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Acclaimed composer Michel Legrand to perform 50th Anniversary Concert Tribute at MGM Grand
MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in conjunction with Valencia Entertainment, and City Lights Productions UK announced that three-time Oscar and five-time Grammy Award-winner Michel Legrand will perform a special tribute concert to his 50 years of music and movies at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Saturday, March 27th, 2010.
Legrand will conduct a 66-piece orchestra and perform with many of his superstar friends such as George Benson, Melissa Manchester, Jerry Lewis, Dionne Warwick, Andy Williams, Patti Page, Frank Sinatra Jr. and Steve Lawrence. The musical show will be hosted by actor Jon Voight along with actress and author Jennifer O'Neill. The event will pay musical tribute to some of Legrand's Academy Award-winning movies including "Yentl," "Thomas Crown Affair" and "Summer of 42." The concert will also be captured on film for a made-for-TV-concert-special set to air later this year.
"I am thrilled to have the honor to produce and work with Michel Legrand and such an ensemble cast. Legrand is a musical genius and for many years has touched people in all age groups with his work. We have interest from some of the biggest names in the industry to take part in this spectacular concert and we look forward to announcing them in the next few weeks." said Vincent Vellardita, producer and president of Valencia Entertainment.
Over the course of his 50-year career, Legrand has composed more than 200 film and television scores and musicals, as well as more than100 albums with musical stars, including Phil Woods, Ray Charles, Perry Como, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, James Ingram, Jack Jones, Kiri te Kanawa, Frankie Laine, Tereza Kesovija, Johnny Mathis, Jessye Norman, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan and Regine Velasquez, Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli and Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Legrand has earned an Emmy nomination, 3 Oscars and 13 Academy nominations and five GrammyAwards.
Tickets for Michel Legrand at the MGM Grand are on sale now and can be purchased at WDIAV Tickets section. For more information, please click here.
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Legrand will conduct a 66-piece orchestra and perform with many of his superstar friends such as George Benson, Melissa Manchester, Jerry Lewis, Dionne Warwick, Andy Williams, Patti Page, Frank Sinatra Jr. and Steve Lawrence. The musical show will be hosted by actor Jon Voight along with actress and author Jennifer O'Neill. The event will pay musical tribute to some of Legrand's Academy Award-winning movies including "Yentl," "Thomas Crown Affair" and "Summer of 42." The concert will also be captured on film for a made-for-TV-concert-special set to air later this year.
"I am thrilled to have the honor to produce and work with Michel Legrand and such an ensemble cast. Legrand is a musical genius and for many years has touched people in all age groups with his work. We have interest from some of the biggest names in the industry to take part in this spectacular concert and we look forward to announcing them in the next few weeks." said Vincent Vellardita, producer and president of Valencia Entertainment.
Over the course of his 50-year career, Legrand has composed more than 200 film and television scores and musicals, as well as more than100 albums with musical stars, including Phil Woods, Ray Charles, Perry Como, Neil Diamond, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Lena Horne, James Ingram, Jack Jones, Kiri te Kanawa, Frankie Laine, Tereza Kesovija, Johnny Mathis, Jessye Norman, Diana Ross, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Sarah Vaughan and Regine Velasquez, Tony Bennett, Liza Minnelli and Alan and Marilyn Bergman. Legrand has earned an Emmy nomination, 3 Oscars and 13 Academy nominations and five GrammyAwards.
Tickets for Michel Legrand at the MGM Grand are on sale now and can be purchased at WDIAV Tickets section. For more information, please click here.
Discuss this article in our forum