"Barefoot Diva" Cesaria Evora to Perform at the Kimmel Center
March 28, 2006
Cape Verde native and internationally renowned songstress, Cesaria Evora, will mesmerize audience members with her unique brand of Portugese fado and mornas on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 8pm in the Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theater. Special guest and emerging folk-pop muse, Keren Ann opens the evening with a set of alt-jazz vocals and guitar.
This performance is part of Kimmel Center Presents’ Sovereign Bank World Pop Mix series. The series will conclude with a performance by Jerry Blavat’s Geator Gold on Saturday, April 15, 2006 at 8pm.
Tickets for Cesaria Evora are $60, $52, $47, and $38, and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online or at the Kimmel Center Box Office, open daily from 10am to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply) For group sales call 215-893-5883.
Please Note: This performance, originally scheduled to be held in Verizon Hall, will now take place in Perelman Theater.
A limited number of $10 tickets are available for every Kimmel Center Presents performance at the Kimmel Center. Tickets go on sale the day of the event and can be purchased at the Kimmel Center box office beginning 2.5 hours prior to evening performances and 11:30am for matinees.
Cesaria Evora’s singing career began in the clubs and on the radio stations of her home town of Cape Verde, at the age of 16. Soon after her career began, she put her professional career on hold to raise a family and did not return to music until 1985. In 1988 she went to Paris to record La Dava Aux Pieds Nus (The Barefoot Diva), which received immediate wide acclaim throughout the Parisian Cape Verdean community and grew in popularity throughout Europe. Evora made her U.S. debut in 1995 with the release of her eponymous album, which was nominated for a Grammy. At the age of 66, Evora continues to perform 16-17 concerts a year and recently released her eleventh studio album, Rogamar, which includes the song “Africa Nossa” featuring Ismaël Lô.
Keren Ann, whose full name is Keren Ann Zeidel, is the daughter of a Javanese-Dutch mother and a Russian-Israeli father. In the late summer of 2004, she made her U.S. debut with the release of Not Going Anywhere. Self-described as her “very soft folk record,” it made an immediate impact with critics and fans. Prior to its release, Keren Ann created a buzz in New York with an extended residency, beginning in May, at the Lower East Side boutique club The Living Room and showcases at Joe’s Pub, where she unveiled her songs described by critics as “luminous,” “precise, not wispy” and “captivating.” Ann recently released her second U.S. album, Nolita to critical acclaim.
“Nolita is, in a word, gorgeous. While Keren Ann sings in both French and English, her music is far more cafe than coffee house, more suitable for a seduction than an earnest conversation,” according to Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe.
Kimmel Center Presents’ 2005/2006 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Sovereign Bank, The American Express Company, Verizon Foundation, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The William Penn Foundation. Special Student Matinees at the Kimmel Center are generously supported by Merck & Co., Inc. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. In-kind support is generously provided by Deloitte and Southern Wine and Spirit. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Sovereign Bank World Pop Mix
Thursday, April 13, 2006 | 8pm
Perelman Theater
Cesaria Evora
Keren Ann
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