»Soulful Advent« by Jocelyn B. Smith & Band

The internationally renowned opera and jazz singer Jocelyn B. Smith , born in Queens New York in 1960, will be performing an atmospheric musical soul Advent evening with her 5-piece band in the Mozart Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus on 9 December 2026.

Over the course of her decades-long career, Jocelyn has worked with many internationally renowned artists of various genres such as Udo Jürgens, Lenny White, Alphaville, Falco, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Till Brönner, Thomas Quasthoff, Mikis Theodorakis and many more, releasing over 20 albums and giving over 3000 concerts.

In 2001, she touched 200,000 people with her interpretation of »Amazing Grace« at the Brandenburg Gate at a memorial service for the victims of the 11 September attacks in N.Y. USA.

As a social activist living in Berlin, she raises her voice against poverty and social exclusion, offers choirs singing and mentoring workshops at the Berlin Citizens' and Neighbourhood Centre and was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit by the German Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier for her social commitment, and subsequently also received the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin from Mayor Michael Müller.

In 2021, she will lead workshops for Berlin schools based on her concept »Songs of Substance« sponsored by the Federal Centre for Civic Education, in 2023 she will receive the Beethoven Prize for Human Rights, Poverty Reduction and Diversity, and in 2025 she will be chosen as Ambassador of the Voice as »Instrument of the Year«.

With Jocelyn's latest single »And it's Love«, she dreams of using the power of music to enlighten our children's minds and lead them to a better future.
»Our many voices have the transformative power to inspire and create a harmonious world!«

Let's look forward to a musically emotional evening in the Mozart Hall of the Wiener Konzerthaus.