Jazz icon Trombone Shorty and his legendary ensemble Orleans Avenue takes to the Cistern stage with a high-octane performance that blends New Orleans sound with rock, funk, and hip-hop.
Layale Chaker and her ensemble perform a beguiling blend of classical, contemporary music, jazz, Arabic maqam scales, and improvisation.
In their world premiere exploration of Virgil’s Aeneid, Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson toggle between past and present to depict power dynamics that feel as resonant today as during the fall of the Roman republic.
With a groundbreaking score that weaves Arabic maqam and Western classical music, this world premiere opera urges crucial conversations about the effect of displacement on migrant children.
Spoleto Festival USA’s Jazz Curator Larry Blumenfeld speaks with artists from the 2024 Wells Fargo Jazz Series.