Wednesday, February 1, 2012 – 8pm
Trio di Clarone
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Premium $60/$50/$38
Information: (415) 398-6449
http://www.perfromances.org
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 – 8pm
A Night of Rumi and Persian Classical Music with Kayhan Kalhor
Kayhan Kalhor is a master musician in the classical Persian tradition. His intricate melodies accompany the poetry of Rumi, sung in the haunting beauty of the original language. He also improvises instrumental pieces. This music inspires contemplation and meditation, linked through poetry to Sufism. The beauty of this music lies in the free-flowing melody lines, often compared to the designs of Persian carpets and miniature paintings.
Kalhor is a member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project and his compositions appear on all three of the Ensemble's albums.
Three-time Grammy Award nominee Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh, who through his many musical collaborations has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West and is a creative force in today's music scene. His performances of traditional Persian music and multiple collaborations have attracted audiences around the globe. He has studied the music of Iran's many regions, in particular those of Khorason and Kordestan, and has toured the world as a soloist with various ensembles and orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de Lyon.
He is co-founder of the renowned ensembles Dastan, Ghazal: Persian & Indian Improvisations and Masters of Persian Music. Kalhor has composed works for Iran's most renowned vocalists Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Shahram Nazeri and has also performed and recorded with Iran's greatest instrumentalists. He has composed music for television and film and was most recently featured on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Copolla's Youth Without Youth in a score that he collaborated on with Osvaldo Golijov. In 2004, Kalhor was invited by American composer John Adams to give a solo recital at Carnegie Hall as part of his Perspectives Series and in the same year he appeared on a double bill at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, sharing the program with the Festival Orchestra performing the Mozart Requiem.
CIIS Public Programs & Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$25/$35/$50/$65
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://www.ciis.edu/News_and_Events/Event_Calendar/Kayan_Kalhor.html
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Friday, February 3, 2012 – 8pm
Salon Series 2
15th Anniversary Celebration Salon Series
Join us as we celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Cypress String Quartet with a Salon Series that showcases their artistry and inspired music-making. This is a unique opportunity to enjoy performances by the quartet in intimate venues - chamber music in its purest form.
Seating is limited to ensure a truly intimate experience.
Cypress String Quartet
Pearson Theatre, Berkeley
$50 (20% discount when purchasing 4+)
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://cypressquartet.com
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Friday, February 3, 2012 – 8pm
Clarinet Thing
Works by Duke Ellington, Thelonius Monk, Herbie Nichols, Carla Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, Michael Moore, Ravel, as well as original compositions.
Clarinet Thing is a chamber quartet of jazz clarinetists featuring Sheldon Brown, Beth Custer, Ben Goldberg, and Harvey Wainapel. They perform arrangements of unusual jazz works and originals on almost the entire family of clarinets, from the baby Eb clarinet up to the large contra alto clarinet, and their concerts are always acoustic, never amplified. "Clarinet Thing is a killer quartet that plays a rich woody lend of original music, Ellingtonia, Brazilian choro…and other pieces that pop and sway with the pregnant sound of an improvising clarinet choir." (Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle)
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 2pm
Family Concert: Around the World in Song
Young singers from the internationally acclaimed Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir join the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra in an uplifting program of songs that will take you on a journey around the world. And you’ll have a chance to sing, too! Bring your voice and an adventurous spirit to this very special Family Concert.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Kaiser Center Lakeside Theater, Oakland
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5258
http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 2pm
Leaving Parnassus: The Legacy of the French Viol in the 18th Century
Taking its name from the Greek word for fragments of ancient pottery, OSTRAKA is a young group of virtuosi devoted to music for viol and the rich continuo accompaniment of lutes, theorbo and baroque guitar. Their performance will journey through the refined and the outrageous music of DeVisee, Marais, Hervelois, Forqueray and Boismortier. Ostraka is MusicSources new affiliate ensemble. Its members are Josh Le, viola da gamba, David Walker, baroque guitar and theorbo, and John Lenti, theorbo
MusicSources
Most Holy Redeemer Church, San Francisco
$30 general $25 Seniors, MusicSources and SFEMS members, $10 students
Information: (510) 528-1685
http://www.musicsources.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 5pm
Shifreles Portret: A Yiddish Art Song Project - CD Release Concert
CD release party and concert for Inextinguishable Trio's new album, "Shifreles Portret: A Yiddish Art Song Project.”
