Ravinia 2022, Issue 3

HOLLY ANDRES (SPALDING); RAUL HIGUERA (PERINÉ) I ; I I PAVILION 6:30 PM SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 MONSIEUR PERINÉ † –Intermission– esperanza spalding † Ravinia debut As part of the Breaking Barriers Festival , this performance honors groundbreaking leaders who direct their vision toward creating music that embraces our diverse life experiences and genres as listeners. Ravinia expresses its appreciation to Dinah Jacobs Castle for her lead sponsorship of the 2022 Breaking Barriers Festival. esperanza spalding Winner of the 2011 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, esperanza spalding began re- cording her artistic journey at age 22 with the 2006 release of Junjo , featuring a combo of just piano and drums. Her instrumentation and embrace of multifaceted jazz expanded on 2008’s Esperanza , which tilted toward the top of Billboard ’s Contemporary Jazz chart within a month of its release. Numerous crit- ical raves and appearances followed, includ- ing an invitation by President Barack Obama to perform at both the White House and the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony. Spald- ing further expanded her sound and reach in 2010 with Chamber Music Society , which would shortly make her the first and only jazz artist to take the Best New Artist Grammy. The attention landed her in Billboard ’s top 40 and atop the jazz charts for several weeks. Spalding’s next release, 2012’s Radio Music So- ciety , featured a massive cast of guests, includ- ing Joe Lovano—whose Grammy-nominated Bird Songs she contributed to the year be- fore—and Lalah Hathaway. A critical darling, it launched her into Billboard ’s top 10 and net- ted her another two Grammys. Her own guest work grew to include appearances on albums by the likes of Janelle Monáe and Dianne Reeves. Spalding served a heaping scoop of originality with 2016’s Emily’s D+Evolution , a concept album revolving around the alter ego of her middle name. A year after her 2017 limited release Exposure , she dazzled with the Grammy-winning 12 Little Spells , on which each track was inspired by a different body part. While working on her latest album, the Grammy-winning Songwrights Apothecary Lab , spalding was also working with Wayne Shorter on the opera … (Iphegenia) , which premiered in November 2021. Around the time of her debut album, spalding earned a Bachelor of Music from the Berklee College of Music and was made one of the youngest faculty members in the college’s history; in 2018, Berklee conferred her an honorary doc- torate. She has been a professor at Harvard University since 2017. esperanza spalding first played Ravinia in 2012 and is making her third appearance. MONSIEUR PERINÉ Born and raised in Colombia, vocalist Catali- na García and strings specialist Santiago Pri- eto began putting music in motion to share their love for their land and roots together in 2008, forming Monsieur Periné to travel from port to port to sing to the people, the road, and the landscape from the inside. Ac- companied by their band comprising Darwin Páez on drums, Miguel Guerra on percus- sion, Abstin Caviedes and Jairo A. Barrera on horns, and Eva Peroni on bass, the duo has played a variety of stages, from Mexico to Miami, Lima to Los Angeles, including such festivals as Rock in Rio, Lollapalooza Chica- go and Chile, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, Fusion Festival Berlin, Gurten Festival Swit- zerland, Monterey Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Festival Vive Latino México, Festival Estéreo Picnic Bogotá, and Festival at Pohoda. Monsieur Periné released its first album 10 years ago, having quickly won over radio listeners in 2011 with their first single, “La Muerte,” which was dubbed the song of the year. Hecho a Mano became a gold-sell- er in Colombia and received two top Shock Awards. The band made its international breakout with 2015’s Caja de Música , earning Best New Artist honors at the Latin Grammys in addition to receiving an Album of the Year nomination. Monsieur Periné also received Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album nomi- nations from the Grammy Awards for that al- bum and its 2018 follow-up, Encanto Tropical . Not only did that collection receive another Album of the Year nomination from the Lat- in Grammys, but its single “Bailar Contigo” was also nominated at Song of the Year and Record of the Year. In 2021, Monsieur Periné released the song “Volverte a Ver” with a con- test supported by TikTok to reunite fans with their loved ones after the pandemic. Another new track, “Nada,” was released in March in anticipation of a new album, which the band is working on with producer Rafa Sardina, who has collaborated with such artists as Ste- vie Wonder and Calle 13. Monsieur Periné is making their Ravinia debut. RAVINIA MAGAZINE • JULY 18 – JULY 31, 2022 54