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Tenor Karim Sulayman with Eighth Blackbird’s Matthew Duvall, percussion and Lisa Kaplan, piano

March 18, 2024, 8:00 pm

Eighth Blackbird: Tenor Karim Sulayman, Percussionist Matthew Duvall, and Pianist Lisa Kaplan

Tenor Karim Sulayman and Eighth Blackbird's Matthew Duvall and Lisa Kaplan

Grammy award-winning tenor Karim Sulayman collaborates with Eighth Blackbird’s founders and co-artistic directors, percussionist Matthew Duvall and pianist Lisa Kaplan. Tune in to Live From WFMT for an evening of eclectic music in spectacular performance.

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Meet the Host

Kerry is a regular host of live concert broadcasts including Live from WFMT, concerts from the Ravinia Festival, and WFMT’s premiere visiting artist series, Impromptu. Kerry hosts many WFMT Radio Network broadcasts from such locations as the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Salzburg Festival. A native Chicagoan, Kerry grew up with WFMT. His love of music and radio played an important part in his life at Northwestern University and the University of Wisconsin, where he eventually became program director of Wisconsin Public Radio. He’s always been a strong advocate of live music broadcasts, and cherishes having interviewed many of the performers he admires including Itzhak Perlman, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Renée Fleming, John Adams, Leif Ove Andsnes – even the award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

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Tenor Karim Sulayman with Eighth Blackbird’s Matthew Duvall, percussion and Lisa Kaplan, piano