Our group, Inextinguishable Trio, will perform numerous tracks from the album, including Yiddish classical songs that were written as far back as the 1920s. You will also hear the world-premiere of a newly composed piece by internationally known violinist and composer Steven Greenman. In addition, our trio will be joined at the concert by Bay Area musical group “The Lark” to perform Russian instrumental music, as well as Yiddish theater and folk songs.
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
$10.00
Information: (415) 292-1200
http://www.HeatherLKlein.com
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 7:30pm
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra World Premiere Concerto
David Ramadanoff welcomes you to the world premiere of Martin Rokeach’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra at Master Sinfonia’s first concert of 2012. Rounding out the program are Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D major, “Prague.” Free reception follows concert.
Diane Maltester is a member of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and principal clarinetist with the Napa Valley Symphony, Vallejo Symphony, and the Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also principal chair with the Festival Opera. She performs numerous solo and chamber recitals in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a member of The Emerald Ensemble and the Muir Trio. She enjoys teaching privately and is the former Northern Woodwind Chairperson for the Music Teachers Association of California. She is presently the co-conductor of the Diablo Wind Symphony and clarinet instructor at California State University, East Bay.
Martin Rokeach is a Bay Area composer who is one of the founders and artistic directors of San Francisco’s contemporary music series Composers, Inc. He also teaches at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California.
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra
St. Bede's Episcopal Church, Menlo Park
$5-$20
Information: (650) 348-1270
http://www.mastersinfonia.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 8pm
Alexander String Quartet 30th Anniversary with Joyce DiDonato and Jake Heggie
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$70/$55/$45
Information: (415)398-6449
http://www.performances.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 8pm
Salon Series 2
15th Anniversary Celebration Salon Series
Join us as we celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Cypress String Quartet with a Salon Series that showcases their artistry and inspired music-making. This is a unique opportunity to enjoy performances by the quartet in intimate venues - chamber music in its purest form.
Seating is limited to ensure a truly intimate experience.
Cypress String Quartet
12 Gallagher Lane Gallery, San Francisco
$50 (20% discount when purchasing 4+)
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://cypressquartet.com
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 8pm
Sanford Dole Ensemble:
All New - All Local
"All New - All Local" will premiere new works by four Bay Area composers, three of which have been written specifically for SDE. Works by Peter Scott Lewis ("The Changing Light" - featuring the poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti), Michael Kaulkin, ("Waiting..." - set to the poetry of Elisabeth Eliassen), David Conte ("The Nine Muses"), and Sanford Dole (an as yet unnamed mini-opera about the early lives of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas). For this show, the Ensemble will include 16 singers, string quartet, piano and percussion. Come hear the latest trends in compositions for voices and instruments! Tickets are available at the door.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco
$30
Information: (415) 254-1787
http://www.sde.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 8pm
An Evening with the Stars
Voices of Music presents
An Evening with the Stars
Evening with the Stars presents the very best young musicians on baroque period instruments today. Selected by audition from around the globe, these talented winners from Voices of Music's Young Artists program perform a free concert together with the professional ensemble, directed by David Tayler and Hanneke van Proosdij.
Voices of Music
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 260-4687
http://www.voicesofmusic.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 8pm
Santa Cruz Chamber Players:
Building Blocks: Winds and Piano in Combination
In this concert the melodic sophistication and variety of the wind quintet combines with the rich sonorities of the piano, creating an array of organic “building blocks” of sound. You will hear compositions from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries featuring delightful and diverse combinations of these melodic instruments. Paul Hindemith’s masterpiece for wind quintet, Kleine Kammermusik opens the program. The ensemble then performs in smaller combinations (the “building blocks”) both with and without piano. The beautifully matched oboe and clarinet will play composer and oboist Alvin Etler’s Duo. Then, Carl Reinecke’s Trio for Oboe, Horn and Piano (a rare combination of instruments deserving to be heard more often) adds a late-romantic flourish. Finally, the smaller “building blocks” are assembled for the concert finale, Gordon Jacob’s magnum opus, the elegiac and witty Sextet.
