City Magazine

Growing up in Miami in a Haitian-French household, Cécile McLorin Salvant’s musical exposure spanned continents and cultures: Haitian and Caribbean music, folk music from South and North America, R&B and hip-hop, jazz and the blues. She breathed it all in and then, together with formal training in opera and classical singing, translated it into a similarly global career as a singer.

Along the way she won three Grammy Awards as well as a MacArthur Fellowship, otherwise known as a Genius Grant, in 2020.

McLorin Salvant’s new album, “With Every Breath I Take,” to be released June 26, marks another first in her career — recording with a full orchestra, the Netherlands’ Metropole Orkest.

The multifaceted McLorin Salvant returns to Rochester International Jazz Fest on June 24 — read the full Q&A with Justin Murphy in our June issue, online and on stands now.

Amidst a $50 million comprehensive campaign to grow its endowment and sustain its future, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra has tapped nationally experienced arts executive Tonya McBride Robles to lead the organization as its new president and CEO, beginning August 17.

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