OLD SAYBROOK — The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, “the Kate”, is excited to welcome Black Violin on Monday, Jan. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
To most people, jazz, hip-hop, funk, and classical are musical genres. But to revolutionary music group Black Violin, they’re nothing but ingredients. This group of two classically trained musicians and their DJ is redefining the music world one string at a time.
With influences ranging from Shostakovich and Bach to Nas and Jay-Z, Black Violin breaks all the rules, blending the classical with the modern to create something rare — a sound that noone has ever heard, but that everybody wants to feel.
Classically trained Floridians Will B, viola and Kev Marcus, violin, who met in high school orchestra have been performing and recording for more than a decade.
Their breakout performance accompanying Alicia Keys at the 2004 Billboard Music Awards made the tastemakers and music enthusiasts of America sit up and take notice. Since then, they have collaborated with P. Diddy, Kanye West, Fifty Cent, Aerosmith, Tom Petty, Aretha Franklin and the Eagles, among many others.
This concert will be recorded for the public television series The Kate, produced by CPTV.
For additional information or to purchase tickets, visit www.thekate.org or call the Kate Box Office at 877-503-1286.