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From our inaugural concert, Wall to Wall Bach, to our enduring association with the World Music Institute, to our new music performances where composers from Cage to Corigliano, Ligeti to León and Adams to Zorn all have a place, Symphony Space is the place to open your ears, your heart and your mind.
Our 30th anniversary music season showcases our rich legacy, propels the next generation of rising stars and embraces musical innovation. Our series, which are thematically organized as mini-festivals, are designed to appeal to your singular tastes or your cross-over sensibility. |
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Aaron Gilmartin is a singer-songwriter and
guitarist of uncommon passion, commitment, and integrity. With a background
full of influences ranging from Brazil
and flamenco to rock and blues, he combines virtuosic, intricate guitar work
with a straightforward, honest, heartfelt vocal style. Aaron writes accessible
and appealing pop-folk tunes and delivers them in a voice of gentle strength
and powerful conviction.

Tickets: No Cover
Showdate(s):
Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 9:00 pm Thursday, May 15, 2008 @ 9:00 pm Tuesday, July 1, 2008 @ 9:30 pm Tuesday, July 15, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
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Premiered in Europe
at La Scala in 1872, the splendor and pageantry of Verdi's grand opera, Aida
returned to La Scala's stage as the premiere 2006-2007 season, under the baton
of Riccardo Chailly and directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli. The
stellar performance recounting the dramatic story of an Ethiopian princess held
in captivity in Egypt
drew a sustained 12-minute ovation from the audience.

Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Tickets are no longer available for this event.
Past Showdate: Monday, July 21, 2008
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In her La Scala debut, star soprano Angela Gheorghiu sings
the title role of heroine Violetta in Verdi’s immensely popular romantic tale about
the rise and fall of a Parisian courtesan.

Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Tickets are no longer available for this event.
Past Showdate: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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Politics and family rivalry are rife in Donizetti’s tragic
opera based on the life of Mary Queen of Scots and her enemy Queen Elizabeth.

Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Tickets are no longer available for this event.
Past Showdate: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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From Teatro alla Scala,
Milan. The three one-acts are staged in honor of the 150th
anniversary of Puccini's birth.

Tickets: $21; Members $19; 4 or more $18; Members 4 or more $16
Showdate: Thursday, July 24, 2008, 7:30 pm
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What's funny about war, poverty, ignorance, bigotry, neo-conservatism,
homophobia, greed, lust and fear? Ask Roy Zimmerman. He's been writing
satirical songs for twenty years. The Los Angeles Times says, "Zimmerman
displays a lacerating wit and keen awareness of society's foibles that bring to
mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer."

Tickets: Cover: $10
Showdate(s):
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
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With the arrival of
her first EP, Danielle Elliott is set to challenge the music industry. Once the self-proclaimed “girl who can’t
write songs”, she has proven the exact opposite. Fresh out of music school at The New School
for Jazz & Contemporary Music, she has managed to create inspired lyrics
and distinctive music combined with a hip mainstream sensibility.

Tickets: No Cover
Showdate(s):
Thursday, July 31, 2008 @ 9:30 pm
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