United States
Danny Kapilian is a NYC-based producer of special concerts, festivals, and touring productions, such as 2018’s JONI 75 (the Joni Mitchell celebration concerts in Los Angeles for PBS-TV), and Sing The Truth (the all-star Nina Simone production touring worldwide) – two examples of high end Kapilian original live productions. Artists featured in Kapilian presentations have included Joan Armatrading, Jon Batiste, Tony Bennett, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Lauryn Hill, Joe Jackson, Salif Keita, Angelique Kidjo, Aimee Mann, Joni Mitchell, Lou Reed, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Ravi and Anoushka Shankar, Snarky Puppy, Esperanza Spalding, Tank and the Bangas, Chris Thile, Allen Toussaint, Rufus Wainwright, and hundreds more.
Some major presenters of Kapilian productions have included Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theater in New York; Orchestra Hall in Chicago; the Hollywood Bowl, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the L.A. Music Center in Los Angeles; plus the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, the Barbican Centre in London, the Sydney Opera House in Australia, and the JVC Jazz, Newport Jazz, Montreux and Montreal Jazz, and Istanbul Jazz Festivals.