Christ Lutheran Church
Aptos
$10 - $25
Information: Tickets: (831) 420-5260
http://www.scchamberplayers.org
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 – 8pm
Divisa Ensemble
The Divisa Ensemble is a quintet composed of flute, oboe, violin, viola, and cello. The ensemble's instrumentation and "mix-and-match" style allow for a unique variety of repertoire, ranging from the most traditional to the eclectic and contemporary. Please join us for a delightful evening of chamber music!
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Trinity Chapel, Berkeley
$15/$10
Information: (510) 549-3864
http://www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 7pm
Chamber Music with Alexander Barantschik, Era Lifschitz and Alona Tsoi
A night of classical music by Beethoven, Ravel, Prokofiev and Shnitke. Performed by violinist Alona Tsoi, pianist Era Lifschitz and violinist and San Francisco Symphony Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik.
Oshman Family JCC
Albert & Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Palo Alto
$25-$35
Information: (650) 223-8609
http://www.paloaltojcc.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 2pm
Chamber Music with members of the San Francisco Symphony
What happens when you take the majesty and power of a full symphony orchestra, and distill it down to its most intimate, achingly beautiful elements? You have chamber music. This is music musicians love to play, where every interaction and every audience reaction is magnified in intensity.
Group discount not available.
San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
$36
Information: (415) 864-6000
http://www.sfsymphony.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 2:30pm
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra Concert
David Ramadanoff welcomes you to MSCO's first concert of 2012, highlighting Martin Rokeach’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, with Diane Maltester as soloist. Rounding out the program are Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D major, “Prague.” There will be a free reception at intermission with the artists.
Diane Maltester is a member of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and principal clarinetist with the Napa Valley Symphony, Vallejo Symphony, and the Fremont Philharmonic Orchestra. She is also principal chair with the Festival Opera. She performs numerous solo and chamber recitals in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a member of The Emerald Ensemble and the Muir Trio. She enjoys teaching privately and is the former Northern Woodwind Chairperson for the Music Teachers Association of California. She is presently the co-conductor of the Diablo Wind Symphony and clarinet instructor at California State University, East Bay.
Martin Rokeach is a Bay Area composer who is one of the founders and artistic directors of San Francisco’s contemporary music series Composers, Inc. He also teaches at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California.
Los Altos United Methodist Church
$5-$20
Information: (650) 348-1270
http://www.mastersinfonia.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 3pm
Santa Cruz Chamber Players:
Building Blocks: Winds and Piano in Combination
In this concert the melodic sophistication and variety of the wind quintet combines with the rich sonorities of the piano, creating an array of organic “building blocks” of sound. You will hear compositions from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries featuring delightful and diverse combinations of these melodic instruments. Paul Hindemith’s masterpiece for wind quintet, Kleine Kammermusik opens the program. The ensemble then performs in smaller combinations (the “building blocks”) both with and without piano. The beautifully matched oboe and clarinet will play composer and oboist Alvin Etler’s Duo. Then, Carl Reinecke’s Trio for Oboe, Horn and Piano (a rare combination of instruments deserving to be heard more often) adds a late-romantic flourish. Finally, the smaller “building blocks” are assembled for the concert finale, Gordon Jacob’s magnum opus, the elegiac and witty Sextet.
Christ Lutheran Church
Aptos
$10 - $25
Information: (831) 425-3149; Tickets: (831) 420-5260
http://www.scchamberplayers.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 3pm
Nanci Severance with SF Symphony members
Violist Nancy Severance, a member of the San Francisco Symphony since 1982, will join fellow SF Symphony members Dan Carlson and Peter Wyrick on stage on February 5, Super Bowl Sunday, to perform in the Guest Concert Series in Angelico Hall at Dominican University of California in San Rafael.
The Sunday concerts, which begin at 3 p.m., are part of the Expression series sponsored by the Department of Music, Dance and Performing Arts at Dominican.
