 |  |  |  | | | | Rhiannon Giddens: Juba Zinga Jubilee | Sunday, June 21 and Monday, June 22, 7 pm
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Met Fifth Avenue
Hear the Pulitzer Prize–winning musician and her all-star band illuminate global connections with reimagined songs based on early banjo tunes.
Banjo music from the 1840s–50s shows the connections between Africa and Europe on American soil in real time. In celebration of collector Peter Szego's gift of 19th-century banjos to The Met collection, join composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens and her esteemed guests—including pianist Francesco Turrisi, guitarist Niwel Tsumbu, multi-instrumentalist Rowan Corbett, and banjo/fiddle player Jake Blount—to experience reimagined music that takes root in early banjo tunes, bringing the instrument's rich past into the present. Don't miss this special journey through an essential instrument's role in American music history.
This performance is part of The Met's programming to mark America's 250th anniversary and presented in conjunction with The Met's Department of Musical Instruments.
Tickets start at $15.
Buy tickets → |  | | | | Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: there is no Other | Rhiannon Giddens made her debut at The Met in 2019 with there is no Other, a celebration of ideas, connectivity, and shared experience that traced the movement of instruments, sounds, and musical language back and forth from Africa, the Arab world, Europe, and the Americas. Revisit that performance, set against the splendor of the Temple of Dendur.
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Rhiannon Giddens: Juba Zinga Jubilee is made possible by David Katz and the Abraham J. and Phyllis Katz Foundation.
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Image: Rhiannon Giddens, photo by Karen Cox | Brooklyn United Marching Band, photo courtesy of the artist | The Clarion Choir, photo by Stephanie Berger | | | |
