Events at the Library of Congress
Thursday June 8, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesLive! At The Library: Bill Charlap Trio with Jon Faddis, Trumpet
Thursday
June 8, 2023
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Bill Charlap and his Trio appear with two terrific partners for a charming, close-focus encounter with Strayhorn’s unforgettable songs—and some scintillating piano solos. Trumpeter Jon Faddis is an artist known for “…making the practically impossible seem effortless” (Time Out New York).
Saturday June 10, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesBig Band Evening with Russell Malone, Guitar
Saturday
June 10, 2023
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Saxophonist and conductor Loren Schoenberg, Senior Scholar at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, has delved into the Library’s archives to design a standout big band evening bringing to life both great Strayhorn classics and a few rediscovered gems.
Thursday June 15, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesLive! At The Library: Reverend Robert B. Jones, Blues and Old-Time Musician and Storyteller
Thursday
June 15, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Rev. Robert Jones, Sr. is a native Detroiter, an inspirational storyteller and musician celebrating the history, humor and power of American Roots music. His deep love for traditional African American and American traditional music is shared in performances that interweave timeless stories with original and traditional songs from spirituals to blues to gospel and beyond. In celebration of Juneteenth.
Wednesday July 12, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesAli Doğan Gönültaş Quartet, 150 Years of Music From Kiğı, Turkey
Wednesday
July 12, 2023
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Online Only Ali Doğan is a Kurdish-born musician in Turkey. This concert looks at 150-year musical life of the village of Kiğı, Ali's birthplace. It includes the regional languages of Kurmancî, Kırdaskî, Armenian and Turkish, as well as Zazakî, Ali's mother tongue. The concert has thematic content and styles such as govend (traditional Kurdish dance), lament, job songs, prayer forms, that convey the modal characteristics of...This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
Wednesday August 2, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesHudaki Village Band, Music from the Heart of Ukraine
Wednesday
August 2, 2023
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EDT
Add to calendar Online Only The nine master musicians from the Ukrainian Carpathians, that are HUDAKI Village Band, play music from the Maramures region, a mountainous area of South-west Ukraine on the border with Romania and Hungary. Various ethnic musical influences make the traditional music multifaceted and unique. Archaic Slavic vocal tradition, Romanian melodies, Jewish rhythms and Romany temperament blend together in a local, joyous cross culture that has...This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
Wednesday August 23, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesDeitsch - Traditional Folk Music, Made in Germany
Wednesday
August 23, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Online Only Deitsch plays traditional dance music from Germany, some of it 250 years old. For years, German folk music was neglected and nearly forgotten, or derided as old-fashioned and conservative. But now, arranged and interpreted in the style of modern folk music from Germany's European neighbors on voice, guitars, fiddles, bagpipes, and flutes, it emerges timeless and contemporary at the same time.This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
Thursday September 14, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesNani Noam Vazana, Ladino singer, musician and composer
Thursday
September 14, 2023
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Whittall Pavilion (LJ-G45E) Noam “Nani” Vazana is one of the only artists in the world that write & compose new songs in the endangered Ladino language, the language of the Sephardic Jews living mostly in Israel, the Balkans, North Africa, Greece, and Turkey. In her new album "Ke Haber" (What’s New) she captures the spirit of the ancient, matriarchal language and culture and propels it into the...This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External.
Thursday September 21, 2023
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Event | concerts and performancesAlejandro Brittes Quartet, Masters of Chamamé concert
Thursday
September 21, 2023
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Add to calendar Coolidge Auditorium (LJ-G45A) Alejandro Brittes Quartet, based in southern Brazil, innovatively explores the traditional, cross-border chamamé musical genre, a confluence of indigenous Guaraní and Iberian Baroque influences, slow-cooked over centuries. Chamamé, whose epicenter is northeast Argentina, has been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.