Imani Winds and Boston Brass on Feb 2, 2025 | UCSB Arts & Lectures

“To say the performers are spectacular and technical musical wizards is an understatement.” Charleston Today on Boston Brass

“There is certainly no group out there quite like Imani Winds. The virtuosic quintet finds ways to combine the sounds of the past with futuristic innovations in a manner that makes it impossible to put them in a box.” The Oberlin Review

Two powerhouse ensembles join forces to create an all-star collaboration featuring a new piece by the iconic, multi-Grammy-winning musician and composer, Arturo Sandoval. In this night of rollicking musical entertainment, woodwind quintet Imani Winds, winner of the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium, meets Boston Brass, the one-of-a-kind quintet expert at blowing away genre boundaries. Imani Winds has been nominated again this year for a second Grammy in the Best Classical Compendium category. The program will include popular favorites by Stevie Wonder and Leonard Bernstein, along with music by Dmitri Shostakovich, J.S. Bach, Astor Piazzolla and modern masters Paquito D’Rivera and Lalo Shifrin.

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