Step in out of the cold this winter and enjoy sizzling FREE concerts at the David Rubenstein Atrium. Target® Free Thursdays present a range of exciting artists this January and February, banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone, Colombian singer Lucia Pulido, and country/bluegrass artist Ruth Moody.
Admission is FREE. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center is located at Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets. Easy access via subway: No. 1 IRT Broadway local to 66th Street/Lincoln Center or A, B, C, D or No. 1 to 59th Street/Columbus Circle; Buses: M5, M7, M11, M66, M104 to Broadway. Parking is available. For more information, including an updated calendar of performances and programs at the Atrium, visit LincolnCenter.org/Atrium.
Thursday, January 12 at 8:30 p.m.
JAYME STONE’S ROOM OF WONDERS
“What roots/jazz banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone doesn’t know about his instrument probably isn’t worth knowing,” said The Toronto Star. Praised as the “
Yo-Yo Ma of the banjo" Jayme Stone brings his global banjo adventures to the
David Rubenstein Atrium this January. He is a two-time Juno Award-winning banjo player (Canada’s equivalent of the Grammy) and his brand new album, Room of Wonders, is inspired by folk dances from around the world. It includes music from Norway, Sweden, Brazil, Bulgaria, Italy and North America. Stone turns mysterious melodies into rocking tunes and crafts lush, edgy originals, with some of North America’s best acoustic musicians for companions. For more information on the artist visit:
jaymestone.com
Thursday, January 19 at 8:30 p.m.
LUCIA PULIDO SPECIAL CELEBRATION
With Sebastian Cruz, Adam Kolker, and Stomu Takeishi
And special guests Dave Binney, Erik Friedlander, La Cumbiamba eNeYe and others.
Video by Sean Ferry
“Ms. Pulido holds on to the rawness of the original melodies while giving them a sophisticated new context,” is how The New York Times described her. Lucia Pulido is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices on the international Latin American musical scene today. She has an experimental style marked by a distinctive sophistication, and a stirring emotional range. Her projects and collaborations rang from traditional Colombian music to jazz and world music. Traditional genres such as cumbia and bullerengue from the Atlantic Coast, currulaos from the Pacific Coast as well as joropos from Colombia’s Eastern Plains, along with herding songs (cantos de vaquería), funeral laments (alabaos) and harvest chants (cantos de zafra) are the point of departure for her wide-ranging output. For this special celebration, which commemorates her 30-year artistic career, Ms. Pulido offers new, and older works, accompanied by some of the superb musicians she has performed with in New York since moving here in 1994. For more on the artist, visit:
www.luciapulido.com
Thursday, January 26 at 8:30 p.m.
FACE THE MUSIC
Presented in conjunction with Kaufman Cultural Center
The only student ensemble in New York City dedicated to performing music by living classical composers, Kaufman Center's Face the Music has been praised by The New York Times for its “stunning performances” of music by contemporary composers such as Steve Reich,
Nico Muhly and Terry Riley. Founded by the Kaufman Center’s Jenny Undercofler and composer Huang Ruo in 2005, Face the Music is an “alt-classical” ensemble of more than 60 talented teenagers from more than 20 New York area middle and high schools. During the 2011-12 concert season, Face the Music will perform across NYC at diverse venues including Merkin Concert Hall, the Queens Museum of Art and Museo del Barrio, and will be featured in the Kaufman Center's critically-acclaimed Ecstatic Music Festival. A recipient of the 2011 ASCAP
Aaron Copland Award, the ensemble has also been featured on WQXR’s “Young Artist Showcase” and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. For more information about Face the Music, visit:
kaufman-center.org/special-music-school/face-the-music
Thursday, February 2 at 8:30 p.m.
EZEQUIEL VIÑAO: "SONETOS DE AMOR"
Argentinian-American composer, Ezequiel Viñao's "Sonetos de Amor" brings the raw emotional power of Neruda's love poems together with a group of musicians from diverse backgrounds who blend the sound worlds of Tango, North African and Western classical music. The band includes Latin Grammy winning pianist Fernando Otero; Grammy nominee Pablo Aslan on bass; the up-and-coming young Argentinean bandoneón virtuoso Juan Pablo Romarion; the wonderful genre-bending Syrian clarinetist Kinan Azmeh; Silk Road Ensemble hand-drum master
Shane Shanahan, Ezequiel Viñao on laptop/synths, and the riveting and multitalented vocalist Sofia Rei from Argentina.
Thursday, February 23 at 8:30 p.m.
RUTH MOODY
“Her seductive soprano is pure joy, an irresistible force of nature that comes so effortlessly that it must be a gift from the gods.” –Huffington Post. The Ruth Moody Band is the latest solo project for The Wailin' Jennys' heralded soprano Ruth Moody. Ms. Moody’s songs are filled with hope, longing, and love, delivered with a country/bluegrass flavor that perfectly suits her pure, high-arcing voice. Critics have lauded her ethereal vocals, impressive instrumental talents (guitar, banjo, keyboard), and her talent as a songwriter. She travels with an outstanding band that includes Adam Dobres (electric guitar), Adrian Dolan (violin, accordion) and Sam Howard (bass, vocals). For more information on the artist, visit:
www.ruthmoody.com
Go to LincolnCenter.org/Atrium for an updated schedule of Atrium concerts and events.
