Esperanza Spalding News

Mitski, Eboni Booth, and Whitney White have been announced as the newest additions to the creative team of the Broadway production, THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT. Learn more about these talented individuals and how they will contribute to the success of the show.

Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and more were also nominated for GRAMMYS. Check out the full list of nominations now! Sweeney Todd, Parade, and more were nominated in the Best Musical Theatre Album category.

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), in partnership with the San Francisco Symphony and cellist Gautier Capuçon, announced today that Quenton Xavier Blache, 22, will receive a commissioning prize under the umbrella of the Emerging Black Composers Project (EBCP). 

California Festival: A Celebration of New Music launches November 3, 2023. The Festival was conceived by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen.

The Perelman Performing Arts Center will present Is It Thursday Yet?, The March, and Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival at the new performing arts center at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan. 

NYC Winter Jazzfest has announced the initial list of artists to be featured at the 20th annual NYC Winter Jazzfest! Please mark your calendars for January 10-18, 2024.

Join Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Johanna Schneider, Aja Burrell Wood, and students of Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice for a Concert and Conversation on November 5, 2023, at the Goethe-Institut Boston.

Rebellious Bodies: International Butoh Dance Festival 2023 presents performances by Vangeline, accompanied by workshops. Don't miss the homage to Butoh founder Tatsumi Hijikata in 'Hijikata Mon Amour.'

Experience the brilliance of Tony Award-winning actor Bill Irwin as he performs 'On Beckett' at Two River Theater from December 7 - 10, 2023. Don't miss this intimate one-man show that brings Samuel Beckett's words to life. Tickets available now.

National Sawdust and Metropolitan Opera present Opera Evolved, a series of conversations with composers and artists exploring contemporary opera. The series kicks off on October 24 with Anthony Davis and Andrea Puente discussing their works. Get tickets now.

Rebellious Bodies: International Butoh Dance Festival 2023 present Vangeline in Hijikata Mon Amour.  Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

Check out the details on all jazz programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running September 18th - October 1st here!

It is the first album that the Bali, Indonesia-born pianist, composer and bandleader has recorded with his regular touring trio of Kris Funn on upright bass and John Davis on drums, a group with whom he has played hundreds of gigs over the past four years. They are augmented on four tracks by GRAMMY-nominated trumpet player Theo Croker.

Discover the world premiere of (pray), a captivating production presented by Ars Nova and National Black Theatre in New York City. Don't miss this limited engagement performance that explores the profound power of sacred offerings.

Acclaimed Japanese-born pianist Yoko Miwa will bring a performance on Friday, September 29 at Scullers Jazz Club, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston. Joining Miwa will be bassist Brad Barrett and drummer Scott Goulding.

Get a sneak peek of Ars Nova's highly anticipated 2023-2024 season, featuring two world premiere productions. Discover how you can secure your tickets at affordable prices for these must-see shows. Don't miss out on the excitement!

Discover the exciting line-up of performers and schedule for the highly anticipated Third Annual Habibi Festival at Joe's Pub. Get all the details on this must-see event, including dates and featured artists.

Discover the fourth season of Inside the Dancer's Studio, a podcast by the National Center for Choreography - Akron. Listen to engaging interviews with choreographers from across the United States as they discuss their craft, process, and perseverance in the world of dance-making. Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

A free concert along the DCR Charles River Esplanade with 25 local jazz bands on October 7-all featuring music by women composers and artists with ties to Boston, and a world premiere commission by Grammy award-winning composer Terri Lyne Carrington

This July, following two weeks of intensive training in New York, NYO2—one of Carnegie Hall's three national youth ensembles made up of extraordinary teen instrumentalists from across the United States—will travel to the Dominican Republic for the ensemble's first ever international concerts and residency.