Experience part of Super Bowl LIX history and enjoy music played on Suleika Jaouad and Jon Batiste’s custom Yamaha piano on view at NOMA. Batiste performed his moving rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on this instrument in the Caesars Superdome during the Super Bowl pregame show.
This series celebrates the piano’s residency at NOMA and pays homage to the musical history of New Orleans by inviting musicians to offer intimate sets in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts, which also features bas-relief murals by Enrique Alférez.
Sunday, September 14, 2–3 pm: David Torkanowsky
Sunday, October 19, 2–3 pm: Amina Figarova
Sunday, November 16, 2–3 pm: Henrietta Alves
Sunday, December 7, 2–3 pm: Performer to Be Announced
NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts
1 Collins C. Diboll Circle
New Orleans, LA 70124
David Torkanowsky is one of New Orleans’s premier contemporary jazz pianists, composers, and arrangers. “Tork” was born in New Orleans in 1956, the son of classical conductor Werner Torkanowsky and flamenco artist Theresa Torkanowsky. He learned to play piano early on, and was schooled in the ways of New Orleans music by legends such as Danny Barker, David Lastie and Ellis Marsalis. Read more at wwoz.org/acts/david-torkanowsky
Amina Figarova was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, and graduated from the Baku Conservatory as classical concert pianist. In 1990, she entered the Rotterdam Conservatory to pursue jazz, coming to the United States in 1992 to complete her formal education at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. In 1998 she was invited to the Thelonious Monk Institute’s summer jazz colony in Aspen. She currently lives in New York. Read more at aminafigarova.com.
Henrietta Alves is a singer, pianist, teacher, actor, and entertainer, with 35 years of experience playing at the legendary Pat O’Brien’s. Read more at henriettasmusic.com.
Attendance is included with museum admission. Advance registration for each performance is recommended. Seating is limited and not guaranteed with registration.
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