THE THURSDAY BACKSTAGE LOUNGE: Donato Soviero

THE THURSDAY BACKSTAGE LOUNGE

Thursday, February 13,   5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Members: $20 – Public $25

Kick back and enjoy cocktails and live music featuring local jazz talents

Donato Soviero

Guitarist and composer Donato Soviero has been playing music since the age of twelve, and by high school had already set course as a jazz musician. He began formal jazz studies at the University of Miami and later earned a bachelor’s degree from George Mason University. Donato has appeared with top local and national artists in the Washington D.C. area since 1982, and led his own groups in the United States, Europe and the Caribbean.  He has appeared at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Wolf Trap, and the Carter Barron Amphitheater, where he opened for Poncho Sanchez and the late Tito Puente. Mr. Soviero has also led bands in D.C. venues such as Blues Alley, Twins Jazz, the Bohemian Caverns, the Smithsonian Jazz Café, Bethesda Jazz and Blues, and many Jazz festivals. He is a member of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, as well as co-leader (w/ Jeff Antoniuk) of the Jazz-fusion group, the MARS 4tet. He’s played for Presidents and at the State Department for the Thelonious Monk Institute. Mr. Soviero has been the recipient of several awards, including a 1994 TAP Award from the D.C. Commission of the Arts and Humanities and a 1995 GIA Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Recordings include a self-titled CD, the 2014 release “The Blind Watchmaker” (Mars 4’Tet), many features as sideman, and a CD tribute to Charlie Byrd entitled “Classical Jazz.” Tom Cole, host of WPFW’S ‘G STRINGS’ has this to say about Donato’s guitar playing: “His beautiful phrasing and impressive improvising took me aback… He’s one of those real surprises.” 

RSVP recommended.

Complimentary parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.

For more information please call (202) 331-7282 ext 120

 Online payments are non-refundable. Paid tickets can be canceled online for an account credit up to 72 hours before the event. Members can canceled their reservation without a penalty until the day before the event.