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September 2007 Edition

Event Contact: Jack Wright, 617-598-3212, jw@celebrityseries.org

Celebrity Series of Boston Announces 2007-2008 Season

BOSTON: The 69th Celebrity Series of Boston has been announced by President and Executive Director, Martha H. Jones. The 2007-2008 season brings the world's greatest performing artists to Boston. This year also marks the first season since Celebrity Series' founding as a non-profit corporation that the it will operate without a title sponsor, under its incorporated name, Celebrity Series of Boston.

This year also marks the 7th season of Boston Marquee, a performance series that pays tribute to the wealth of talented musicians, composers, and dancers in the Boston area. Boston Marquee features emerging young talents, prominent Boston masters, and internationally celebrated performers and ensembles based in Boston.

This season offers:

• 7 visiting symphony orchestras

• 6 major dance companies

• 3 vocalists in recital

• 4 pianists in recital

• 6 chamber music ensembles

• 2 spoken word performances

• 1 choral ensemble

• 2 violinists and 1 cellist in recital

• 2 Boston Marquee performances

• 2 jazz and world music performances

• Several popular and folk artists and ensemble

Highlights of the 69th season include:

• Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa opens season,  Symphony Hall, October 14, 2007

• Maria Schneider Orchestra, Berklee Performance Center, November 17, 2007

• St. Lawrence String Quartet with soprano Heidi Grant Murphy, NEC's Jordan Hall, November 18, 2007

• Berlin Philharmonic with conductor Sir Simon Rattle performing Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, Symphony Hall, November 19, 2007

• Brazilian Guitar Festival with Sergio and Odair Assad and friends, Sanders Theatre, January 25, 2008

• Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin, Celebrity Series debut, NEC's Jordan Hall, January 26, 2008

• Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with conductor Mariss Jansons, Symphony Hall, February 1, 2008

• Guarneri & Johannes String Wuartets, NEC's Jordan Hall, February 15, 2008

• Bluegrass family band Cherryholmes makes Boston Debut, Sanders Theatre, March 2, 2008

• Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Hall, March 9, 2008

• Orchestre National de France performing Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Symphony Hall, April 27, 2008

• Audra McDonald, soprano, Sanders Theatre, May 16, 2008

• Mark Morris Dance Group with orchestra and chorus of Emmanuel Music, Dido and Aeneas, May 28 - June 1, 2008

For a complete list of the 2007-2008 Celebrity Series of Boston season visit Boston Concerts on the BostonUSA Web site or go to Celebrity Series of Boston online.

This year's events will take place at Symphony Hall, New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Citi Wang Theater, Citi Shubert Theatre, Sanders Theatre, Berklee Performance Center, Cutler Majestic Theatre, and Tsai Performance Center at Boston University.

About Celebrity Series Of Boston:

Celebrity Series of Boston is New England's leading presenter of music, dance and the performing arts from around the world. Founded in 1938, the Series incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation in 1989. Each year, the Celebrity Series brings to Boston's major concert halls performances by instrumental and vocal soloists, symphony orchestras, chamber ensembles, dance companies, jazz and popular music performers, folk and ethnic performance groups, and other performing artists. The Celebrity Series' Arts, Education and Community program,, initiated in 1984, reaches over 20,000 students annually through more than 130 activities each year at 225 Boston area schools and organizations. For more information on the Celebrity Series of Boston call 617-482-2595 or visit www.celebrityseries.org.