Experience a World of Music in One City

Georgia's largest musical arts event and one of the most distinctive cross-genre music festivals in the world.

Schedule of Events:

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm: Simon Mulligan plays Bernstein

British pianist Simon Mulligan is a prolific and versatile musician, having performed with Yehudi Menuhin, Lynn Harrell, and Joshua Bell, among many others. He also works in contemporary music, film and jazz, holds the Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music, and is an Artist-in-Residence at the University of Maryland. In this Savannah Music Festival solo debut, Mulligan plays his own transcriptions and improvisations of celebrated works by Leonard Bernstein from West Side Story, On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Candide. Simon Mulligan is a Steinway artist.

Location: Trinity United Methodist Church

Ticket: $47.00

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7:30 pm - 8:45 pm: Edmar Castañeda Quartet

Upon arriving in the United States in 1994, Colombian-born Edmar Castañeda made a name for himself as the preeminent jazz harp virtuoso. Castañeda brings forth a brilliance that beautifully merges the jazz tradition with a diverse set of styles and genres while bringing attention to the harp. Single-handedly, Castañeda has cemented the harp’s place in jazz with innovative technique and heartfelt creativity from a wealth of formidable collaborations with music titans such as Wynton Marsalis, Béla Fleck, John Scofield, Ricki Lee Jones, Hiromi, Pedrito Martinez, Marcus Miller, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Ivan Lins, The Yellowjackets, Paco De Lucia, and Paquito D’Rivera. This is his Savannah Music Festival debut.

Location: Metal Building at Trustees’ Garden

Ticket: $47.00

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