Brazilian musician Caetano Veloso performs for Princeton University community

Brazil’s most celebrated musician Caetano Veloso electrified a sold-out McCarter Theatre on Apr. 11, 2024. The concert was part of Veloso’s final tour in the United States.
 
Speaking to a multi-generational audience, Paula Abreu, director of public programming at McCarter, noted that Veloso’s “influence extends far beyond music. Throughout his life, he has been a leading voice in activism and resistance. Having experienced the hardships of a military dictatorship himself in the 1960s, it is empowering and reassuring to have such an illuminating visionary calling out the threats to democracy that my country continues to face."

Abreu also expressed her gratitude to Brazil LAB and the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS): “without them, our show would not have been possible.”