Black Violin: Aug. 21

Over the last decade, Black Violin has risen to fame with a style of music that combines classical, hip-hop and R&B.

Performing an average of 200 shows a year in 49 states and 36 countries as far away as Dubai, Prague and South Africa, the musicians have appeared at President Obama’s Inaugural and three Super Bowls. They’ve also collaborated with a who’s who of music superstars, including Kanye West, the Eagles, Tom Petty, Aerosmith and Aretha Franklin.

In 2015, the band released their major label debut Stereotypes which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Chart and # 4 on the Billboard R& B Chart. The duo has been profiled extensively by the media including by NPR’s Morning Edition. Black Violin will perform Aug. 21at SPAC on Stage. of Tiempo Libre led by founder, pianist and bandleader Jorge Gómez, have been equally at home in concert halls, jazz clubs, festival stages and dance venues around the world.

They have been featured on television shows including The Tonight Show, Live from Lincoln Center, and Dancing with the Stars as well as on Univision and Telemundo.

In Saratoga, the band will be highlighting music from their Grammy nominated, Bach in Havana album, which connects the rhythm and sensibilities of Afro- Cuban music with the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach. Latin Jazz Network praised, “Bach in Havana is going to be held up as one that made an enormous creative leap just as Miles Davis’ did when he, Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley blew those choruses on Kind of Blue.”

Tickets to SPAC on Stage will be $50 or $40, depending on location, and available on spac.org beginning May 3.