Cécile McLorin Salvant

I always studied music alongside my other school activities.

I always studied music alongside my other school activities.

I always studied music alongside my other school activities.

Piano.

Piano.

Piano.

I guess I was playing classical, but I was not really playing much. I was not practicing. I had to be bribed every week with donuts to go to class, to go to piano class. I just didn't like it. But I did it for 15 years.

I guess I was playing classical, but I was not really playing much. I was not practicing. I had to be bribed every week with donuts to go to class, to go to piano class. I just didn't like it. But I did it for 15 years.

I guess I was playing classical, but I was not really playing much. I was not practicing. I had to be bribed every week with donuts to go to class, to go to piano class. I just didn't like it. But I did it for 15 years.

Singing... I... It's funny. I think singing for me is so social. I don't sing when I'm alone or I sing very rarely when I'm alone.

Singing... I... It's funny. I think singing for me is so social. I don't sing when I'm alone or I sing very rarely when I'm alone.

Singing... I... It's funny. I think singing for me is so social. I don't sing when I'm alone or I sing very rarely when I'm alone.

Not so much. Walking down the street? No, no, no. It's very social. It's very communicative. It's about being with other people and telling them a story or telling them a secret.

Not so much. Walking down the street? No, no, no. It's very social. It's very communicative. It's about being with other people and telling them a story or telling them a secret.

Not so much. Walking down the street? No, no, no. It's very social. It's very communicative. It's about being with other people and telling them a story or telling them a secret.

It was really my teacher at the music school, Jean-François Bonnel. I had sung for him a Sarah Vaughan song. He loved it. was adamant that I join the jazz class. I was probably the only native English speaker there. So maybe it gave me a little bit of an edge with singing these standards. And he was just like, I got us a gig. We're doing a show within like two months of me starting in his class.

It was really my teacher at the music school, Jean-François Bonnel. I had sung for him a Sarah Vaughan song. He loved it. was adamant that I join the jazz class. I was probably the only native English speaker there. So maybe it gave me a little bit of an edge with singing these standards. And he was just like, I got us a gig. We're doing a show within like two months of me starting in his class.

It was really my teacher at the music school, Jean-François Bonnel. I had sung for him a Sarah Vaughan song. He loved it. was adamant that I join the jazz class. I was probably the only native English speaker there. So maybe it gave me a little bit of an edge with singing these standards. And he was just like, I got us a gig. We're doing a show within like two months of me starting in his class.

And it was in a small jazz club. It was a tiny jazz club in Aix-en-Provence with like five people in the audience. But it was horrifying.

And it was in a small jazz club. It was a tiny jazz club in Aix-en-Provence with like five people in the audience. But it was horrifying.