Guest Concert Series, Dominican University
Dominican University, Angelico Hall
San Rafael
Free to $18
Information: (415) 257-0128
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 3pm
Piedmont Classical String Quartet
Featuring: Joseph Gold, Violin, Alan Grishman, Violin, Debbie Dare, Viola, Russ Bartoli, Cello
Come hear a fantastic program with the music of Turina, Paganini and Dvorak
One hour concert, without intermission
Fundraiser for the Center
Piedmont Center for the Arts
Piedmont
Tickets sold at door, $20 adults, $10 students
http://www.piedmontcenterforthearts.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 4pm
Lenny Carlson Trio
San Francisco-based jazz composer and guitarist Lenny Carlson creates eclectic music with influences ranging from Ragtime to Avant-Garde to World Music. His trio features Hal Richards, a highly gifted saxophonist, and bassist Paul Smith, renowned for his work with everyone from Willie Bobo to Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. Vocalist Miranda Ferriss Jones, who has gained many fans with her swinging interpretations of standards as well as her own original songs, joins the trio for this performance.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 4pm
Music in the Mishkan Chamber Music Concert
Meredith Brown, horn
Randall Weiss, violin
Marilyn Thompson, piano
Brahms: Horn Trio
Wilson: And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit (WORLD PREMIERE horn trio)
Strauss: Andante for horn and piano
Prokofiev: Five Melodies
Music in the Mishkan
Congregation Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco
$15-$20
Information: (415) 861-6932
http://www.shaarzahav.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 5pm
Leaving Parnassus: The Legacy of the French Viol in the 18th Century
Taking its name from the Greek word for fragments of ancient pottery, OSTRAKA is a young group of virtuosi devoted to music for viol and the rich continuo accompaniment of lutes, theorbo and baroque guitar. Their performance will journey through the refined and the outrageous music of DeVisee, Marais, Hervelois, Forqueray and Boismortier. Ostraka is MusicSources new affiliate ensemble. Its members are Josh Le, viola da gamba, David Walker, baroque guitar and theorbo, and John Lenti, theorbo
MusicSources
$30 general $25 Seniors, MusicSources and SFEMS members, $10 students
Information: (510) 528-1685
http://www.musicsources.org
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Sunday, February 5, 2012 – 7pm
Kronos Quartet & the Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Kronos Quartet joins legendary singer Alim Qasimov, his daughter, vocalist Fargana Qasimov, and their ensemble, performing pieces from the repertoire of Azerbaijani ashiqs—singer-songwriters.
Cal Performances
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
$50
Information: (510) 642-9988
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Monday, February 6, 2012 – 1pm
Mary Artmann, cello, and Miles Graber, piano
Cellist Mary Artmann recently returned to the Bay Area after a 20-year hiatus. She has been freelancing with ensembles such as the Empyrean Ensemble, Fresno Philharmonic, Monterey Symphony and Santa Rosa Symphony. She spent the past five years as a member of the award-winning Veronika String Quartet, in residence at Colorado State University, Pueblo. Artmann received two grants from the New York State Council of the Arts and recorded for Colorado Public Radio, Radio Nuevo Leon, Radio France, WDR (Cologne, Germany) and WBFO’s Opus Classics Series (Buffalo, N.Y.). She has performed and recorded extensively with the Colorado Springs, Buffalo and Rochester philharmonics. She is a former member of the Slee Sinfonietta and the Scandinavian Chamber Orchestra of New York.
Pianist Miles Graber received his musical training at The Juilliard School. He has performed with numerous artists, including Sarah Chang, Cho-Liang Lin, Camilla Wicks, Axel Strauss, Mimi Stillman and Judith LeClair. Graber performs regularly with violinists Christina Mok and Mariya Borozina, flutists Gary Woodward and Amy Likar and clarinetist Tom Rose. Graber is a member of the chamber groups Trio Concertino, MusicAeterna and the Sor Ensemble. Graber has been associated with organizations such as the New Century Chamber Orchestra, Midsummer Mozart, Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Santa Rosa Symphony, Oakland Lyric Opera, Berkeley Opera, Opera San Jose and California Symphony. He has accompanied master classes given by Midori, Joseph Silverstein, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Pamela Frank, Alexander Barantchik, James Galway, Lynn Harrell and Yo-Yo Ma. He is on the faculties of The Crowden School, San Domenico Conservatory and the preparatory division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He is also a collaborative pianist at Northern California Flute Camp.
