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“Tierra Whack is the Philly surrealist taking rap into another dimension.” —VICE Tierra Whack is leading a generation of young artists remaking the music industry. Called a “true hip-hop original” (Pitchfork), the Grammy-nominated rapper/singer/songwriter’s music slips between genres and moods, creating a surreal experience that captures the bright spectrum of human emotion with nary a... Read More →
Vocalist Alicia Olatuja is known for blending the earthy with the sublime. With Intuition, the acclaimed singer, composer, and arranger has crafted a statement of female empowerment at a pivotal moment in our cultural history. Through her soulful lens, Olatuja celebrates the contributions of icons and rebels like Sade, Imogen Heap, Tracy Chapman, Kate Bush,... Read More →
In this riveting performance by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, repetition plays the lead role. A seminal postmodern work, Rosas danst Rosas is unequivocally feminine—four women dancers engage in a dialogue of fierce movements that are countered by small everyday gestures. The exhaustion and perseverance that come with it create an emotional tension that contrasts sharply... Read More →
Multiple Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile is a mandolin virtuoso, composer, and vocalist. A member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek and host of the radio program Live from Here, Thile returns to Carolina Performing Arts with his distinctly American canon and broad musical aesthetic.
Critically acclaimed vocalist Golda Schultz has graced the stages of countless international opera houses, from La Scala to the Metropolitan Opera. In her first performance at Carolina Performing Arts, the South African star joins forces with award-winning pianist Jonathan Ware for a recital featuring selected songs by Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Amy Beach, and others.
The vast musical contributions of acclaimed singer/songwriter Emmylou Harris cannot be overstated. With a career spanning four decades, she is one of the most admired and influential women in her field, known for her eloquently straightforward songwriting and incomparably expressive singing that transcends categorization. Now, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient brings her singular talent... Read More →
Amjad Ali Khan is lauded for reinventing the technique of playing the sarod, the stringed instrument essential to Hindustani and Indian classical music. Using Ragas—rhythmic cycles of music—as the basis for his performances, Khan ensures that each concert experience is unique unto itself. For the first time, he brings his extraordinary style to Carolina Performing... Read More →
“A sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde.” —New York Times Featuring dozens of compositions by women around the globe—including Chen Yi, Meredith Monk, Bernice Johnson Reagon, and Clara Schumann—pianist Sarah Cahill’s The Future is Female is both a ritual installation and communal feminist immersive listening experience. A “marathon” performance meant to... Read More →
“Michael Keegan-Dolan, who has a rare gift for transforming old ballets into new, has taken the 19th-century story and hammered it into a thing of wonder.” —The Observer Loch na hEala, by Irish choreographer, writer, and director Michael Keegan-Dolan, is a unique and transcendent new work inspired by a seminal classical ballet. This contemporary collision... Read More →
In its fifteenth season performing the holiday classic at Memorial Hall, Carolina Ballet returns with their dazzling production filled with beloved characters, grand magical illusions, and a live symphony orchestra.
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