BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The
12th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA, presented by the
Schmidt Family Centre for the Arts, will bring an unprecedented
parade of stars to the Mizner Park Amphitheater (MPA), 590 Plaza
Real and Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, 201 Plaza Real
(2nd Floor) in Boca
Raton, February 23 –
March 4, 2018.
The Festival opens on Friday, February
23 at 7:30 p.m. with
legendary American soprano and five-time Grammy Award winner,
Kathleen Battle, making a
rare concert appearance in a program of songs by Gershwin and
spirituals with the Lynn Philharmonia, led by Constantine Kitsopoulos.
On Saturday, February 24 at
8 p.m., superstar violinist
Itzhak Perlman returns to
Mizner Park with his popular In the Fiddler's House program
in a Florida exclusive. In this
concert, Perlman and a 10-piece Klezmer ensemble explore the
vitality of klezmer music in this charmingly humorous guide where
he journeys from New York's Lower
East Side to a Jewish Festival in Krakow, Poland.
The Authors & Ideas Program kicks off on Sunday, February 25 at 4 p.m. with Hannah
Tinti, best-selling author of The Twelve Lives of
Samuel Hawley and The Good Thief,
who will present Cabinets of Wonder.
Also on Sunday, February 25
at 7 p.m., Grupo Compay
Segundo from Cuba will make
its first US appearance in almost 20 years. This nine-member
ensemble tours the world as official ambassadors of Cuba's cultural heritage while still
continuing to perform every week in Havana at Cuba's National Hotel.
Richard Haass, president
of the Council on Foreign Relations and author of A World in
Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order,
will appear at the Festival's Authors & Ideas Program on
Monday, February 26 at
7 p.m. with A World In
Disarray: Causes, Consequences, Choices.
On Wednesday, February 28
at 7 p.m., the Festival will welcome
Peter Diamandis,
entrepreneur, author and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation.
Diamandis is the New York Times
bestselling author of Abundance – The Future Is Better
Than You Think and BOLD – How to Go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the
World. He will present Transforming Scarcity to
Abundance.
On Thursday, March 1 at
7:30 p.m., Academy Award-winner and
13-time Grammy Award winner, T Bone Burnett, a first-rate
innovative artist, songwriter, performer, film and concert
producer, record company owner and artist advocate will talk about
music, film and art with On the Road with T Bone Burnett:
Stories, Music & Movies.
On Friday, March 2 at
7:30 p.m., the legendary actor
Bill Murray, will team up
with distinguished German cellist, Jan
Vogler, violinist Mira Wang
and pianist Vanessa Perez to present
a spirited evening of music and literature with "New Worlds."
James Marshall,
documentary film producer, will present My America – The Perception Gap on
Saturday, March 3 at
4 p.m.
On Saturday, March 3 at
8 p.m., Festival of the Arts BOCA
welcomes two of the brightest young classical music stars on the
concert stage today: 23-year old American violinist
Chad Hoopes, who will be performing
the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, and 25-year old Russian pianist
Nikolay Khozyainov, in the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3.
Joining them will be The Symphonia, Boca
Raton, led by Constantine
Kitsopoulos.
Closing the Festival on Sunday, March
4 at 6 p.m. will be
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial screened on a giant LED
wall above the stage while John
Williams' memorable Academy Award-winning score is performed
live by the Symphonia, Boca
Raton.
Tickets for the 12th Annual Festival of the Arts BOCA range from
$15 to $250 per person and are
available at www.festivalboca.org or by calling (866) 571-ARTS
(866-571-2787).
For more information visit www.festivalboca.org.
CONTACT:
Hillary Reynolds
(954) 815-1186
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