TERENCE BLANCHARD QUINTET and Philharmonic musicians

Outstanding trumpet player Terence Blanchard has released over 20 albums and several dozen soundtracks to films and TV series. However, the cooperation with American director Spike Lee brought him the biggest fame. They met in 1990 for the first time when the trumpeter from New Orleans amazed the director with his performance of the score of the ‘Mo’Better Blues’ film. Since then both artists have been an inseparable duo. Blanchard is responsible for the music to all Lee's films since then. The soundtrack to ‘Malcolm X’, ‘Inside Man’ and ‘25th Hour’ have brought him a lot of recognition.

Lee and Blanchard with their art have been co-creating contemporary American culture for 25 years. They make a portrait, present its fears and anxieties, and document its everyday life. Owing to their extraordinary cooperation, the music from Spike Lee's films has entered many symphony concert halls around the world. Blanchard, a trumpet virtuoso himself, is a winner of five Grammy awards, one of the guardians of the jazz flame, and a pianist aware of contemporary American culture.