The SF State School of Music and Dance opens its Concert Music course to the public with engaging recitals featuring student, faculty and guest performances. Enjoy the sounds and sights by solo artists and ensembles in jazz, world, chamber music, strings, choral music, dance and more.
SFSU School of Music and Dance
Knuth Hall, SF State University Creative Arts Building
San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 338-2467
http://musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – 12pm
Orchestre dB - New Music Ensemble
CSU East Bay's New Music Ensemble, Orchestre dB under the direction of Jeffrey Miller performs Terry Riley's "In C".
Cal State University East Bay (Hayward) Dept. of Music
CSUEB Music Bldg. Recital Hall, MB1055
Hayward
FREE
Information: (510) 885-3167
http://music.csueastbay.edu
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – 12:30pm
Brendan Kinsella, piano
Franz Schubert/Franz Liszt: Du bist die Ruh, Gretchen am Spinrade, Erlkonig
Beethoven/ Liszt: Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
http://www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – 7:30pm
Chamber Music Masters, Roberto Diaz, Master Class
Student chamber ensembles are coached on works of the repertory.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 503-6275
http://www.sfcm.edu
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Thursday, February 9, 2012 – 8pm
Chamber Music Masters, Roberto Diaz, Viola
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco
$20/$15
Information: (415) 503-6275
http://www.sfcm.edu
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Friday, February 10, 2012 – 1pm
Jonathan Mann, piano
A Steinway artist, Jonathan Edward Mann enjoys a dynamic performing and teaching career that has taken him across the United States and Europe. His 2010–11 season included debuts at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, the Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago and a concerto appearance with the Amherst Symphony Orchestra.
Mann earned his doctorate in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he served as teaching assistant to James Tocco and faculty member of the College-Conservatory’s Preparatory Department.
The SF State School of Music and Dance opens its Concert Music course to the public with engaging recitals featuring student, faculty and guest performances. Enjoy the sounds and sights by solo artists and ensembles in jazz, world, chamber music, strings, choral music, dance and more.
SFSU School of Music and Dance
Knuth Hall, SF State University Creative Arts Building, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 338-2467
http://musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Friday, February 10, 2012 – 8pm
Harmonia Felice
Le Virtuose Sublime: Music of the French Baroque
Sublime, spiritual, and sensual music of 18th century France for various combinations of instruments, including violin, gamba, cello and harpsichord. The concert will include works by Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marin Marias, Jean-Baptise Barrière, and François Couperin.
San Francisco Early Music Society
First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto
$35 General; $30 Seniors; $28 Members
Information: (510) 528-1725
http://www.sfems.org
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Friday, February 10, 2012 – 8pm
Ives Quartet:
Winter Concert Series
Haydn String Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50. No. 4
Haydn knew his market! Quartets were usually published in a set of six with one in
minor mode. No .4 is it in Op. 50, though the interplay with major mode is a distinctive,
expressive feature.
Porter String Quartet No. 6
Quincy Porter’s nine quartets, spanning 1923-58, are the most substantial contribution to
the genre by any American composer. IQ is their champion, performing and recording
them all on the Naxos label. Nos. 1-4 have been released and the others are coming soon.
Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, “Souvenir of Florence”
Leslie Tomkins, viola, and Tanya Tomkins, cello, return this season for Tchaikovsky’s
dynamic, romantic sextet. One of the many lush melodies was conceived in Florence –
the souvenir.
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Palo Alto
$15-$25
Information: (650) 224-7849
http://www.ivesquartet.org
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Friday, February 10, 2012 – 8pm
Tommy Emmanuel, Frank Vignola with Vinnie Raniolo
Why do we love Tommy Emmanuel? Is it because he is a phenomenal guitarist, a brilliant performer, a monumentally creative artist and a great guy? Absolutely! Back for the 6th straight season the man Chet Atkins called “the greatest finger-picker in the world today!” Supporting Tommy will be his longtime musical associates Frank Vignola and rhythm master Vinnie Raniolo.
