Asake Set for One-Night-Only NYC Concert With a Full Orchestra: ‘I’m Excited for What It Will Do for the Culture’

Asake is acceptable to execute a Red Bull Symphonic performance successful New York this autumn alongside conductor Glenn Alexander II and the Symphonic Orchestra.

The Red Bull Symphonic brings a modern creator and a classical euphony manager together, backed by a full-scale symphonic orchestra, to reimagine the artist’s biggest hits. The Grammy-winning Afrobeats star’s one-night-only amusement volition instrumentality spot astatine Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre connected Nov. 8.

“I consciousness blessed to beryllium portion of Red Bull Symphonic and amplify my dependable successful this unsocial way,” Asake said successful a statement. “Classical euphony was influential successful my puerility and emotion for music, and blending it with fújì, Afrobeats and amapiano alongside a afloat orchestra is simply a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I’m excited for what it volition bash for the culture, and for my fans to rediscover my euphony successful a caller light.”

This marks the archetypal Red Bull Symphonic performance successful New York and the 3rd 1 successful the U.S., pursuing Rick Ross‘ Atlanta show successful 2022 and Metro Boomin‘s L.A. performance successful 2023.

Alexander II volition service arsenic the conductor for this year’s Red Bull Symphonic, portion Anthony Parnther — who conduced Metro’s 2023 performance — volition grip statement and orchestral advisor duties. Alexander II is the euphony manager and conductor of the nationalist U.S. circuit of Les Misérables and has commanded apical orchestras including the Atlanta Symphony and NYU Symphony, debuting astatine some Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.

“It’s an grant and a privilege to beryllium portion of thing that’s bigger than myself arsenic Red Bull Symphonic volition supply an avenue to genuinely link with radical implicit our shared emotion of music,” said Alexander II successful a statement. “I’m excited for the accidental to enactment with Asake and blend 2 genres unneurotic successful a unsocial way. This is thing that volition culturally bring radical unneurotic which means much to maine than anything.”

Tickets spell connected merchantability via Red Bull’s website Wednesday, Sept. 24, astatine 10 a.m. ET.