String Concert with Gilberto Gil, Jacques Morelenbaum and Bem Gil on March 11 at the Nokia Theatre.

Tickets for the String Concert, with Gilberto Gil, Jacques Morelenbaum, and Bem Gil at the Nokia Theatre, are already available at Ticketmaster.

Bem Gil, Gilberto Gil (center) and Jacques Morelenbaum (right).

Gilberto Gil has developed one of the most relevant and renown careers as a singer, composer and guitar-player in both world and pop music. In a career that has spanned four decades, with over 30 albums released, Gil has six gold records, four platinum singles and five million records sold. The Tropicalist genre he introduced, alongside Caetano Veloso, has secured his fame internationally as well as at home in Brazil. His extensive and prolific catalogue of work has been covered and recorded by Joao Gilberto, Elis Regina, Gal Costa, Sergio Mendes, Ernie Watts, and Toots Thielmans.

Over the years, his political and environmental activism gained prominence alongside his musical career and reached a new height in 2002 when he was appointed minister of culture for Brazil. As a musician and as a diplomat, Gil possesses a key role in the constant modernization of Brazilian popular music and culture throughout the world.

Gil will be performing on Thursday, March 11, at 8 pm, at NOKIA THEATRE TIMES SQUARE, Broadway at 44th Street, New York City. For more information: (800) 745-3000,

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