Omni Foundation for the Performing Arts
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco
$44
Information: (415) 242-4500
http://www.omniconcerts.com
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Friday, February 10, 2012 – 8pm
Koto Ensemble LANTANA presents Music by Hyo-shin Na
Shoko Hikage, Noriko Tsuboi & Kanoko Nishi; koto and bass koto
will play
Koto Ninano for 3 kotos (2010)
Koto Music for 3 kotos (2009)
Night Procession of the Hundred Demons, version for 3 bass kotos (2008) & version for 3 kotos (2009)
Crazy Horse for solo koto (2012) - premiere of the solo version
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
$10 - $15
http://www.hillsideclub.org
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Friday, February 10, 2012 – 8pm
Cellist Boris Andrianov & Pianist Alexander Kobrin
Cellist Boris Andrianov, a Professor in the Moscow State Conservatory, is one of the most gifted Russian musicians of his generation. Since 2007 he has been an Artistic director of the new State Project “Star Generation,” for which he received the Government of Russia Award in 2009. In October 2010 Andrianov performed the Elgar Concerto in Tokyo’s Santory Hall with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernhard Klee. “The audience was absolutely captivated by Elgar in which Andrianov showed extremely high level solo both technically and musically.” (Concerts Reviews, Japan, 2010) See: borisandrianov.com
In June 2005, Russian born Alex Kobrin was awarded the prestigious Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Gold Medal at the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Immediately following this announcement, Kobrin began his fi rst tour to the United States including recitals at Bass Hall for the Cliburn Series and for the Washington Performing Arts Society followed by further debuts. Kobrin has been a faculty member on the International Keyboard Festival in Mannes School of Music in NYC since 2005. In 2010, he was appointed the L. Rexford Whiddon Distinguished Chair in Piano at the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University. See: akobrin.com
Sunset Concerts
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Los Gatos
$25; Sr. $20; Student $10
Information: (408) 354-4560
http://sunsetconcerts.org
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Friday, February 10, 2012 – 8pm
Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival: Old Traditions, New Approaches, New Sounds
This eye-opening, tradition-challenging concert by the Stanford New Ensemble and guests will demonstrate innovative new approaches to the performance of Asian musical instruments, featuring Kojiro Umezaki on Japanese shakuhachi, Faraz Minooei on Persian santur, Yunxiang Gao on Chinese pipa, and Jin Hi Kim on Korean digital komungo with video. | A pre-concert discussion with the guest artists will take place at 7:00 p.m.
Stanford University Music Department
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Palo Alto
$5-10
Information: (650) 725-2787
http://music.stanford.edu
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 7:30pm
Vicki T.
6.30 art & wine
7.30 concert
A Journey...from Olde World Romantic Music to New World Romantic Music. Set in a vibrant art gallery, this is a night for all the art senses, beginning at 6.30pm with an hour to mingle amongst the art and drink wine. The music will be Romantic, Olde & New, with a little Spanish, and a touch of flamenco.
The concert begins at 7.30pm, featuring Vicki Trimbach on piano and Dan Reiter on cello, with guest appearances by tenor Ray Chavez and flamenco dancer Yaelisia.
The night will begin with music by Romantic era composers ~ Granados, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Ravel and Donizetti ~ and then move to new compositions. Vicki T. will premiere four new works:
'Flamenco Fantaisie' for piano, 'Threnody' for cello & piano, 'A Collection of 3 Cello Pieces' with one of these accompanied by the cajon, and 'A Short Opera' for tenor, flamenco dancer, cello & piano.
Trimbachmusic
AMFA Gallery
1318 10th Street, Berkeley
$20
Information: (510) 653-4272
http://www.trimbachmusic.com
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 2:30pm
The Tokyo Quartet plays Schubert's Cello Quintet
The legendary Tokyo Quartet, performing on four Stradivarius instruments collected by Paganini, will perform Schubert’s sublime Cello Quintet (joined by Jean-Michel Fonteneau) and works by Haydn and Bartok.
