Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Trumpeter Trumpetist and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra lead the jazz anniversary celebrations
Nine-time Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Trumpetist will perform with the 15-member Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on December 2 in Oulu, the European Capital of Culture. The concert will also feature the orchestra’s own Big Band Holidays program, where jazz meets the spirit of Christmas. The ensemble’s vocalists include Catherine Russell and Georgia Heers.
Marsalis is one of the world’s leading jazz musicians and the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He was born in New Orleans in 1961 and is the son of the esteemed jazz pianist and music educator Ellis Marsalis Jr. He made his recording debut in 1982 and has since recorded over 100 jazz and classical albums.
He has won nine Grammy Awards, and his jazz oratorio Blood on the Fields is the first jazz work to have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Marsalis remains the only musician to have won Grammy Awards in two categories—jazz and classical—in the same year.
Marsalis has established himself as an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and advocate of American culture. As a composer, his body of work includes over 600 original compositions.
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra consists of 15 top-level jazz soloists and ensemble players. The orchestra has served as the resident orchestra of Jazz at Lincoln Center since 1988 and spends more than a third of the year touring around the world. Its repertoire is wide-ranging, spanning from rare historical compositions to works commissioned by Jazz at Lincoln Center.
The visit to Finland is especially significant, as Wynton Marsalis will step down from his leadership role at Jazz at Lincoln Center after four decades next year.
Schedule:
Doors open at 18:00
Concert at 19:00
The concert duration is approximately 2 hours, including an intermission of about 25 minutes.
Tickets
79€ (Please note: Ticketmaster service fees will be added to the ticket price (from €1.50 + 0.65% of the order).
A total of 6 tickets are available for the event with the Kaikukortti card. Kaikukortti tickets must be reserved in advance: they can be redeemed at Lippu.fi sales points and, in Oulu, at the Oulu10 service point. The customer is responsible for the Lippu.fi service fee. The Kaikukortti card must be presented when reserving and collecting the ticket, as well as upon entry to the event.
Wheelchair spaces are available in limited numbers. An accompanying assistant is admitted free of charge.
Ticket Sales Locations
Lippu.fi nationwide.
Prisma Limingantulli information desk in Oulu.
All R-kiosks
The Lippu.fi ticket vending machine located in the lobby of the main building of the Oulu Music Centre.
At the door one hour before the concert, if there are still tickets available.
Accessibility
The facilities on the 1st floor of the Music Center are accessible. There are accessible pathways to the lobby areas, halls, and restaurant. An accessible restroom for people with mobility impairments is available in the lobby of Madetoja Hall, on the left side of the cloakroom area. For more information, visit Oulu Music Centre website at www.oulunmusiikkikeskus.fi.
The organizer reserves the right to make changes.
Konsertin tuottavat yhteistyössä Oulu2026, Oulun Musiikkijuhlat ja Oulun Musiikkikeskus.
