Renowned Brazilian pianist and vocalist Eliane Elias to stage jazz concert in Hong Kong in May (with photos)
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department has invited Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award winner Eliane Elias to make her Hong Kong debut in May. In this much-anticipated jazz concert for music fans in the city, Elias will unleash her diverse musical talents by performing her greatest hits in her trademark performance style.
The versatile Brazilian musician was unable to come to Hong Kong as scheduled in November last year, and her jazz concert has now been rescheduled for May 28 (Tuesday). Elias, together with her longtime collaborative jazz musicians Marc Johnson (double bass), Leandro Pellegrino (guitar) and Rafael Barata (drums), will combine jazz, Brazilian, classical and pop music styles in the upcoming concert including "Quietude" that features bossa nova jazz balladry. With her alluring voice, virtuosic piano skills and impromptu live interpretation, Elias will bring the audience a jazz music evening filled with a Latin flare.
Elias is an internationally acclaimed pianist, singer and composer as well as an arranger. Her distinctive musical style is one of the most unique and immediately recognisable sounds in jazz and Brazilian music. She has released various albums to date, winning two Grammy Awards for "Best Latin Jazz Album", and two Latin Grammy Awards for "Best Jazz Album". Elias has toured more than 70 countries and regions. In 2018, she was presented with an Edison Jazz Lifetime Achievement Award in the Netherlands.
​"Jazz Concert by Eliane Elias" will be staged at 8pm on May 28 at the Concert Hall of Hong Kong City Hall. Tickets priced at $200, $320, $420 and $520 are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_1665.html.
