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Brooklyn Rider

Thurs | Oct 7 | 8pm | GBH Calderwood Studio

Brooklyn Rider is the modern string quartet for audiences whose insatiable musical appetites match those of the four daredevils in this group. It’s impossible to even scratch the surface of what this quartet has to offer in a single performance, and we are excited to present them in three entirely different contexts this season—all performed in front of an intimate studio audience and streamed live to the world in partnership with GBH. 

Their first performance highlights the formidable range of globe-spanning composers who write original works for Brooklyn Rider, including a world premiere of a new work by Osvaldo Golijov. This program will feature original works by composers from Syria, Venezuela, Argentina, and the United States, all performed with the fervent intensity and deep feeling for which the group is known.

 

Conrad Tao, piano

Wed | Dec 1 | 8pm | Longy's Pickman Hall

Experience the Celebrity Series headlining debut of an artist you’ll be hearing about for decades to come. Conrad Tao is proving to be the ultimate success story, a one-time child prodigy meeting impossibly high expectations and emerging not only as a technically spectacular player, but also a significant composer, collaborator, and representative of classical music’s next wave.  

    


Sankofa Danzafro, Accommodating Lie

Sat & Sun | Feb 26 & 27 | 8pm & 3pm | Boch Center Shubert Theatre

Accommodating Lie is the latest full-length work by Artistic Director Rafael Palacios. A powerful call for awareness, Palacios seeks to dismantle stereotypes and beliefs, denouncing the clichés around the Black body. Embodying decades of slavery and overt racism, the dancers and musicians personify what it means to be of African descent.


Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet, (im)migration: music of change

Sat | Mar 5 | 8pm | First Church Cambridge

Two of today’s premier ensembles join forces in a rare collaboration between string quartet and wind quintet. This spectacular evening of music will include the Boston premiere of a new work by Jessie Montgomery, co-commissioned by Celebrity Series of Boston, and written specifically for these two internationally acclaimed groups,  


Christian Sands

Fri | Mar 25 | 7:30pm | Artists For Humanity EpiCenter

Barely into his 30s, Sands is a six-time GRAMMY Award nominee, widely recognized bandleader, and first-call sideman among the industry’s best. In his Celebrity Series debut, expect a varied program of modern jazz drawing from the music’s many historic roots and contemporary offshoots.    


The Just and The Blind, conceived & written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, original music by Daniel Bernard Roumain  

Fri-Sat | Apr 1 & 2 | 8pm | Emerson Paramount Center

The Just and the Blind is a multimedia journey of poetry, music, dance, photograph, and projected animation, and is one of the most unique and powerfully urgent works that we’re presenting this season. 


SFJAZZ Collective, New Works Reflecting the Moment

Fri | Apr 8 | 8pm | Berklee Performance Center

The SFJAZZ Collective is a bonafide jazz supergroup. The band will be presenting a brand-new touring project entitled “New Works Reflecting the Moment,” a collection of pieces written in response to the unparalleled social and global issues faced over the past year.    


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PERFORMANCE SPONSORS 

Brooklyn Rider and 2021/22 season performances at GBH Calderwood Studio are generously sponsored by Susan & Michael Thonis and the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative; Conrad Tao, piano and the 2021/22 Debut Series is generously sponsored by Harriet & David Griesinger and the Longy School of Music of Bard College; Sankofa Danzafro is generously sponsored by 2021/2022 Dance Series Sponsors Leslie & Howard Appleby, Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, Foley & Lardner LLP, Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation, and Royal Little Family Foundation; Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet is an Aaron Richmond Recital; Christian Sands and the 2021/22 Jazz Marathon is generously sponsored by Leslie & Howard Appleby, with support provided by the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative; The Just and The Blind is generously sponsored by the Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, with support provided by the Barr Foundation and its ArtsAmplified initiative.

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2021/22 season sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger and to the many individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose support helps fulfill our mission to present performing artists who inspire and enrich our community and our vision of a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, lifelong, shared experience - on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods - everywhere.

Anonymous (2) | Leslie & Howard Appleby | Stephanie L. Brown Foundation | Margaret Eagle

Kathleen & Chris Gaffney | Peter & Anna Kolchinsky | Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation

Eleanor & Frank Pao | Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford | Melinda & James Rabb

Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation | Reuben Reynolds & Bill Casey | Sally S. Seaver, PhD

Stifler Family Foundation | Susan & Michael Thonis | Dorothy & Stephen Weber

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