Concerts: The Fiddle and the Drum
Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck will bring The Fiddle and the Drum to the stage this year with a series of special concerts, featuring Fleck’s all-star bluegrass band My Bluegrass Heart. The duo will debut at Nashville’s storied Grand Ole Opry on May 16. Additional appearances include the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, and the Chautauqua Institution, with more dates announced soon. The run will culminate with a special concert at Carnegie Hall on December 3. Guests from the album will join along the way, including Aoife O’Donovan and Sierra Hull.
Concert
Renée Fleming returns to Verbier with an immersive experience, blending her voice with stunning imagery from the National Geographic Society, in Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene. In the second half, Lahav Shani conducts Brahms’s final symphony, arguably the German composer’s most accomplished work.
Salle des Combins
Verbier, Switzerland
Concert
As part of the Shirley Young Distinguished Artist Series, renowned soprano Renée Fleming joins the young artists of Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra for Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene
Kresge Auditorium, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen, MI
Concert: The Fiddle and the Drum
This collaboration brings together 5x Grammy winning soprano Renée Fleming and 19x Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck for a celebration of Appalachian folk music, weaving the expressive depth of Fleming’s voice with the brilliance of Fleck’s banjo and his all-star My Bluegrass Heart band. Through mountain songs, haunting ballads, and folk hymns, The Fiddle and the Drum honors the roots and emotional power of Appalachia.
Amphitheater, Chautauqua Institution
Chautauqua, NY
Concert: The Fiddle and the Drum
Prolific Grammy winners Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck join forces in this celebration of Appalachian folk music, featuring a program of mountain songs, haunting ballads, and folk hymns. The Fiddle and the Drum mines a rich vein of American musical heritage, brought to life by Fleming’s expressive singing, Fleck’s banjo virtuosity, and his My Bluegrass Heart all-star band with Aoife O’Donovan.
Carnegie Hall
New York City