Name: Cécile McLorin Salvant
Start: 2026-07-05T17:30:00
Location: Teatro Morlacchi

Cécile McLorin Salvant

Umbria Jazz

Cécile won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition at the age of 21 (2010). She had just released her debut album, with a music background in the USA and at the Conservatory “Darius Milhaud” in Aix-en-Provence, where her French mother sent her to improve her classical and baroque vocal style. Usually, whoever wins that competition is supposed to have a great career. Since then, Cécile has won many awards (including three Grammys for three consecutive years, and six nominations), released excellent albums, and received plenty of esteem from everywhere: Wynton Marsalis, whose orchestra Cécile was a guest, told the New Yorker that a singer like her comes around once every one or two generations. Her music as a vocalist and composer merges sounds from across ages and cultures, spanning vaudeville, jazz, blues, and storytelling. An outstanding vocal technique is combined with a confident stage presence to draw the identikit picture of an all-round artist.