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Eliane Elias / Edmar Castañeda: Family
May 9, 2025 — 8:00 PM
Overview
“Her vibrancy is a force unto itself” (Downbeat)
Grammy-winning pianist, singer and Brazilian superstar Eliane Elias “sings like an angel, plays like the devil and is renowned for the sumptuous sparkling eloquence she brings to jazz” (Icon Magazine). She seamlessly intertwines straight-ahead jazz and Afro-Latin rhythms like samba and bossa nova. Colombian-born jazz harpist Edmar Castañeda performs original compositions and interpretations of traditional Colombian songs from his album Family — nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Best Latin Jazz Album category.
Performers
Leandro Pellegrino
Guitar
Marc Johnson
Bass
Mauricio Zottarelli
Drums
Birsa Chatterjee
Tenor saxophone
Pablo Bencid
Drums
Andrea Tierra
Vocals
Eliane Elias
Eliane Elias piano and vocals
Leandro Pellegrino guitar
Marc Johnson bass
Mauricio Zottarelli drums
Edmar Castañeda: Family
Edmar Castañeda harp
Birsa Chatterjee tenor saxophone
Pablo Bencid drums
Andrea Tierra vocals
Extras
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Sponsors & Partners
Funding for educational programs during the 2024/25 Season of SCP Jazz has been generously provided by Dan J. Epstein, Judith Guitelman and the Dan J. Epstein Family Foundation.
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
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Brazilian-born Eliane Elias was already a world-renowned jazz artist when a decade ago, she took a creative leap that almost immediately — and positively — altered her career trajectory.
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Colombian-born Edmar Castañeda merges the jazz tradition with a diverse set of Latin styles while bringing attention to a somewhat unusual instrument for jazz: the harp
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