Renowned American singer-songwriter Ben Folds will join Australia’s leading orchestras in a national tour from 6-22 March, 2020.
In eight performances, the acclaimed artist will perform his best known works in collaboration with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (6-7 March), the Queensland Symphony Orchestra (11-12 March), West Australian Symphony Orchestra (16-17 March), Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (19 March) and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra (22 March).
NATIONAL TOUR DATES
Fri 6 and Sat 7 March 2020 | Sydney Town Hall
Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Wed 11 and Thu 12 March 2020 | QPAC Concert Hall
Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Mon 16 and Tue 17 March 2020 | Perth Concert Hall
West Australian Symphony Orchestra
Thu 19 March 2020 | Thebarton Theatre
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Sun 22 March 2020 | Plenary, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Known for his musical versatility across the pop and classical genres, Folds has travelled the globe performing with some of the world’s best orchestras for over a decade.
“I grew up playing in orchestras, so being on stage with one feels like home to me,” Folds said. “In these concerts, the orchestra is my band. When I perform with an orchestra, I tell audiences that I’m expressing myself through a different form than what they have come to expect in a rock show, a form that happens to be done by people who are among the best musicians on the planet and who do it all the time.”
Over the years, Folds has created an enormous body of genre-crossing music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, numerous collaborations, and an album that featured his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra which soared to number one in the United States on both the Billboard Classical and Classical Crossover charts.
Folds, who currently serves as the first ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, recently released his first book, a critically-acclaimed memoir entitled A Dream About Lightning Bugs which debuted in its first week as a New York Times Best Seller. It’s a collection of interrelated essays, anecdotes and what Folds calls “cheap lessons” about art, life, and music.