Renée Fleming to Perform With Afghan Youth Orchestra

By Francisco Salazar

On August 8, 2024, American soprano Renée Fleming is set to make a guest appearance with the Afghanistan Youth Orchestra at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

The event will be live streamed for free on the center’s Millennium Stage. The ensemble of the displaced, co-educational Afghanistan National Institute of Music will join Fleming for a performance of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Fleming will lend her voice to support the women and musicians of Afghanistan.

The concert follows last month’s announcement that “Last Song from Kabul,” a Paramount+ documentary about ANIM’s escape to Portugal, has been nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award.

The Afghan Youth Orchestra comprises 45 male and female Afghan musicians and the ensemble made its U.S. debut with sold-out Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall performances 11 years ago.

The Kennedy Center concert follows AYO’s return to Carnegie Hall on August 7 for the final concert of World Orchestra Week, a new festival that brings together seven youth orchestras from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States.

This fall, Fleming goes on tour with her Recital, “Voice of Nature: the Anthropocene” and also performs “The Brightness of Light.”

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