MARVEL STUDIOS’ BLACK PANTHER Film With Orchestra

from MARVEL STUDIOS’ BLACK PANTHER Film With Orchestra

by Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

Friday, June 23, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 7:30 pm

Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 2:30 pm

ALLEN-BRADLEY HALL

Yaniv Dinur, conductor

Massamba Diop, percussion

FEATURE FILM WITH ORCHESTRA

There will be one intermisssion

This weekend’s media sponsor is WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.

Today’s performance lasts approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including a 20 minute intermission. The performance is a presentation of the complete film Black Panther with a live performance of the film’s entire score. Out of respect for the musicians and your fellow audience members, please remain seated until the conclusion of the end credits.

PRESENTS

BLACK PANTHER IN CONCERT Feature Film With Orchestra

Starring

CHADWICK BOSEMAN

MICHAEL B. JORDAN

LUPITA NYONG’O

DANAI GURIRA

MARTIN FREEMAN

DANIEL KALUUYA

LETITIA WRIGHT

WINSTON DUKE with ANGELA BASSETT with FOREST WHITAKER and ANDY SERKIS

Music by LUDWIG GÖRANSSON

Executive Producers

LOUIS D’ESPOSITO

VICTORIA ALONSO

NATE MOORE

JEFFREY CHERNOV

STAN LEE

Produced by KEVIN FEIGE, p.g.a.

Written by RYAN COOGLER & JOE ROBERT COLE

Directed by RYAN COOGLER

This film is rated PG-13

Original Score Album available on MARVEL MUSIC / HOLLYWOOD RECORDS at Disneymusicemporium.com

Guest Artist Biographies

MASSAMBA DIOP

Massamba Diop is one the most renowned masters of the tama, a “talking drum” from Senegal, known for its abilities to replicate the sounds of human speech. Before the advent of telephones and radio, it was the tama that announced important events and sent messages between villages. Recognizing the central role talking drums play in African cultures, composer Ludwig Göransson decided to put it and Diop front-and-center of his Grammy® and Oscar®-winning score for Marvel’s Black Panther. In 2021, Diop collaborated with the LA Philharmonic to bring Black Panther to the stage, premiering Black Panther in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl. Diop continues to tour with the show worldwide. To date, he has appeared as its featured soloist for over 50 performances in over 20 cities and four continents. Diop also contributed to the score of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and appeared on-screen in the film’s opening scenes.

But by the time of Black Panter, Diop was already a seasoned figure on the world music scene. He first came into the limelight as lead percussionist and founding member of Daande Lenol (The Voice of the People), the band of Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal, receiving a Grammy® nomination for their album Firin’ in Fouta. Diop has gone on to record and perform with music greats like James Brown, Mumford & Sons, Carlos Santana, Herbie Hancock, Afro-Celt Sound System, and Carlinhos Brown. He also appeared on Peter Gabriel’s landmark release “Passion,” which won a Grammy, and he has made several appearances with Playing for Change’s “Songs around the World.” Diop is a Remo Percussion endorsed artist, and in 2016 he helped design and launch the Tamani Talking Drum, the first mass-produced tama available to the public.

In 1993, Diop and percussionist Tony Vacca co-founded the Senegal-America project, a grassroots cultural exchange program sponsoring various educational, healthcare, and artistic initiatives on both continents. Diop and Vacca tour the northeast United States each year with a variety of performances and school programs, from their Northampton, Massachusetts, base. Other regular collaborators include Surabhi Ensemble in Chicago, Walo Walo in Portland, Oregon, and Total Rhythm in San Francisco. He currently calls Columbus, Ohio, home.

LUDWIG GÖRANSSON

Ludwig Göransson is a Swedish film composer and record producer who has earned extensive global recognition in both the recording and motion picture industries, having received an Academy Award®, two Emmy® Awards, and three Grammy® Awards, amongst a variety of other nominations. Göransson has written scores for acclaimed films like Black Panther, Creed I and II, Fruitvale Station, Tenet, and most recently, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, in addition to his TV composer credits, including beloved shows such as Community, The Mandalorian, and New Girl. His work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned him an Academy Award® nomination for co-writing the soundtrack’s lead single “Lift Me Up,” which also marked Rihanna’s much-hyped return to solo music and debuted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Upcoming, Göransson composed the score for Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film Oppenheimer, set to be released July 21. As a songwriter, Göransson is best known for his longtime work with Childish Gambino, including co-writing and co-producing 2018’s “This Is America,” which went on to win Grammy® Awards for Record and Song of the Year (the first rap song to achieve this). He has also collaborated with Travis Scott, Alicia Keys, Vampire Weekend, and Adele, among others, earning a Grammy® nomination for Album of the Year for his work on the latter’s critically acclaimed 30