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Dear Gabriele -
Josephine Baker was born in St. Louis, Missouri, into poverty. As an adolescent, she became a dancer, performing in many American cities, but after performances in Paris as a 19 year old, she decided to emigrate to France to escape the American Jim Crow realities. She became a top international star in Paris, and throughout her life dedicated herself to social issues the costs of which she carried through her performances.
Our first public concert event of the 2022-2023 season is the 1927 French film Siren of the Tropics starring Josephine Baker, in collaboration with the wonderful Coral Gables Art Cinema. We are so thrilled to share with you this highly acclaimed silent film accompanied by the young and very exciting piano duo Angel Perez and Devin Shaw performing music by Duke Ellington, Billie Strayhorn (a composer and the Duke’s pianist), Scott Joplin, Hazel Scott and others,
Have an exhilarating week.
Warmly,
Gabriele Fiorentino
President,
The Dranoff 2 Piano Foundation
Piano Slam
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