Pink Martini at The Orpheum

Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire with a band of ten to twelve musicians, a blend its members call a "little orchestra." The music crosses classical, Latin, traditional pop, and jazz, moving from a samba-like celebration to a French music-hall mood within a single set.

With co-lead vocalists China Forbes and Storm Large, the group brings an urbane, travelogue-like energy to the stage. Forbes, though monolingual, sings in fifteen languages — a fitting detail for a band that works with symphony orchestras around the world and describes its shows as an urban musical travelogue.