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Live from Paris: watch the Herbie Hancock Jazz Vocals Competition

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source | By Nate Chinen
Published October 6, 2026 at 10:57 AM EDT
Eleven outstanding young jazz vocalists from around the globe will compete in the 2026 Herbie Hancock Institute International Jazz Vocals Competition, Oct. 10 and 11 at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. The semifinals take place on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 7 to 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time.
Eleven gifted young singers from around the globe will compete in the Herbie Hancock Institute International Jazz Vocals Competition this weekend at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.

Watch a livestream of the semifinals on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 7 to 11:30 a.m. EDT. And learn more about the semifinalists in our announcement.

WRTI will also carry a feed of the Competition finals and gala concert, featuring performances by Herbie Hancock and friends, a musical celebration of France, and a newly commissioned work by Danilo Pérez offered in tribute to the architect Frank Gehry. Watch the livestream at this page on Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1:30 p.m. EDT.

WRTI will be on site at the Fondation Louis Vuitton; stay tuned for a full report, including a special episode of The Late Set.

For more information about the Competition, visit the Herbie Hancock Institute online.
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Nate Chinen
Nate Chinen has been writing about music for more than 25 years. He spent a dozen of them working as a critic for The New York Times, and helmed a long-running column for JazzTimes. As Editorial Director at WRTI, he oversees a range of classical and jazz coverage, and contributes regularly to NPR.
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