Internationally acclaimed jazz singer, composer and visual artist Cécile McLorin Salvant, whose passion for storytelling through music has captivated audiences, will perform for the first time in Buffalo in more than nine years at a concert at UB on Feb. 9.

Salvant will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus. Local artist Curtis Lovell will open for Salvant with a 20-minute set.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster, at the Center for the Arts box office from noon through 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday or at the Slee Hall box office an hour before concert time. UB students with a valid ID receive one complimentary ticket, which they can pick up at the Slee box office immediately before the concert.

Salvant is known for her ability to blend genres of music, including vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. Her works explore underappreciated songs with strong narratives, interesting power dynamics, unexpected twists and humor.

Salvant first earned public acclaim in 2010 after winning the Thelonious Monk Jazz Vocal Competition. She followed with three consecutive Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album for “The Window,” “Dreams and Daggers” and “For One to Love,” and was also nominated for the award in 2014 for her album “WomanChild.”

Strongly influenced by Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith and Betty Carter, Salvant incorporates her own style that is emotive, highly resonant and displays virtuosity in vocal control. Her works showcase her love of classic acoustic jazz alongside her French heritage.

The recipient of a MacArthur fellowship and the Doris Duke Artist Award, Salvant’s “Ghost Song,” released in 2022, received two Grammy nominations, and her follow-up album, “Mélusine,” released in 2023 and sung mostly in French, is Grammy-nominated as well.