Daniel Wiley, conductor
Ben Folds, vocalist
For nearly two decades, Emmy-nominated composer, singer-songwriter and pianist Ben Folds has performed with some of the world’s greatest symphony orchestras. Tonight, he makes a return appearance with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra for a night of exceptional music. Widely regarded as one of the major musical influences of our generation, Folds’ enormous body of genre-bending music includes pop albums with the Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums and numerous collaborative records. His latest album, 2023’s What Matters Most, is a blend of piano-driven pop rock songs, while his 2015 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra from So There soared to No. 1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.
Please do not record the concert.
This concert has one 20-mintue intermission.
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation, the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The CSO in-orchestra Steinway piano is made possible in part by the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Trust.
