PRESS RELEASES
| GRAHAM100, a Three-Year Celebration of the Martha Graham Centenary Premieres at The Soraya!
The Soraya opens its 2023-24 season with a history- making performance featuring the nation’s oldest dance company. The Martha Graham Dance Company turns 100 and launches its three-year centennial celebration at The Soraya on Saturday, September 30, a celebration that will subsequently travel to theaters around the nation and be celebrated worldwide.
| Tiler Peck Announces Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends Tour A California Homecoming with U.S. debut of new show
After a sold-out world premiere in New York City and a European debut in London, award-winning American ballerina Tiler Peck, will bring her critically acclaimed show, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends, to her home state of California this fall.
| The Philadelphia Orchestra Replaced By Atlanta Symphony Orchestra For Spring 2024 California Tour
Due to unforeseen circumstances, The Philadelphia Orchestra has canceled all scheduled appearances in California in spring 2024. The Philadelphia Orchestra was scheduled to tour with pianist Haochen Zhang under the direction of its principal guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann. Instead, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra—for which Stutzmann serves as music director—has been secured to replace The Philadelphia Orchestra for the tour, with the conductor and soloist to remain unchanged.
| JUST ANNOUNCED— GRAMMY-winning Samara Joy bridges the jazz and gospel gap, bringing multi-generational family act to The Soraya’s Holiday Series
Samara Joy returns to The Soraya for a second time in 2023— this time with her multi-generational musical family fusing her jazz and gospel talents for an allnew soulful holiday concert following her sold-out Soraya debut, shared with big band Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra in The Soraya’s acclaimed Jazz at Naz Festival.
| Opening Night’s Graham100 Begins a Three-Year Celebration of the Martha Graham Legacy
The nation’s oldest dance company turns 100, and The Soraya kicks off its 2023-24 Season with the official launch of a three-year collaborative celebration with Martha Graham Dance Company just weeks after its announcement of world- wide activities.
| The Soraya Celebrates Delirium Musicum’s Warner Classics release of “Seasons,” recorded at The Soraya
In a fitting finale to Étienne Gara’s two-years as The Soraya’s Artist-in-Residence, two back-to-back concerts will serve as the “album release party” for “Seasons.” The Warner Classics release is Gara’s and his innovative musical ensemble Delirium Musicum’s debut album and was recorded at The Soraya.
| Just Announced! “The Soraya at the Luckman” Indigo Girls in Their Only LA Appearance; Sat, Jun 24
One of the most successful folk-rock duos in history, Indigo Girls, comes to Los Angeles for one night only on Saturday, June 24 at The Luckman Fine Arts Complex in unique presenting partnership with The Soraya at Cal State Northridge.
| Celebrating Rachmaninoff 150, Firebrand Pianist Conrad Tao Explores Rachmaninoff’s Work and Influence on American Music
American pianist Conrad Tao is shaping the future of classical music through his rich and unique interpretations of the Classical Canon. For his debut appearance at The Soraya on Thu, Apr 6 at 8pm, Tao pairs American works that inspired or were inspired by Rachmaninoff—from Billy Strayhorn, Art Tatum, Irving Berlin, to Stephen Sondheim.
| The Soraya Presents the World Premiere of “Invocations” Composed and Performed by Serj Tankian With CSUN Symphony Orchestra and Special Guests
With a vocal range over four octaves, CSUN alumnus Serj Tankian is considered one of the greatest vocalists in Rock Metal history and best known for fronting the popular band System Of A Down. The songwriter, poet, painter, producer, and political activist returns to The Soraya on Sat, Apr 29 at 8pm to perform vocals on his new suite of compositions, “Invocations”— music that calls on spirits to co-inspire or inter-inspire.