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Cécile McLorin Salvant, a 2020 MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy Award winner, is a singer and composer bringing historical perspective, a renewed sense of drama, and an enlightened musical understanding to both jazz standards and her own original compositions. Classically trained, steeped in jazz, blues, and folk, and drawing from musical theater and vaudeville, Salvant embraces a wide-ranging repertoire that broadens the possibilities for live performance.
Salvant’s performances range from spare duets for voice and piano to instrumental trios to orchestral ensembles. Her unreleased work Ogresse is an ambitious long-form musical fable based on oral fairy tales from the nineteenth century that explores the nature of freedom and desire in a racialized, patriarchal world. Salvant studied at the Université Pierre Mendès-France. She has performed at national and international venues and festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Village Vanguard, and the Kennedy Center. Salvant is also a visual artist. Her previous Nonesuch albums, <a href="spotify:album:69TYdq2UOhXr1OpIN9kdwJ" data-name="Ghost Song">Ghost Song</a> (2022) and <a href="spotify:album:1AP6E8gCkPzDjFC8DrGFPc" data-name="Mélusine">Mélusine</a> (2023), were both nominated for Grammy Awards, as well as receiving critical accolades.
Salvant’s performances range from spare duets for voice and piano to instrumental trios to orchestral ensembles. Her unreleased work Ogresse is an ambitious long-form musical fable based on oral fairy tales from the nineteenth century that explores the nature of freedom and desire in a racialized, patriarchal world. Salvant studied at the Université Pierre Mendès-France. She has performed at national and international venues and festivals such as the Newport Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Village Vanguard, and the Kennedy Center. Salvant is also a visual artist. Her previous Nonesuch albums, <a href="spotify:album:69TYdq2UOhXr1OpIN9kdwJ" data-name="Ghost Song">Ghost Song</a> (2022) and <a href="spotify:album:1AP6E8gCkPzDjFC8DrGFPc" data-name="Mélusine">Mélusine</a> (2023), were both nominated for Grammy Awards, as well as receiving critical accolades.
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