Playing with Words
"Poetry is music written for the human voice" — Maya Angelou
“Everyone loved [Nicole’s performance]… someone even stopped me on the subway after to tell me how much they enjoyed it!”
— Erica Perez, SAF NY
As seen in Broadway World:
“Visionary artist Nicole Brancato connects poetry, piano, and painting in an enchanting and immersive concert experience…”
“Brancato improvise[s] at the piano in real time while narrating visionary poetry... Moving seamlessly through styles from impressionism to jazz and beyond, Brancato dives into the piano, and its strings, as she explores the depths of each poem and fuses sound, sight, and storytelling.”
Nicole performing two sold-out shows at the premiere of Playing with Words at Monet’s Garden: The Immersive Experience.
Nicole Brancato perform’s bound/less, combining poetry by Frederio Garcia Lorca with her own composition and improvisation.
Playing with Words premiered to two sold-out audiences at the “stunningly beautiful” (NBC) Monet’s Garden: The Immersive Experience in New York City. Blurring the boundaries between impressionism, jazz, and contemporary classical, this genre-fluid program brings together sprawling pianism and great works of poetry in a deeply expressive performance.
Original compositions and reinterpretations unfold alongside the spoken works of poets like Maya Angelou and Robert Frost, with Nicole Brancato narrating live from the piano. Unexpected electronic moments expand the sound world, enriching the dialogue between words and music. The result is an intimate and immersive experience that invites audiences into a shared space of reflection and connection.