Cécile McLorin Salvant

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CÉCILE MCLORIN SALVANT, is a composer, singer, and visual artist. The Late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.” Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, folk traditions from around the world, theater, jazz, and baroque music. Salvant is an eclectic curator, unearthing rarely recorded, forgotten songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists, and humor. Salvant won the Thelonius Monk competition in 2010. She has received Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for three consecutive albums, “The Window,” “Dreams and Daggers,” and “For One To Love,” and was nominated for the award in 2014 for her album “WomanChild.” In 2020, Salvant received the MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award. “Ghost Song” , Salvant’s debut for Nonesuch Records, was released in March 2022 to critical acclaim, and has gone on to receive two Grammy Nominations.

Salvant’s latest work, Ogresse, is a musical fable in the form of a cantata that blends genres (folk, baroque, jazz, country). Salvant wrote the story, lyrics, and music. It is arranged by Darcy James Argue for a thirteen-piece orchestra of multi-instrumentalists. Ogresse, both a biomythography and an homage to the Erzulie (as painted by Gerard Fortune) a d Sara Baartman, explores fetishism, hunger, diaspora, cycles of appropriation, lies, othering, and ecology. It is in development to become an animated feature-length film, which Salvant will direct.

Tour Dates

Date
City
Venue
Country
04/13/24
New York, NY
92nd Street Y
United States
05/26/24
Houston, TX
Jazzy Series In the Park @ Discovery Green
United States
05/28/24 - 05/29/24
Seattle, WA
Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
United States
05/31/24
Los Angeles, CA
Walt Disney Concert Hall
United States
06/02/24
Phoenix, AZ
MIM
United States
06/21/24
Cleveland, OH
Tri-C Jazz Festival
United States
07/03/24
Kongsberg
Kongsberg Jazzfestival
Norway
07/06/24
Glynde
Love Supreme Festival
United Kingdom
07/07/24
Pisa
Giardino Scotto
Italy
07/08/24
Rome, Lazio
Casa Del Jazz
Italy
07/10/24
St. Moritz
Festival da Jazz – Dracula Club
Switzerland
07/14/24
Rotterdam
North Sea Jazz Festival
Netherlands
07/18/24
Vitoria
Polideportivo de Mendizorroza
Spain
08/15/24
Vienna, VA
Filene Center at Wolf Trap
United States
09/10/24
São Paulo
Sala São Paulo
Brazil
10/03/24
Columbus, OH
Wexner Center for the Arts @ The Ohio State University
United States
10/22/24
Munich
Prinzregententheater
Germany
10/25/24
Ludwigshafen
Feierabendhaus
Germany
10/26/24
Copenhagen
DR Concert Hall
Denmark
10/28/24
Bologna
Teatro Duse
Italy
10/29/24
Frankfurt
Alte Oper
Germany
10/31/24
Zürich
Jazznojazz Festival – Gessnerallee Zürich
Switzerland
11/01/24
Hamburg
Laeiszhalle
Germany
11/03/24
Potsdam
Nikolaisaal
Germany
11/06/24
Aalen
Stadthalle Aalen
Germany
11/09/24
Bremen
Die Glocke
Germany
11/10/24
Leverkusen
Erholungshaus
Germany
11/16/24
New York, NY
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
United States
11/30/24
Toronto, ON
George Weston Recital Hall in the Meridian Arts Centre
Canada
12/06/24
Richmond, VA
Modlin Center for the Arts Camp Concert Hall
United States
12/07/24
Chapel Hill, NC
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
12/13/24
New York, NY
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
United States
02/21/25
Chicago, IL
Symphony Center
United States
03/27/25
New York, NY
Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
United States
05/01/25 - 05/03/25
San Francisco, CA
SFJAZZ Center Miner Auditorium
United States
05/21/25
New York, NY
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
United States
06/06/25
Detroit, MI
Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Orchestra Hall
United States

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