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Art Garfunkel—In Close Up

Garfunkel told Rolling Stone magazine two years ago.

His subsequent career was filled not only with music—he has

released 12 solo albums—but a book of poetry, an autobiography,

and he starred in six films. He has won eight Grammys, including a

Lifetime Achievement Award.

Garfunkel also keeps doing what he does best: singing for an

audience. He relishes the opportunity to perform new and classic

material for fans around the world. “I’m a singer who tries to get away

with a lucky job,” he says. “I try to soothe, to lift… that’s my life.”

Growing up, Art Garfunkel’s name might have seemed an unlikely

moniker for a famous singer, even if he did recognize at the age

of 5 that he had a great voice. But when he and his childhood friend

Paul Simon formed the singing duo Simon & Garfunkel in 1963 it

soon became the name of a music megastar. Garfunkel comes to the

Center for a one-night-only solo appearance January 11 to sing some

of his greatest hits from his Simon & Garfunkel catalog and from his

subsequent successful career as a solo artist.

Simon & Garfunkel had a string of Grammy-winning, chart-

topping hits that included “Mrs. Robinson,” “Scarborough Fair,” “The

Sound of Silence,” “The Boxer” and “Bridge Over Troubled Water,”

among others. Their Simon & Garfunkel greatest hits collection is one

of the biggest-selling albums ever. Although the duo broke up in 1970,

they occasionally reunited for a concert or tour. In 1990 they were

inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

“We took two very different people, [Paul Simon and Art

Garfunkel], who had very different natures, and found a fusion,”

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ART GARFUNKEL—IN CLOSE UPRENÉE AND HENRY SEGERSTROM CONCERT HALLDates: January 11Tickets: $39 and up

For tickets and information visit SCFTA.org or call (714) 556-2787 Group services: (714) 755-0236