Angelique Kidjo curates a Perspective Series for Carnegie Hall’s 2019-2020 Season
Three concerts curated by Kidjo and one spectacular program featuring her as a performer, Kidjo’s Perspectives charts the journey of African music and culture throughout the world.
Angélique Kidjo
Daughter of Independence
Few artists command the stage like Grammy Award–winning singer Angélique Kidjo. In this performance, she is joined by a host of stellar guest artists to celebrate the anniversary of independence of her native Benin and other West African nations—not to mention the occasion of her 60th birthday. Her exhilarating music, irresistible charisma, and some exciting surprises make this a concert you do not want to miss.
Saturday, March 14, 2020 8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
It opens with a program that features Benin International Musical, a fast-rising ensemble that fuses hip-hop and electronica with traditional music of Benin. (More Info)
The next concert in her series is devoted to powerful voices of the African diaspora from generation to generation and continent to continent, featuring sensational singers and more from around the world. (More Info)
She also will be honored by longtime friend and guitarist Lionel Loueke and his trio in a concert that both celebrates and reinvents many of her marvelous songs. (More Info)
Kidjo’s Perspectives culminates in an extraordinary concert celebration to mark her 60th birthday and the anniversary of independence for many West African countries on March 14th 2020 at Carnegie Hall. (More Info)
There will be special guest artists and exhilarating surprises in this joyous tribute to one of music’s most vibrant voices.
You never forget an Angélique Kidjo concert at Carnegie Hall. The Grammy Award winner closed the 2014 UBUNTU festival with a tribute to singer Miriam Makeba that inspired the audience
—including Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu—to stand, sing, and clap along. She got David Byrne moving, too—in 2017, the former Talking Heads singer joined her on stage for “Once in a Lifetime” before she led a conga line that snaked its way through Stern Auditorium. The Benin-born superstar, called “Africa’s diva” by TIME magazine, brings her intoxicating blend of West African music, American R&B, jazz, and funk to her Perspectives series.