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He played delicate bossa novas, strummed rockers and intricate sambas; he crooned, whispered and whooped, equally at home in the fast patter of a samba or the courvaceous contours of a ballad. Mr. Gil didnt trumpet his virtuosity. It was offered genially, like his melodies and his undidactic thoughts on love, poetic license and mortality. NY Times

Los Angeles, CA - Brazilian Nites Productions proudly presents the Grammy Award winning king of Brazilian music, Gilberto Gil in a performance of sumptuous, acoustic interpretations of his most popular hit songs in Gilberto Gil: The String Concert at UCLAs Royce Hall, March 20th at 8:00 p.m. Joined by his son Bem Gil on guitars and the critically acclaimed cellist/producer/conductor Jacques Morelenbaum, (who has performed with such luminaries as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and David Byrne) Gil, performs newly imagined versions of works spanning his esteemed musical career of more than four decades.