About this Artist

The Washington Post describes conductor, vocalist, composer, and instrumentalist Raquel Acevedo Klein as a “force to be reckoned with.” She recently served as Music Director for Justin Peck’s Tony Award–winning Broadway musical Illinoise. Klein sings in the Grammy Award–winning vocal band Roomful of Teeth. Her conducting credits include the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion, and Beth Morrison Projects. She has premiered works by John Adams, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, David Lang, Nico Muhly, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Missy Mazzoli, Bryce Dessner, and Gabriela Ortiz. She has been commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, Little Island, and Caramoor and has premiered her original works at Lincoln Center, WQXR, SXSW, and The Shed. Her frequent collaborators include Caroline Shaw, Angélica Negrón, Claire Chase, and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry. Vocal performance and recording highlights include working with Anthony Roth Costanzo, Alicia Keys, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, John Legend, The Knights, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Klein has performed at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Town Hall, Park Avenue Armory, and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Her dynamic compositions and electric performances have captured the attention of The New York Times, The New Yorker, and the Los Angeles Times. Klein was born and raised in Brooklyn in a Puerto Rican and Colombian family of visual artists.