Chamber Music San Francisco
Lesher Center for the Arts - Margaret Lesher Theater
Walnut Creek
$51
Information: (925) 943-7469
http://www.chambermusicsf.org
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 7:30pm
Harmonia Felice
Le Virtuose Sublime: Music of the French Baroque
Sublime, spiritual, and sensual music of 18th century France for various combinations of instruments, including violin, gamba, cello and harpsichord. The concert will include works by Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marin Marias, Jean-Baptise Barrière, and François Couperin.
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. John's Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
$35 General; $30 Seniors; $28 Members
Information: (510) 528-1725
http://www.sfems.org
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 8pm
Eco Ensemble
Three concerts. Eleven composers. A stunning exploration of some of the most exciting, innovative musical creations from world-class composers. In their second season appearance at Cal Performances, David Milnes conducts the spectacular Eco Ensemble, Berkeley's professional new music ensemble-inresidence, in this three-concert survey of the sounds of today and the future. Traveling the leading edges of contemporary composition, this remarkable journey begins with the unique utterances of Gerard Grisey, continues with the powerful, heartfelt creations of Magnus Lindberg and Kaija Saariaho, and concludes with the visceral, evocative music of Franck Bedrossian and Nico Muhly.
Cal Performances
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
Tickets Start at $30
Information: (510) 642-9988
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 8pm
NACUSAsf Presents "Dances and Other Memories"
On Saturday, Feb. 11th at 8:00 PM, NACUSAsf (National Association of Composers, USA, SF) will present a concert of new music, “Dances and Other Memories” at the Covenant Presbyterian Church, 670 E. Meadow Dr, Palo Alto, CA. This concert of chamber music will include piano, viola, wind quintet, and soprano and bass solos. Featured composers will be Anne Baldwin, Simon Bokman, Jeff Dunn, Sondra Clark, L. Peter Deutsch, Alden Jenks, Ken Mulacelli and Karl Schmidt. Come and sample some exciting music written by local contemporary composers. Tickets will be available at the door for $12 and $17. There will be a reception to follow.
NACUSA San Francisco
Covenant Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto
$12 - $17
Information: (408) 768-1941
http://www.nacusasf.org
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Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 8pm
Matthew Lee Cannon and Jessica J. Reddell, Piano Duo Concert
Please join Mattew Lee Cannon and Jessica J. Reddell for the second in a series of piano duet/duo concerts at the Sol Joseph recital hall located in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The evening's program will feature duo works by Holst and Rachmaninoff, a duet suite of movie and TV themes, solo works by Chopin, Debussy, Grainger and Ligeti, and original duo arrangements of songs by Depeche Mode, Tori Amos and Michael Jackson.
M & J Duets
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco
Requested Donation: $35.00
Information: (415) 425-9939
https://www.facebook.com/mandjduets
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 2pm
Chamber Music at the Legion of Honor
Enjoy chamber music as it was meant to be heard: in the intimate setting of the Florence Gould Theater in one of the city's most beautiful museums.
Group discount not available.
San Francisco Symphony
Legion of Honor, San Francisco
$25 - $68
Information: (415) 864-6000
http://www.sfsymphony.org
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 3pm
The Tokyo Quartet plays Schubert's Cello Quintet
The legendary Tokyo Quartet, performing on four Stradivarius instruments collected by Paganini, will perform Schubert’s sublime Cello Quintet (joined by Jean-Michel Fonteneau) and works by Haydn and Bartok.
Chamber Music San Francisco
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$39 - $49
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://www.chambermusicsf.org
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 3pm
Alexander String Quartet
The world-renowned Alexander String Quartet returns to Sonoma by popular demand on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at Vintage House, 264 First Street East, Sonoma at 3:00 pm. Sponsored by the Sonoma Classical Music Society, the Quartet will perform three classic works of the quartet repertoire, by Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert. Tickets for the concert are $25.00 for the general public, $20.00 for members of the Society, and $10.00 for students. Tickets may be obtained from the Society’s website, www.sonomaclassical.org, and will be available from Readers’ Books and Pharmaca approximately three weeks prior to the performance, and at the door.
