Discover what happens when seven master musicians from across the Middle East, Central Asia, and China share a stage in Tucson for a truly once-in-a-lifetime performance. The Aga Khan Master Musicians are some of the most respected performers and composers in their respective musical traditions, brought together by the Aga Khan Music Programme to explore […]
read moreFormer Kronos Quartet member Jeffrey Zeigler and composer Paola Prestini transform four poets’ verses into dreamscapes of music, movement, and film. Houses of Zodiac: Poems for Cello brings word, movement, music, and image together to illuminate the verses of four poets: Pablo Neruda, Brenda Shaughnessy, Natasha Trethewey, and Anaïs Nin. Zeigler performs Prestini’s luminous score […]
read moreTravel 2,448 miles of American history as a landmark documentary celebrates Route 66’s centennial and the communities keeping the Mother Road alive. Route 66: The Main Street of America is a journey through the heart of America itself. Created to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the nation’s most iconic highway, this feature-length documentary follows the […]
read moreMexican-born, Los Angeles-based bassist Mauricio Morales brings a quartet of upright bass, saxophone, piano, and drums to the Century Room for a night of original music. Morales is in constant demand as a sideman in LA’s flourishing jazz scene, known for his command of both the upright and electric bass traditions and the songwriter’s sense […]
read moreLive music is coming to your neighborhood. The Concert Truck transforms a city street into an unforgettable encounter with world-class artistry. Don’t miss it as this fully functioning concert hall on wheels rolls into Tucson to bring live, world-class music straight to the community. “…making live music accessible to all…”– Musical America The Concert Truck […]
read moreSit beside one of America’s most beloved pianists as Robin Spielberg brings her luminous artistry to an intimate, on-stage evening. Robin Spielberg is a Steinway Artist and prolific composer whose work has touched hundreds of thousands of listeners worldwide. Since debuting her first recording of original solos for piano, Heal of the Hand, she has […]
read moreExperience jazz reimagined as intimate storytelling when bassist and composer Devon Gates takes the stage with pianist Eden Mastriani-Levi. Devon Gates is a Brooklyn-based bassist, vocalist, and composer whose work sits at the intersection of jazz, chamber music, and social storytelling. A Harvard-trained anthropologist and Berklee-sharpened improviser, Gates has collaborated with leading figures across the […]
read moreEnter a world of shimmering, meditative sound as pedal steel virtuoso Luke Schneider transforms an unlikely instrument into pure atmospheric poetry. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Luke Schneider is a pedal steel guitarist based in Tennessee. Over the past three decades he has established himself as an in-demand session and touring musician across the Outlaw […]
read moreExperience the sophisticated heat of Latin jazz as virtuoso pianist Irving Flores brings his acclaimed Afro-Cuban Jazz Trio to The Century Room. Born in Veracruz, Mexico, Flores began his music studies at age 6 with organ. His father, Irving Flores Sr., was with the famed Orchestra Tampico, and it was from him that young Irving […]
read moreCome out for an evening of Brazilian jazz through Italy with vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi & guitarist Paul Ricci on their return, featuring Colin McIlrath on bass and Arthur Vint on drums. Following her JazzWeek radio chart-topping album RIOFONIC, vocalist Mafalda Minnozzi embarks on her first westward tour from her home bases of NY, Brazil, and […]
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