BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2082@mkeshows.com SUMMARY:Pink Martini DTSTAMP:20260902T062943Z DTSTART:20270218T020000Z DESCRIPTION:In 1994 in his hometown of Portland\, Oregon\, Thomas Lauderdal e was working in\nlocal politics\, attending every political fundraiser un der the sun... but was\ndismayed to find the music at these events underwh elming and lackluster. Drawing\ninspiration from music from all over the w orld–crossing genres of classical\,\njazz and old-fashioned pop–and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals\nalike\, he founded the “little o rchestra” Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more\nbeautiful and inclusive mu sical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes\nsuch as civil righ ts\, affordable housing\, the environment\, libraries\, public\nbroadcasti ng\, education and parks.\n\nOne year later\, Lauderdale called China Forb es\, a Harvard classmate who was\nliving in New York City\, and asked her to join Pink Martini as the lead singer\,\nand collaborator. Their first s ong “Sympathique (Je ne veux pastravailler)”\nbecame an overnight sensatio n in France\, was nominated for “Song of the Year” at\nFrance’s Victoires de la Musique Awards\, and is still the band’s number one\nsong. Says Laud erdale\, “We’re very much an American band\, but we spend a lot of\ntime a broad and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to\nreprese nt a broader\, more inclusive America... the America which remains the\nmo st heterogeneously populated country in the world... composed of people of \nevery country\, every language\, every religion.”\n\nFeaturing a dozen m usicians\, with songs in 25 languages\, Pink Martini performs\nits multili ngual repertoire onconcert stages on six continents. After making\nit’s Eu ropean debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut\ nwith the Oregon Symphony in 1998\, the band has gone on to play with more than 50\norchestras around the world\, including multiple engagements wit h the Los Angeles\nPhilharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl\, the Boston Pops\, the National Symphony at\nthe Kennedy Center\, the San Francisco Symphony\ , the Cleveland Orchestra\, and the\nBBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London. In 2014\, Pink Martini was\ninducted into both the Hollyw ood Bowl Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of\nFame.\n\nPink Martini has released 11 studio albums on its own independent label Heinz\nRecords (named after Lauderdale’s dog)\, selling over 3 million albums worldwide.\ nIn 2019\, the band released two EPs featuring the vocals of Pink Martini’ s newest\nmembers Jimmie Herrod and Edna Vazquez. Both vocalist have toure d with the band\nfor the past year and are officially part of the group wi th the release of\nHerrod’s EPTomorrowand Vaquez’s Besame Mucho\, both of which were co-produced by\nThomas Lauderdale and China Forbes. In 2024 the band celebrated it’s 30th\nanniversary. URL:https://mkeshows.com/event/pink-martini GEO:43.0411402;-87.9104618 LOCATION:The Pabst Theater - 144 E Wells St\, Milwaukee\, WI 53202 STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:All Ages X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In 1994 in his hometown of Portland, Oregon , Thomas Lauderdale was working in local politics, attending every politic al fundraiser under the sun... but was dismayed to find the music at these events underwhelming and lackluster. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world–crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned po p–and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals alike, he founded the “little orchestra” Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more beautiful and inc lusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for causes such as ci vil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadca sting, education and parks.

One year later, Lauderdale called China Forbes, a Harvard classmate who was living in New York City, and asked her to join Pink Martini as the lead singer, and collaborator. Their first so ng “Sympathique (Je ne veux pastravailler)” became an overnight sensation in France, was nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de l a Musique Awards, and is still the band’s number one song. Says Lauderdale , “We’re very much an American band, but we spend a lot of time abroad and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to represent a broad er, more inclusive America... the America which remains the most heterogen eously populated country in the world... composed of people of every count ry, every language, every religion.”

Featuring a dozen musicians, wi th songs in 25 languages, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoir e onconcert stages on six continents. After making it’s European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998, the band has gone on to play with more than 50 orchestra s around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Ph ilharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony a t the Kennedy Center, the San Francisco Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the BBC Concert Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall in London. In 2014, Pi nk Martini was inducted into both the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame.

Pink Martini has released 11 studio album s on its own independent label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog ), selling over 3 million albums worldwide. In 2019, the band released two EPs featuring the vocals of Pink Martini’s newest members Jimmie Herrod a nd Edna Vazquez. Both vocalist have toured with the band for the past year and are officially part of the group with the release of Herrod’s EPTomor rowand Vaquez’s Besame Mucho, both of which were co-produced by Thomas Lau derdale and China Forbes. In 2024 the band celebrated it’s 30th anniversar y.

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