NY Phil: The Movie Music of Terence Blanchard

• The E-Collective
• Terence Blanchard, trumpet
• Thomas Wilkins, conductor

"The Movie Music of Terence Blanchard" celebrates more than 30 years of collaboration between multiple Grammy-winning musician and Oscar-nominated composer Terence Blanchard. Conducted by Thomas Wilkins, "Movie Music" showcases curated highlights of Blanchard's lush soundtracks from his astonishing 80 film & television credits. The program created for this performance includes selections from Malcolm X (1992), 25th Hour (2002), and BlackKklansman (2018). The east coast premiere of this exclusive performance program features the New York Philharmonic and Blanchard's quintet The E-Collective, starring the maestro himself on trumpet. Don't miss this one-night-only opportunity to experience the pathos, complexity, and beauty of Blanchard's historically important work with some of the great movie-makers of our era.

About New York Philharmonic

https://nyphil.org/

About Terence Blanchard, trumpet

Over a 40-year career, Terence Blanchard has established himself as a creative innovator, a technical virtuoso, and a mouthpiece for underrepresented human tragedies, past and present. A 2018 USA Fellow, multiple Grammy Award winner and Oscar-nominated film scorer, Blanchard first captured national attention as a world-class jazz trumpeter, playing with Lionel Hampton and Art Blakey.

About Thomas Wilkins, conductor

https://music.indiana.edu/faculty/current/wilkins-thomas.html