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Hiromi’s Sonicwonder / Brandee Younger Trio
Apr 4, 2025 — 8:00 PM
Overview
Album release concert for Hiromi’s Out There
With her quartet, Japanese pianist and composer Hiromi showcases her “distinctive musical alchemy: the spirit of classic jazz-rock fusion melded with classically rooted virtuosity, entrancing funk, pop flourishes and acoustic jazz” (Jazzwise). Her new album, Out There, is an electrifying tour de force, crafted with a spirit of exploration and collaboration. Harpist Brandee Younger and her trio open the program, paying homage to jazz harp pioneers Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane.
Three reasons you should get your tickets today
- Edge-of-Your-Seat Energy: Hiromi “moves seamlessly between the three instruments, sometimes standing, sometimes sitting, sometimes dancing — always breathtaking” (NPR). She is a joyful guide on the exciting adventure that is her music.
- The Next Generation of Jazz: Hiromi’s sound has evolved with every release, erasing the lines between jazz and classical, composition and improvisation, and now her heaviest, funkiest music yet. Brandee Younger’s music is imbued with a sense of purpose and respect of legacy, creating a larger platform for the harp to reach a wider audience than ever before.
- Hear One of Today’s Most Innovative Harpists: Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition and the winner of the 2024 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Jazz Album, Brandee Younger’s “radiant playing is as cogent on hip-hop and R&B albums as it is set against classical and jazz backdrop” (The New Yorker).
Performers
Adam O’Farrill
Trumpet
Hadrien Feraud
Bass
Gene Coye
Drums
Rashaan Carter
Bass
Allan Mednard
Drums
Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
Hiromi piano and keyboards
Adam O'Farrill trumpet
Hadrien Feraud bass
Gene Coye drums
Brandee Younger Trio
Brandee Younger harp
Rashaan Carter bass
Allan Mednard drums
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Postconcert CD Signing
In celebration of Hiromi's new album, Out There, join us for a postconcert CD signing in the first-floor Rotunda. This event is open to all ticketholders. Merchandise will be available in the Orchestra Hall outer lobby before, during and after the performance.
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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
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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When Hiromi plays Chicago, she will be "super-thrilled, because it’s the day of the release, and being able to celebrate the release with a live audience — there’s nothing better than that. I love to perform; I live to perform."
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“A harp belongs anywhere.” For harpist and composer Brandee Younger, those words sum up the spirit that drives her genre-blending career, which ranges from classical to jazz and more.
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"Out There" (available April 4) marks jazz composer-pianist Hiromi's second album with Sonicwonder, featuring Hadrien Feraud on bass, Chicago native Gene Coye on drums and Adam O’Farrill on trumpet.
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