Black Violin, the duo coming to Playhouse Square May 5, want you to know that the classical and hip-hop crossover music they make and the people they are on stage – it’s who they really are.
Kevin Sylvester, right, aka Kev Marcus, and Wilner Baptiste, aka Wil B, are Black Violin. The duo appears at Playhouse Square Thursday, May 5.CLEVELAND, Ohio – They may be putting on a show, but they’re not putting on an act.
That, for sure, is the truth. Sylvester and Baptiste weren’t looking for fame or money when they started mashing up classical music and hip-hop beats. They were just playing around, doing what came naturally. Fame, of course, found them. Invitations to appear on Showtime at the Apollo and alongside Alicia Keys and Linkin Park put them on the world stage, and the world liked what it saw and heard. Many more invitations followed, allowing them to give up classical gigging around South Florida.
Now he and Baptiste are paying that experience forward with messages – the idea behind their current “Impossible” tour – that classical music is for everyone and there’s a place in the world for every passion, whatever it may be. Often, though not in Cleveland, Black Violin spreads the word directly, in concerts and classes at schools.
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