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Pink Martini brings its urban musical travelogue to Symphony Pops Series
12-piece, Oregon-based ensemble somewhere between 1930s Cuban dance orchestra, classical chamber music, Brazilian street band and Japanese film noir
When: Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 & 27, 2007, at 8 p.m.
Where: Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St.
Special Feature: Pink Martini, with David In- Jae Cho, Bruno Walter Resident Conductor
Pre Show/Entertainment dancers & musicians designed & directed by Javier Fernandez
San Antonio (Jan. 5, 2007)— Pink Martini, a 12-piece ensemble with an international following for its unique brand of “musical archaeology,” joins the San Antonio Symphony at the Majestic Theater for the 2006-2007 Pops concerts series with Resident Conductor David In-Jae Cho on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 & 27, at 8 p.m.
The group, which has added a musician since last performing with the San Antonio Symphony in November 2005, will perform fan favorites from their hit CD’s “Sympathique” and “Hang on Little Tomato,” including Maurice Ravel’s Bolero, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Qué Será Será, The Gardens of Sampson and Beasley, and Dansez-Vous. In a 2005 review, San Antonio Express-News reporter Diane Windler wrote, “... the 11-piece ensemble delivered an exhilarating, imaginative performance Friday night that could be summed up in their finale, ‘Dansez- Vous.’ Some in the Majestic Theatre audience could not resist that invitation to dance."
Pink Martini was formed in 1994 by Harvard graduate and classically trained pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. The Portland, Ore.-based “little orchestra” draws a diverse crowd with a romantic, multi-lingual repertoire that is equally at home on concert stages and smoky bars, with music that flows from Cuban Rumbas to French café tunes to Japanese pop. The ensemble made its European debut in 1998, and has toured throughout Europe, Turkey, Taiwan, Lebanon, and the United States.
Pink Martini has performed with symphony orchestras across the country since making its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra in 1999. The ensemble made its debut performances with the San Antonio Symphony in 2005 before sold-out audiences. |
