold-out solo show, with a new concert entitled Evolution of a Soprano.

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