Zorn@60 Kicks Off John Zorn's 60th Birthday Celebrations in NYC Today

John Zorn, a true New York icon and one of the city's most influential musicians, turns sixty this September. Eight of Manhattan's most important cultural venues-from large museums to major concert halls to intimate clubs-will celebrate this landmark birthday with a festival of Zorn@60 performances spanning the city leading up to September.

Starting this summer and lasting through the fall, the festival includes a wide variety of events exploring Zorn's epic oeuvre, including classical chamber music, improvisation-based works, film scores, symphonic pieces, and vocal music. Well over 100 musicians, many of them Zorn's longtime collaborators and all of them hand-selected by the composer, will participate in the performances.

The impressive list of participating organizations includes: Anthology Film Archives, Japan Society, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Lincoln Center Festival, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Miller Theatre at Columbia University, NYU Skirball Center, and Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

These concerts in Zorn's hometown will be part of a worldwide celebration of the composer's 60th that includes events this summer at London's Barbican Centre, Paris's Cité de la Musique, and the Netherlands' North Sea Jazz festival.

Complete information on all of the upcoming New York dates is available at http://zornat60.com/zorn.php. The website will be updated as additional details become available, serving as a centralized resource for information on Zorn@60 events across the city.

Click HERE to see all the events in the Zorn@60 celebration: Visit Zorn@60 website.

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