Poet, troubadour, prima donna and one of our most acclaimed contemporary musicians, Rufus Wainwright is a class act of his own. Having grown up in a family of musicians (he is the son of folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III, while sister Martha is an equally regarded singer-songwriter), the 39-year-old has gone on to release 10 critically-acclaimed albums, written an opera set to Shakespearean text directed by the legendary Robert Wilson, and will be in town for the upcoming Timbre Rock & Roots 2013.