Carnegie Hall Announces Voices of Hope Online Festival April 16-30, 2021

CARNEGIE HALL ANNOUNCES VOICES OF HOPE ONLINE FESTIVAL APRIL 16-30, 2021

CARNEGIE HALL AND 40 PARTNER INSTITUTIONS FROM ACROSS NEW YORK CITY EXPLORE THE POWER OF MUSIC & THE ARTS TO UPLIFT AND INSPIRE DURING TIMES OF CRISIS AND OPPRESSION

Free Streamed Performances By Major Artists Presented by Carnegie Hall Nightly Throughout the Two-Week Festival, Plus Free Documentaries Each Afternoon 
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(March 26, 2021 — UPDATED April 7, 2021; NEW YORK, NY) — From April 16-30, 2021, Carnegie Hall presents Voices of Hope, an online festival that examines the resilience of artists, exploring works that they felt compelled to create despite—and often because of—appalling circumstances and human tragedy. Over the two weeks, Carnegie Hall’s first-ever digital festival explores this theme through more than 100 events including digital programming presented by Carnegie Hall and more than 40 leading cultural and academic institutions across New York City and beyond.

Anchoring Voices of Hope will be free streamed musical performances presented nightly by Carnegie Hall over the two weeks, ranging from orchestral and chamber works to folk and jazz. With 16 free streamed performances presented by Carnegie Hall nightly over the course of two weeks, the Voices of Hope festival’s musical programming includes the world premiere of new works commissioned by Carnegie Hall as well as new projects and music created in response to the world we are living in today. Carnegie Hall’s streaming line-up will include:

These festival performances will feature music that inspires change and lifts the human spirit, highlighting how artists have used their creativity to connect with others, helping them to make sense of the world around them. Programs will show how artists have explored themes of war and conflict under oppressive regimes; the Holocaust; pressing social justice issues including systemic racism and police brutality; as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Complementing Carnegie Hall’s evening line-up of musical performances, each afternoon, the Hall will stream a curated selection of free documentaries and filmed performances (also available for on-demand viewing via carnegiehall.org/voicesofhope through May 31), further exploring how the arts have been used as a tool for activism, resistance, and solidarity.

Online and in-person programming created by more than 40 prestigious partner organizations will further expand the scope of Voices of Hope over the two weeks with 60 events ranging from exhibitions and dance/theater performances to talks and film screenings considering humankind’s capacity for optimism, courage, and strength in the face of the unimaginable.

“With our Voices of Hope festival, we have set out to create a special journey, inviting audiences to explore the inspiring role that artists have played in some of the darkest chapters of our shared history— capturing stories or a moment in time and expressing hope, courage, and resistance,” said Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall’s Executive and Artistic Director. “The festival also reflects on the world today, and how, during the global pandemic, we continue to turn to the arts and artists to provide us with the inspiration and resilience we so desperately need.”

Originally scheduled to feature live, in-person performances from March through May 2021, Voices of Hope was re-envisioned as an online festival after Carnegie Hall was forced to close its doors for an extended period due to COVID-19. Since April 2020, the Hall has partnered with major musical artists to produce a range of new original streamed programming to stay connected with audiences as the Hall works toward welcoming audiences back for live music-making in fall 2021.

All Voices of Hope programming presented by Carnegie Hall along with most festival partner events will be offered for free. Carnegie Hall programming will stream on carnegiehall.org/voicesofhope as well as on the Hall’s Facebook and YouTube pages, and will be available on-demand through May 31, 2021.

Click here for a day-by-day “schedule at a glance” of Voices of Hope festival events.
Click here for the full Voices of Hope press release with a complete festival event schedule by genre.

Carnegie Hall has partnered with London-based producers Serious to highlight select performances throughout Voices of Hope, amplifying and extending the reach of the festival to its audiences in the United Kingdom and beyond. For more info click on www.serious.org.uk/VoicesOfHope.

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Voices of Hope is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and TD Bank.

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For images of Voices of Hope festival artists, please email publicrelations@carnegiehall.org.

Photo credits for photo block L to R: Rhiannon Giddens by Ebru Yildiz; Ute Lemper by Steffen Thalemann; Somi by Robert Adam Meyer; Magos Herrera and Brooklyn Rider by Shervin Lainez; Samora Pinderhughes by Rog Walker; Kinan Azmeh by Liudmila Jeremies; and Kronos Quartet by Jay Blakesberg

Click here for a day-by-day “schedule at a glance” of Voices of Hope festival events.

Click here for the full Voices of Hope press release with a complete festival event schedule by genre