ESPERANZA SPALDING TOUR DATES

Esperanza Spalding is in the midst of a world tour in support of Chamber Music Society, her second solo release on the Heads Up International label, a division of the Concord music Group.Esperanza Spalding first took the world by storm in 2008 with her self-titled debut recording that spent more than 70 weeks on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Chart. Spalding was booked on the Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, the CBS Saturday Early Show, the Tavis Smiley Show, Austin City Limits and National Public Radio. Other highlights included two appearances at the White House, a Banana Republic ad campaign, the Jazz Journalists Association’s 2009 Jazz Award for Up and Coming Artist of the Year, the 2009 Jazz Week Award for Record of the Year, and many high profile tour dates, including Central Park SummerStage in New York and the Newport Jazz Festival. 2009 was capped by an invitation from President Obama to perform at both the Nobel Prize Ceremony in Oslo, Norway – where the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded – and also at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert. In early 2010, Spalding was the subject of an in-depth profile in The New Yorker, she was also featured in the May 2010 Anniversary issue of O, The Oprah Magazine’s “Women on the Rise” (in a fashion spread that features portraits of 10 women who are making a difference in various careers), and she was again nominated by the Jazz Journalists Association for their 2010 Jazz Award for Up and Coming Artist of the Year. “I’m confident that this music will touch people,” she says of her recent release Chamber Music Society. “We all want to hear sincerity and originality in music and anyone can recognize and appreciate when love and truth are transmitted through art. No matter what else has or hasn’t been achieved on this recording, those things are definitely a part of this music. Those are the things I really want to deliver.”

 Esperanza Spalding upcoming tour dates:

Oct 10 @ Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA

Oct 11 @ Kate Buchanan Hall, Humbolt State University, Arcata, CA

Oct 16 @ Plenary At the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Conference, Austin, TX

Oct 24 @ Philarmonie, Luxemburg, LX

Oct 27 @ Muzikgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland

Oct 28 @ Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zurich, Winterthur, CH

Oct 29 @ Stockholm Konzerthus, Stockholm, Sweden

Nov 1 @ Goteborg Konzerthus, Goteborg, Sweden

Nov 2 @ Black Diamond, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nov 4 @ Logen Thatre, Bergen, Norway

Nov 5 @ Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway

Nov 8 @ Theatre de L'Atelier, Paris, France

Nov 10 @ Victoria Hall, Geneve, CH

Nov 13 @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK

Nov 17 @ Festival Jazz (Teatro F. Fernan Gomez), Madrid, Spain

Nov 19 @ Auditorio, Zaragoza, Spain

Nov 20 @ Festival Jazz, Cartagena, Spain

Nov 21 @ Teatro Isabel La Católica, Granada, Spain

Dec 9 @ Hancher Auditorium, Iowa City, IA

Dec 10 @ Chicago Symphony, Chicago, IL

Dec 11 @ Buffalo State Performing Arts Center, Buffalo, NY

2011

Jan 11-16 @ Village Vanguard, NY

Jan 21 @ Weber Chapel Auditorium, Sellinsgrove, PA

Jan 22 @ Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ

Feb 25 @ Newmark Theater, Portland, OR

Feb 26 @ Bovard Auditorium, Univ of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Feb 27 @ Campbell Hall, Univ. Of Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

Mar 3 @ Shaftman Performance Hall, Jefferson Center, Roanoke, VA

Mar 4 @ Weinberg Center, Frederick, MD