World-renowned singer and legendary stage icon Dee Dee Bridgewater is coming to celebrate the Midsummer Vilnius festival anniversary. On the evening of July 23, she will perform an awe-inspiring show for the audience.
The legendary performer, who will be performing for the first time in the Grand Courtyard of the Palace of the Grand Dukes, returns to Lithuania after many years. She will meet her fans in a unique space, right in the heart of Vilnius.
Three-time Grammy Award winner Dee Dee Bridgewater is a powerful force in the world of jazz, blues, and soul. Her stunning energy and emotional strength on stage are reminiscent of the magnetic Tina Turner, and her innovation and genius bring to mind musical revolutionary Prince.
Over her five-decade career, Dee Dee Bridgewater has repeatedly proven her place among the highest vocal mastery performers. Her album Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee was recently recognized as the best jazz vocal album. The singer’s distinctive style breathes new life into jazz standards, while bold decisions allow for fresh interpretations of classics.
Dee Dee Bridgewater’s career in professional jazz started with the legendary Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band. In the late 1970s, she performed with such music greats as Max Roach, Sonny Rollins, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1993, Bridgewater began producing her albums, and in 2006 she founded DDB Records and signed a contract with Universal Music Group. The singer has released several critically acclaimed albums, including the Grammy-winning Dear Ella.
Dee Dee Bridgewater is often referred to as a modern-day Renaissance woman – she expertly navigates not only music but also theater, and her social activities reflect her exceptional creative and intellectual potential.
The world-renowned singer has also made her mark in musical theater. In 1975, she won a Tony Award for her role in The Wiz, and her theatrical career includes performances in Sophisticated Ladies, Black Ballad, Carmen, Cabaret, and portraying Billie Holiday in the play Lady Day, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award.
