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Pink Martini Back By Popular Demand!

May 24, 2010
  • Who: Pink Martini with the Austin Symphony
  • What: Sarah & Ernest Butler Pops Series
  • When: Friday & Saturday, June 11 & 12, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
  • Where: Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Rd.
  • Cost: $30 & $45
  • Contact: Don Hill, Director of Public Relations, 476-6064 x 213

Back by popular demand, the “little orchestra” from Oregon, known the world over as Pink Martini returns to the Austin Symphony stage for the closing concert of the Sarah & Ernest Butler Pops on Friday & Saturday, June 11th & 12th at the Palmer Events Center. This concert is being proudly sponsored by ExxonMobil.

Somewhere between a 30’s Cuban dance orchestra, a classical chamber music ensemble, a Brazilian marching street band and a Japanese film noir soundtrack. Pink Martini has been featured in films and television shows since their inception 15 years ago. They now return to Austin after sold out performances with the Austin Symphony in 2005. Their music is a refreshing blend of classical, jazz, Latin, and Parisian cabaret music.

“Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure … if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band,” says bandleader and pianist Thomas Lauderdale. “Pink Martini draws inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s or ‘50s …with a more global perspective. We write a lot of songs … but we also champion songs like Ernesto Lecuona’s “Andalucia” or “Amado mio” from the Rita Hayworth film Gilda or “Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu (My name is Kikuchiyo)” made famous in the 1960s by the great Japanese group Hiroshi Wada & His Mahina Stars. In that sense we’re a bit like musical archeologists, digging through recordings and scores of years past and rediscovering beautiful songs.”

Bring a dinner and your dancing shoes for a night of entertainment with your Austin Symphony and Pink Martini! Pink Martini appears with the Austin Symphony on Friday & Saturday, June 11th & 12, 8:00 pm at the Palmer Events Center. Tickets are $30 & $45. Charge tickets online at http://www.austinsymphony.org where you will find seating maps, price options and a wealth of concert information. Tickets are also available at the Austin Symphony Box Office, 11th and Red River, or call 476-6064 or 1-888-4-MAESTRO (toll-free).