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Talk about an overachiever, at just 22 years old Risa Hokamura is on the short-list of the world’s great violinists. She picked up the instrument at the age of 3 and by 10, Hokamura was already capturing top prizes at competitions in her native Japan. In 2018, she earned international attention by winning First Prize […]

Named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, five-time Grammy award-winner, Angélique Kidjo, is one of the greatest artists in international music today—a creative force with 16 albums to her name. Her striking voice, stage presence, and fluency have cross-pollinated West African traditions of her childhood in Benin, with elements […]

Writing for The New York Times, dance critic, Brian Seibert finished his review of Nrityagram Dance Ensemble by proclaiming, “the only proper response to dancers this amazing is worship.” That may sound like hyperbole, but devotion is in their DNA. Today, Nrityagram is a thriving community of artists dedicated to the practice of Odissi, a […]

Alan Cumming Is Not Acting His Age. Hailed by TIME Magazine as one of the three most fun people in show business—we don’t care about the other two— because Alan Cumming will be on our stage! The Tony and Olivier award-winning theatre actor equally enjoys the stage and the big screen. However, he prefers center stage, which […]

The University of Florida Bands presents our upcoming concert "Premieres, Commissions, and Visionaries" performed by the UF Wind Symphony. This concert will be held at the Phillips Centers on campus at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, April 25th. Music selections include pieces by Eric Santos, Ricardo Lorenz, and more. This concert is free to the public.

South African singer Nomfusi was born in the Eastern Cape and raised by her single mother while her father was serving a 21-year prison sentence. Tragically, Nomfusi was orphaned at age twelve when she lost her mother to HIV/AIDS. Nomfusi’s aunt took her and her siblings in, but sadly also succumbed to the same deadly […]

University of Florida Performing Arts (UFPA) will host their 23|24 Season Preview. The event will be held at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, July 11 at 7 p.m. It is free and all are welcome to attend. Those attending Preview will be the first to see an overview of […]

One of the hottest new string quartets on the classical music scene, Balourdet Quartet is made up of individuals filled with raw passion for chamber music. Formed in 2018, the quartet received the Gold Medal at the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, Second Prize at the 2019 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition, and […]

Pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés is one of the most influential artists of our time.  Blending jazz, classical music, Afro-Cuban traditional music, and more into his unique personal style, Valdés is the winner of seven Grammy Awards®, five Latin Grammy Awards®, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Academy of Recording, and was inducted […]

The UF Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band will be opening their 2023-2024 Concert Series together with their concert, Musical Metamorphosis! They will be performing works by Ives, Bernstein, Milhaud, Strauss, and Hindemith, among many other prominent composers. The concert is free and open to the public!