BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130521T104509CEST-07461hvhRU@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130521T084509Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Brazilian Musical Icon Ivan Lins Performs with Berk lee Students October 26\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail /441412045/Brazilian_Musical_Icon_Ivan_Lins_Performs_with_Berklee_Students _October_26\nEvent Date Begin: 2011-10-26\nEvent Date End: 2011-10-26\n\nT he 2011-2012 Berklee College of Music Signature Series continues with Braz ilian musical icon Ivan Lins. The pianist and vocalist\, a three-time Lati n Grammy Award winner\, and one of the most re-recorded songwriters in his tory\, will be backed by over 20 Berklee students and faculty as he perfor ms music associated with his legendary career. The concert takes place W ednesday\, October 26\, 2011\, 8:15 p.m.\, Berklee Performance Center\, 13 6 Massachusetts Avenue\, Boston. General admission tickets are $20 and $15 \, reserved seating\, and are available at the box office\, at berkleebpc. com\, or by calling 617-973-2000. The venue is wheelchair accessible. Ivan Lins Meets Berklee is produced by bass professor Oscar Stagnaro\, and arr anged/conducted by Matt Nicholl\, chair\, contemporary writing and product ion. Ivan Lins won two Latin Grammy Awards in 2005 for Album of the Year and Best MPB (Mú\;sica Popular Brasileira) Album for Cantando Hist& oacute\;rias. He is the first and only Brazilian artist to win the Latin G rammy for Album of the Year. In 2009\, he was nominated for three Latin Gr ammys for his album Regê\;ncia: Vince Mendoza performed with The Metr opole Orchestra\, winning the award for Best MPB album. Lins recorded sev eral albums for EMI Brasil and Reprise\, and wrote many Brazilian standard s such as 'Love Dance' ('Lembranç\;a')\, which has been covered by B arbra Streisand\, George Benson\, Diane Schuur\, and many others\, 'Come&c cedil\;ar de Novo\,' and 'Velas Iç\;adas.' His music has been record ed by Sarah Vaughan\, Ella Fitzgerald\, Quincy Jones\, Sting\, Betty Carte r\, Kenny Burrell\, Nancy Wilson\, Eliane Elias\, James Blood Ulmer\, Patt i Austin\, Lee Ritenour\, David Benoit\, Carlos do Carmo\, Mark Murphy\, T erence Blanchard\, Dave Grusin\, Sé\;rgio Mendes\, and Michael Bubl& eacute\;\, to name just a few. Lins was born in Rio de Janeiro\, but he spent several years in Boston\, MA\, while his father was a graduate stude nt at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned a degree in industr ial chemical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro\, a nd considered a career in volleyball\, before becoming a musician.\n\nStar t time: 8:15 pm DTSTART:20111026T000000 DTEND:20111026T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Brazilian Musical Icon Ivan Lins Performs with Berklee Students Oct ober 26 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR