Sing the Truth: Nina Simone Remembered

Time: 25-26 Feb 2010  8:00pm
Venue: Concert Hall, HK Cultural Centre    
Price: Adult - $680, $560, $460, $360, $220  Student - $280, $230, $180, $110

About This Programme
Once in a lifetime chance to hear great female vocalists pay tribute to the extraordinary Nina Simone who left, at age 70, a unique body of music that blended jazz, gospel, folk, blues, pop, classical music, songs from musicals and opera, African chants and political awareness.

Grammy winners Patti Austin and Dianne Reeves, the late diva's daughter - Broadway star Simone, and bestselling recording artist Lizz Wright perform with the Nina Simone Band led by the legendary singer’s music director, Al Schackman.

Sing the Truth features songs from Simone’s classic catalogue including Four Women, I Loves You Porgy, My Baby Just Cares for Me, Ne Me Quitte Pas, Feeling Good, Lilac Wine and To Be Young, Gifted and Black.

An unforgettable occasion for passionate music lovers, Sing the Truth is only stopping at the Hong Kong Arts Festival in Asia.

Cast And Director
Grammy winner Patti Austin's amazing career spans some 50 years, having reached the Billboard Hot 100 Number One spot as well as sung a duet with Michael Jackson.

Winner of multiple Grammy Awards, Dianne Reeves is a jazz legend with a career spanning more than three decades.

Nina Simone's daughter, Simone, is a multi-talented artist in her own right, conquering both Broadway and the jazz world.

Lizz Wright's sublime, expressive voice has made her one of the jazz world's most celebrated rising stars.

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