On November 8, 2024, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall will present “Impromptu,” a series of improvised performances by acclaimed Romanian singer Teodora Brody and American guitarist and pianist Stanley Jordan. 

In Impromptu, Teodora Brody and Stanley Jordan are bravely liberating themselves from all they know, leaving behind all musical patterns and embarking on a mysterious and wild Journey looking for their true essence, through their music. From the first second of the concert to the end, the music is created in the very moment of NOW, a fresh and original music that was never sung before and will never be sung again, being heard only once, on November 8, 2024.

Teodora Brody and Stanley Jordan dare to bring a new dimension of their artistic consciousness. It is not about being perfect, but being connected and rooted in their inner self, where they find their source of creativity. As in a ritual, they bring to surface hidden emotion, untold and undared, and give the sound ancestral sonorities, wings of solitude, grief and celebration, waiting for a long time to be liberated. Each moment is surprising not only for the audience but the for the artists themselves, it is a Journey where, together, they discover that all suffering from this world can be turned into wisdom through the sound of the Beauty which lies inside of all of us.

“I first met Stanley during my first US tour, and soon after we performed together at Montreux Jazz Festival. Over the years we had many performances together in my home country of Romania and around Europe. In December 2022 I created my first Impromptu coming from a deep need to be totally free, and the audience loved it. So I kept going, doing different sessions with different musicians, some of them I’ve never met before. At the 7th I invited my dear friend Stanley, an amazing musician and a huge artist. When we perform Impromptu together, we forget all we know – about our musical patterns, about jazz, about standards. I can feel Stanley’s spirituality and gratitude flowing through his fingers as he touches the guitar. There’s a special energy coming from the conection with our inner roots. Everything is created in the moment, all our hidden emotions are revealed through the sound – a mysterious and wild introspection. But there is one rule: Follow the sound and the sound will know better what to do with us.” – Theodora Brody

Tickets are $45-65 (including fees) and are available at carnegiehall.org, the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, or by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800. Carnegie Hall is located at 881 Seventh Avenue in New York City.