Wynton Marsalis

Acclaimed trumpeter, founder of New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC), and “worldwide ambassador of jazz” (The New York Times), Wynton Marsalis brings his renowned Lincoln Center Orchestra to Wolf Trap this summer. The show features the DC area premiere of his sweeping and powerful Symphony No. 5 “Liberty” in collaboration with the National Symphony Orchestra. Don’t miss this majestic blend of jazz and American symphonic music, one of Marsalis’ last as artistic director of JALC. Symphony No. 5 “Liberty” is co-commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC; Gianandrea Noseda, NSO music director; and Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.