Regina Spektor

SAN DIEGO–Regina Spektor will bring a very special solo performance to Balboa Theatre in San Diego on October 23.

Spektor recently completed a sold out spring tour across the United States in support of her critically acclaimed new release Remember Us To Life, out now on Sire/Warner Bros. Records.

The tour garnered rave reviews from fans and press alike. The Santa Barbara Independent said Spektor “captivated audiences with impeccable storytelling and whimsical piano playing” while the Portland Press Herald called the show “soul-moving,” noting that Spektor “delivered a stunning performance.”

The San Francisco Chronicle noted of Spektor’s inclusion in this year’s 50th Anniversary celebration of the Monterey International Pop Festival, “Her booking was an inspired one, as many audience found themselves in the audience unexpectedly singing along to songs.”

Born in the Soviet Union, Spektor began studying classical piano when she was six. Her family emigrated in 1989, landing in New York City, where she continued her classical training. Spektor eventually studied composition at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College where she graduated with honors. She began writing pop songs in her late teens and made her recorded debut in 2001 with the self-released 11:11, a collection of songs heavily influenced by jazz and blues. Songs followed in 2002 and Soviet Kitsch in 2004.

Spektor’s commercial breakthrough came in 2006 on her fourth LP, Begin to Hope. The gold-certified album included the singles “On the Radio,” “Better” and “Fidelity,” which climbed the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Spektor’s fifth album, Far released in 2009, and sixth album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats released in 2012, both debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Spektor’s songs have appeared in TV shows and movies including Orange Is The New Black, Grey’s Anatomy, Weeds, How I Met Your Mother, Veronica Mars, The Good Wife and (500) Days of Summer. Spektor played for the Obamas and guests at the White House and performed as part of philanthropic campaigns for Tibet, Doctors Without Borders, and many more.

In September 2016 Spektor released her seventh album, Remember Us To Life. The album has received extensive critical praise. Rolling Stone declared that Remember Us To Life wraps underdog storytelling in brilliant songcraft” and Esquire described Regina as “our generation’s Joni Mitchell” adding that “(Spektor) has long made a habit of spinning fictional, winding tales into songs that utilize humor and absurdity for the purpose of pointed social commentary. Her new LP is no different.”

In addition to the upcoming tour dates, fans can hear more from Spektor later this year as she makes guest appearances on new records from ODESZA and Gogol Bordello. Regina’s involvement in many projects from music, theatre, TV and film, such as the Hamilton Mixtape and Netflix’s Orange Is The New Black led the NY Post to declare Spektor a “key reference point in American pop culture.”

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 21 on Ticketmaster.com.

October 20 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre

October 22 Anaheim, CA House of Blues

October 23 San Diego, CA Balboa Theatre

October 25 Phoenix, AZ Celebrity Theatre

October 26 Albuquerque, NM Popejoy Hall

October 29 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater

October 30 Des Moines, IA Hoyt Sherman Place

November 1 Lincoln, NE Rococo Theatre

November 2 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater

November 4 Grand Rapids, MI 20 Monroe Live

November 5 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre