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. Raquel sings in the Grammy Award-winning vocal band Roomful of Teeth. Raquel’s conducting credits include the New York Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Attacca Quartet, Sō Percussion and Beth Morrison Projects. Raquel has premiered works by John Adams, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, David Lang, Nico Muhly, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Missy Mazzoli, Bryce Dessner, and Gabriela Ortiz, to name only a few. She has been commissioned by Opera Philadelphia, Little Island and Caramoor. She 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. Raquel has performed at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Town Hall, Park Avenue Armory, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Rockefeller Center and elsewhere. Her dynamic compositions and electric performances have captured the attention of The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Los Angeles Times. Raquel was born and raised in Brooklyn in a Puerto Rican and Colombian family of visual artists.

Preferred website: www.raquelacevedoklein.com

Social media handle: www.instagram.com/raquel.a.klein