La Jolla Music Society
Angélique Kidjo
“Africa’s premier diva”
— TIME Magazine
Five-time GRAMMY® Award winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with sixteen albums to her name. Named by TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, Kidjo cross-pollinates the West African traditions of her childhood with American R&B, funk, and jazz as well as influences from Europe and Latin America.
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FREE PRELUDE LECTURE · 6 PM
Ticketholders are invited to arrive early to hear Meghan Hynson, PhD, an ethnomusicologist, music educator, and performer. She is an elected member on the council for the Society for Ethnomusicology and reviews submissions for the International Council for Traditional Music and the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings project on Global Learning Pathways.
This is a Connect to The Conrad concert. Connect to The Conrad brings the world’s most celebrated artists to the intimate, acoustically exquisite setting of The Baker-Baum Concert Hall.