Pink Martini bring their unique brand of eclectic loungecore to the Tianqiao Performing Arts Center. Starting out as the house band for political fundraisers in Portland, Oregon, founder Thomas Lauderdale considered the music played at these events boring, and so put together his own group to offer an alternative, fusing Latin, classical, jazz, and classic pop to, in his own words, "bring a little bit of Breakfast at Tiffany’s." But it was in 1995, when his former Harvard classmate China Forbes added her sultry vocals to the mix, that Pink Martini really took off.

Since then, they’ve recorded nine albums, toured the world, appeared on TV shows such as The Late Show with David Letterman, and contributed songs to the soundtracks of The Sopranos, The West Wing, and Sherlock. Pink Martini are proud of their diversity; their dozen members come from a range of different backgrounds, and their repertoire includes songs in 25 different languages, from Armenian to Japanese.

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