24
BLACK VIOLIN:
CLASSICAL
BOOM TOUR
WED, MAR 7 | DELL HALL | 7:30PM
The Genre-bending Duo Returns
to the Long Center
To most people, jazz, hip-hop, funk, and classical are
musical genres. But to revolutionary music group Black
Violin, they're nothing but ingredients. Combining
a daunting array of musical styles and influences to
produce a signature sound that is not quite maestro,
not quite emcee, this group of two classically trained
violinists and their DJ is redefining the music world—
one string at a time. With influences ranging from
Shostakovich and Bach to Nas and Jay-Z, Black Violin
breaks all the rules, blending the classical with the
modern to create something special. Black Violin shows
that music does not exist within a box, but rather exists
in a space as open and unrestrained as the minds that
produce it. ■
24 LONG CENTER PRESENTS 24 2017-2018 W I N T E R/S P R I N G S E A S O N
BLACK
VIOLIN
(PHOTO
BY
COLIN
BRENNAN)