Featured Artists
Laufey
GRAMMY-winning jazz singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Laufey brings a spell-binding sonic journey performing alongside The Philadelphia Orchestra for her new “Night at the Symphony” program.
Last summer, Laufey (pronounced lāy-vāy) made her SPAC debut at our Saratoga Jazz Festival. Now, the “Gen Z It Girl” (The New York Times) will return to the SPAC stage for her Philadelphia Orchestra debut with her “Night at the Symphony” program, which premiered at the Hollywood Bowl and was made into a film directed by Sam Wrench (Taylor Swift |The Eras Tour).
Breaking through with her 2023 album Bewitched, which earned her a GRAMMY Award and broke the record as the biggest debut for a jazz album on Spotify in history, Laufey writes songs inspired by jazz greats and classical masters while possessing a point of view that could only be conveyed by a 21st-century twentysomething. Her brand of jazz is rooted in the classic stylings of Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Chet Baker, but it’s also bright and modern, equal parts confessional and inspirational. This romantic and trailblazing approach has captured audiences worldwide, growing a global community of “Lauvers” and selling out every tour date that she has put on sale.
As NME puts it, “Laufey can serenade an audience with deep, pitch-perfect vocals while effortlessly rotating between cello, piano, and guitar, countless hours of practice stored in her nimble hands.” Those songs are infused with her approach to life: “I definitely romanticize a lot of things,” she recently said. “I think it comes out of seeing the beauty in the small things.” Her ability not only to see that beauty but to share it and make it feel personal has made her a favorite at jazz festivals and a star in the eyes of music fans around the world.
