GRAMMY Museum Experience TM Prudential Center beings its fall “An Evening With” Series with celebrated singer, producer, author and actor Angélique Kidjoon Tuesday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. “An Evening With” Series aims to provide intimate, moderated conversations with iconic recording artists about their creative process, history, current and future projects, to the Newark, NJ community. Each program includes a conversation and Q&A with audience members followed by an exclusive performance by the artist. Past GRAMMY Museum Experience TMPrudential Center summer events include,Spotlight Series: Bobby Bandiera, Spotlight Series: Brandy Clark, An Evening With: Philip Bailey, An Evening With: DJ Khaled and An Evening With: The Zombies.
Tickets priced at $25 are available now atGRAMMYMuseumEXP.org for An Evening With Angelique Kidjo. “An Evening With” events run for approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
An Evening With Angélique Kidjo | Tuesday, September 10 @ 7:30 p.m.
In a word, Angelique Kidjo’s career can be described as “original”. She has three Grammy Awards to her credit with eight nominations, while The Guardian has recognized her as one of the world’s 100 most influential women, and Timemagazine has named her as “Africa’s Premiere Diva.” After exploring the roads of Africa’s diaspora — through Brazil, Cuba and The United States — and offering a refreshing and electrifying take on the Talking Heads album Remain In Light, the French-Beninese singer is now reflecting on an icon of the Americas, celebrated salsa singer Celia Cruz. Over ten tracks, Kidjo’s album Celia divests itself of the glamour to investigate the African roots of the Cuban-born woman who became the “Queen” of salsa, a music genre invented in New York by Caribbean immigrants.
Aside from her career in the music sphere, Angélique is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and co-founder of The Batonga Foundation, dedicated to promoting female education in Africa. She acted in the 2016 film “The CEO” and won Best Actress in a Supporting Role from the African Movie Academy Awards in 2017.Angélique served as judge for two season of Africa’s Got Talent TV show based in Cote d’Ivoire and her memoir “Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music”, featuring a preface by Desmond Tutu and a foreword by Alicia Keys, was published by Harper Collins in 2014.
“There are few artists who are able to transcend musical genres as adeptly as Angelique Kidjo. Her artistry is not limited by geographical, language or stylistic boundaries,” said Mark Conklin, Director of Artist Relations & Programming, GRAMMY Museum ExperienceTMPrudential Center. “This event is a unique opportunity to spend an evening with one of World Music’s greatest treasures.”
“An Evening With” events are some of the many events hosted at GRAMMY Museum ExperienceTM Prudential Center. To learn more about upcoming events and workshops, please visitGRAMMYMuseumEXP.org.
