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Terence Oliver Blanchard (born March 13, 1962) is an American trumpeter, pianist and composer. A jazz musician, he has also composed film scores and operas. He started his career in 1982 as a member of the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, then The Jazz Messengers.
Sobrino de una pianista clásica que fue alumna de Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard comenzó a estudiar piano con solo 5 años, instrumento que compaginaría con la trompeta desde los 8 hasta los 18. Estudió teoría del jazz con el propio Ellis Marsalis, y comenzó a conocer el trabajo de los trompetistas de jazz a partir de los 14.
Perhaps Blanchard’s most challenging and fulfilling endeavor has been his entry into the world of opera. His second “opera in jazz,” Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the best-selling 2014 memoir of The New York Times journalist Charles M. Blow, with the libretto written by Kasi Lemmons, Fire Shut Up in My Bones explores Blow’s struggles to transcend and overcome a cycle of violence.
6 de oct. de 2021 · Interview. ‘It was much bigger than me’: Terence Blanchard on being the Met Opera’s first Black composer. David Smith in Washington. The renowned musician makes history with his staging of...
27 de sept. de 2021 · Terence Blanchard Is The First Black Composer Played At The Metropolitan Opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones, based on the Charles M. Blow memoir of the same title, is the first work by a Black...
8 de oct. de 2014 · Terence Blanchard was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on October 8, 2014. Jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Oliver Blanchard was born on March 13, 1962 in New Orleans, Louisiana to Wilhelmina and Joseph Oliver Blanchard. Blanchard began playing piano at the age of five, but switched to trumpet three years later.
23 de sept. de 2021 · Terence Blanchard Is the Metropolitan Opera’s First Black Composer - The New York Times. A Black Composer Finally Arrives at the Metropolitan Opera. Terence Blanchard, best known for...
