Grammy® Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Art Garfunkel Performs at the Kimmel Center on April 7
March 30, 2007
Grammy® "Lifetime Achievement Award" recipient Art Garfunkel performs at the Kimmel Center’s Verizon Hall as part of the Verizon World Pop Mix 2006/07 series on Saturday, April 7 at 8pm. Revered for Grammy®-winning, chart-topping hits such as "Mrs. Robinson" featured in 1967 cult classic film The Graduate, Art Garfunkel became a pop culture icon with music partner Paul Simon of Simon & Garfunkel, and afterwards embarked on a successful solo career of his own. Most recently, Garfunkel has released his 12th solo album Some Enchanted Evening (January 2007). Inspired by his experiences as a father, his latest album moves through a series of soothing, uplifting selections from the American popular songbook including "Someone To Watch over Me" by George and Ira Gershwin, "What’ll I Do" by Irving Berlin, and "Let’s Fall In Love" by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler. His performance will explore his legacy of pop hits such as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Scarborough Fair" with selections from his recent album, Some Enchanted Evening.
Art Garfunkel is the seventeenth concert in the Verizon World Pop Mix series. The next concert in the series is Jerry Blavat’s Doo Wop Reunion on Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 7:30pm.
Tickets for Art Garfunkel are $40, $51, $61 and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1999, online at www.kimmelcenter.org, or at the Kimmel Center box office, open daily from 10pm to 6pm and later on performance evenings. (Additional fees may apply.) For group sales call 215-790-5883.
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 curtain time and 11:30am for matinees. Limit one ticket per person.
Art Garfunkel performed in talent shows at 11 years-old and by the time he was in high school he had dedicated his time rehearsing in his basement with future world renowned musical partner of Simon & Garfunkel, Paul Simon. Their senior year in high school, they appeared on American Bandstand with their first 45, "Hey, Schoolgirl." While Garfunkel sought a path towards a "decent living" by earning a bachelor’s degree in Art History and a Master’s degree in Mathematics at Columbia University, he always kept singing and soon met up with Paul Simon again in 1963 to sign with Columbia Records as Simon & Garfunkel. Between 1964-1970 Simon & Garfunkel gained a loyal international audience and received five Grammy® awards together. Their greatest hits collection, which includes "Mrs. Robinson," "Scarborough Fair," "The Sound of Silence," "The Boxer" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," among others, is the biggest selling album ever by a duo. In 2000 Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits album certified Diamond with over 10 million units sold.
Art Garfunkel went on to be featured in acting roles in Catch-22 (1969) and Carnal Knowledge (1971) directed by Mike Nichols, whom he worked with for The Graduate soundtrack. His solo music career began with a long awaited first album titled Angel Clare (1973). Garfunkel established a pattern for his future albums by choosing the finest compositions by the best songwriters. His second album Breakaway (1975) featured the hit "I Only Have Eyes For You" reached No.1 in the United Kingdom and attained Platinum certification.
Highlights of the 1990’s include his song "Two Sleepy People" for the soundtrack of the film A League of Their Own (1992), a feature role in the controversial film Boxing Helena (1993) directed by Jennifer Lynch, international tour returning to the Far East, and a trek across Europe that began in Ireland. He recorded Grammy®-nominated Songs From A Parent To Child (1997). In 1998 Mr. Garfunkel became a cartoon singing/narrator moose for the popular PBS children’s television series Arthur. More recently, he released Everything Waits To Be Noticed (2002), joined by Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock. The trio followed up the release with a tour of the United States, Germany, Austria, Ireland and the United Kingdom, continuing into 2003.
Kimmel Center Presents' 2006/2007 season is supported by: Mellon Financial Corporation, University of Pennsylvania Health System, National Endowment for the Arts, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, ARC Wheeler, The William Penn Foundation, The Wachovia Foundation, Verizon Foundation, The Presser Foundation, Philadelphia Music Project and Dance Advance, Initiatives of The Pew Charitable Trust administered by The University of the Arts. American Airlines is the Official Airline of Kimmel Center Presents. Toyota is the Official Vehicle of Kimmel Center Presents Jazz and World Pop programming. NBC-10 is a Media Partner for Kimmel Center Presents. The Philadelphia Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com are media sponsors for the Great Orchestras on Tour series.
FREE AT THE KIMMEL events are made possible through the Wachovia Gateway to the Arts Community Access Program supported by a generous grant from Wachovia Foundation.
KIMMEL CENTER PRESENTS
Saturday, April 7, 2007 | 8pm
Verizon Hall
Verizon World Pop Mix
Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel, guitar and vocals
Clint de Ganon, drums
Clifford Carter, piano
Ted Baker, keyboard
Larry Saltzman, guitar
FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENT:
Saturday, April 7, 2007 | 6pm
Commonwealth Plaza
Emiliano Pardo-Tristán
Emiliano Pardo-Tristan will perform classic Latin Jazz with Cachasa ensemble Luigi Mazzocchi (violin), Sandra James (percussion), Emiliano Pardo-Tristán (guitar). Repertoire includes selections from Piazzolla, Villa - Lobos Jobin; traditional music from Panama, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Columbia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and new versions of Simon and Garfunkel songs. Currently, Pardo-Tristán is preparing a recording with the Panama National Orchestra including his recent composition "Concierto Mejorana" for guitar and orchestra, based on original transcriptions of Panamanian folklore and with himself as the soloist. This performance is in partnership with Raices Culturales Latino Americanas.
Saturday, April 7, 2007 6pm
Commonwealth Plaza
Stories from the Goodlands: A Young Photographers Exhibit
Stories from the Goodlands exhibit will be on display from 6pm to 10pm, and includes the opportunity to meet the seven to twelve year-old photographers who capture Fairhill Kensington area sites on film. The photo exhibit is part of a program designed to create positive social change and neighborhood pride with pre-teen residents of Philadelphia. Presented by Centro Nueva Creación in conjunction with Kimmel Center, Inc.
UPCOMING FREE AT THE KIMMEL EVENT:
Friday, April 13, 2007 | 1pm
Commonwealth Plaza Stage
Great Bridge High School
Great Bridge High School’s choir joins us from New York to sing a selection of choral favorites.
Sunday, April 15, 2007 |Pre and Post Show
Commonwealth Plaza
Plaza Dance Party
Join us for a Dance Party full of the Geator’s DJ spun favorites; Prior to and following the ticketed Jerry Blavat concert in Verizon Hall.
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