Ben Folds is one of the world’s most versatile musicians, having carved out a 20-year career spanning piano pop rock, soundtracks, experimental collaborations and contemporary orchestral compositions.
In 2021, Folds is showcasing the latter, teaming up with Australia’s symphony orchestras for a genre-bending tour. If you’re familiar with Folds, don’t come expecting the same honky-tonk from his album concerts.
“In these concerts, the orchestra is my band. When I perform with an orchestra, I tell audiences that I’m expressing myself through a different form than what they have come to expect in a rock show, a form that happens to be done by people who are among the best musicians on the planet and who do it all the time,” says Folds.
Ben Folds will be performing with the Melbourne Symphony orchestra on Sunday January 31 and Monday February 1 at Plenary (at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre). This isn’t the first time that Folds has collaborated with the MSO, back in 2014, he joined them in a concert that included a improv jam session.
Tickets are on sale now.
