"This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious. And it seems to speak to just about everybody…from grade-schoolers to grandmothers to the young and hip and beautiful." – Washington Post
Sympathique, Pink Martini's wildly popular debut album, was released in 1997. It has gone on to sell 800,000 copies worldwide and has taken the band around the world on tours to the Cannes Film Festival as well as across Europe, Lebanon, Japan and Taiwan, among other far-flung destinations. Nominated for Song of the Year and Best New Artist in France's Victoires de la Musique awards, the album is Platinum in France and Gold in Canada, Switzerland, Greece and Turkey.