
Béla Fleck, Edmar Castaneda, and Antonio Sanchez Trio
Multi-Grammy Award winner and banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck returns to Charlotte and makes his Carolina Theatre debut with a new all-star trio that includes harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sanchez
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DateMay 15, 2025
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Event Starts7:30 PM
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Lobby Opens6:30 PM
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Ticket Prices$40.00 - $75.00
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On SaleOn Sale Now
Showings
- Thursday, May 15 7:30 PM Buy Tickets
Event Details
Banjo. Drums. Harp. Huh? To be sure, the new all-star trio of Béla Fleck, harpist Edmar Castañeda and drummer Antonio Sanchez features instrumentation that might safely be called uncommon.
Unless, of course, you're already familiar with 18-time Grammy Award-winner Fleck - the genre-blurring virtuoso who has done more to expand the possibilities of the banjo than any other player in the instrument's history. From his bluegrass beginnings through his otherworldly Flecktones, his duo with Chick Core and his reimagining of Rhapsody in Blue, Fleck's work never fails to surprise. What doesn't surprise is the impeccable caliber of his collaborators - and this new trio includes two of the most gifted musicians of their generation. The harpist, Casteñada, hails from Bogotá, Colombia, and has led his own bands in addition to sharing projects with such masters as Hiromi, Paquito D' Rivera and Grégoire Maret. Five-time Grammy-winner Sánchez grew up in Mexico City and built a reputation as one of the great jazz drummers through his work with guitarist Pat Metheny, while his Golden Globe-nominated drum-set score for Alejandro González Inárritu's 2014 film Birdman earned him renown far outside the jazz world. Playing original repertoire, much of it collaboratively written, this trio embarks nightly on fearless explorations that audiences will find irresistible - rich with strong melodies, gorgeous harmony and grooves that twist and turn while feeling fantastic.