PRESS RELEASES
| Academy Award-nominee Angela Bassett announced as narrator for Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad – A Spiritual Journey
Academy Award-nominee, Angela Bassett will join Kathleen Battle as a guest narrator in Battle’s program Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey accompanied by pianist Joel Martin and the LA-based choir, The Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Thursday, March 29 at 8:00pm.
| The Soraya Celebrates Bernstein at 100 with a Screening and Live Orchestra of the Eight-Time Academy Award-winning American Classic
On the Waterfront. Richard Kaufman Conducts New West Symphony performing Leonard Bernstein’s only film score
| Family Programming at The Soraya
The timeless troupe celebrates 45 years Mummenschanz you & me
| Legendary Soprano Kathleen Battle to Make Debut at The Soraya with an La Premiere!
Kathleen Battle: Underground Railroad – A Spiritual Journey with Joel Martin, piano and LA’s Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers
| KEIGWIN + COMPANY Program choreographed to music of Leonard Bernstein!
KEIGWIN + COMPANY makes their Soraya debut on Saturday, February 3 with an all-Bernstein program, which includes two world premieres with live musical accompaniment: Three Plus One performed to Bernstein’s Piano Trio and Sonata to Bernstein’s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, both commissioned by The Soraya.
| Dublin Irish Dance ‘Stepping Out’
Dublin Irish Dance performs Stepping Out, a high-energy extravaganza of sights and sounds, on Saturday, February 24 at 7:30pm at Segerstrom Center for the Arts and on Sunday, February 25 at 3:00pm at the Younes and Sarah Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya).
| Thierry Fischer Conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Debut at The Soraya
The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) presents the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Thierry Fischer, Music Director of the Utah Symphony since 2009 and Principal Guest of the Seoul Philharmonic since January 2017 at the Great Hall on Friday, January 26 at 8:00pm.
| Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán Returns to The Soraya with a full-length “mariachi opera”
The world’s first mariachi musical Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (To Cross the Face of the Moon) created by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan’s Jose “Pepe” Martinez and Broadway’s Leonard Foglia, will have its Los Angeles premiere at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Friday, February 16 at 8:00pm, Saturday, February 17 at 8:00pm and Sunday, February 18 at 3:00pm.
| The Classic 1950’s Cuban Sound Joyously Comes to Life When Juan de Marcos and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars Make Debut at The Soraya
The electrifying Afro-Cuban All-Stars, under the guidance of legendary Juan de Marcos, pay tribute to Cuba’s golden age of music when the band makes its debut at The Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) on Friday, January 19. Mixing the joy and melancholy for Cuba’s past with the exuberant sounds of contemporary performance, the 17-piece Afro-Cuban All-Stars bring the next generation of Cuban music to life on stage. In addition, the evening will also feature The Soraya debut of the Havana-based Harold López-Nussa Trio, which will open the evening.