Sonoma Classical Music Society
Vintage House, Sonoma
$25
Information: (707) 343-6334
http://www.sonomaclassical.org
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 3pm
Cypress String Quartet
Cecily Ward, Tom Stone, Ethan Filner and Jennifer Kloetzel of the celebrated Cypress String Quartet return with great classics of the quartet repertoire: Haydn's extraordinary No. 63 in B-flat major, op. 76 No. 4, "Sunrise"; Beethoven's brooding and triumphant No. 11 in F minor, op. 95; and Ravel's Masterpiece. The quartet has been singled out by Chamber Music Magazine as "a Generation X ensemble to watch."
Firehouse Arts Center
Pleasanton
$12-30
Information: (925) 931-4848
http://www.firehousearts.org
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 4pm
Harmonia Felice
Le Virtuose Sublime: Music of the French Baroque
Sublime, spiritual, and sensual music of 18th century France for various combinations of instruments, including violin, gamba, cello and harpsichord. The concert will include works by Elizabeth Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marin Marias, Jean-Baptise Barrière, and François Couperin.
San Francisco Early Music Society
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco
$35 General; $30 Seniors; $28 Members
Information: (510) 528-1725
http://www.sfems.org
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 4pm
Silver & String
For several years the San Francisco based duo Silver & String members Tracy Goodwin and Antoniy Kakamakov have been sharing their artistry with the Bay Area through concerts, private events, and community outreach programs. Ms. Goodwin and Mr. Kakamakov first met back in 2005 when the San Francisco Conservatory of Music was located out in the Sunset district of the city, and continued to collaborate with each other as the Conservatory moved to its current location in the Civic Center. The Silver & String duo has a passion for exploring the intimate and dynamic textures that are solely unique to this combination of instruments, and would like to invite you to join them for this evening filled with romance and excitement, with a split recital between the Silver & String duo and prize winning Bulgarian solo guitarist Antoniy Kakamakov.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 4pm
Faculty Recital - Trio Navarro
Prepare to be swept away as Trio Navarro takes on two giants of German romanticism - Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann - in Brahms' second Piano Trio in C Major and Schumann's G Minor Trio.
Sonoma State University
Green Music Center, Music Education Hall Room 1028
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
$8 - $12
Information: (707) 664-2353
http://www.sonoma.edu/performingarts
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 4:30pm
Zodiac Trio
Originally formed in New York at the Manhattan School of Music, the Zodiac Trio enjoys a concert schedule that spans across three continents. Since its inception, the Zodiac Trio has performed at such leading venues as the famed Festival Radio France Montpelier, Lincoln Center in New York, the Four Season Performing Arts Centre in Toronto, Izumi Hall in Japan, the Oriental Performing Arts Center in Shanghai; has been broadcast by France 3 Television, CBC Radio and Television in Canada, National Public Radio in the U.S. and has recorded multiple times for Radio France in Paris. In June of 2010, the Zodiac Trio performed a six-city tour of China where the young ensemble was welcomed on the country's leading stages and was invited to present masterclasses at the China Conservatory in Beijing and Ningboa University. In addition to performing, the young ensemble is often called upon to present chamber music masterclasses, appearing in that capacity at the Boston University, Boston Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Ningboa University and the China Conservatory in Beijing.
Paul Schoenfield - Fraylach (klezmer-influenced) (5m)
Igor Stravinsky - A Soldier's Tale (with commentary before the performance) (20m)
Paquito D'Rivera - "Vals Venezolano" and "Merengue" for Clarinet and Piano (5m)
George Gershwin/Fritz Kreisler - "It Ain't Necessarily So" for Violin and Piano (5m)
Astor Piazzolla - Verano Porteno (own arrangement) - (6m)
INTERMISSION
Andrew List -" Noa Noa. A Gauguin Tableau" we will be touring with the composer, who will be present at the performance) - (12m
Bela Bartok - Contrasts (20m)
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Douglas Beach House
Half Moon Bay
$35
Information: (650) 726-2020
http://www.bachddsoc.org
http://www.zodiactrio.com/english-site#!__english-site
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 7pm
Kronos Quartet / Alim Qasimov Ensemble
Renowned for finding musical common ground across a seemingly limitless expanse of cultures and traditions, Grammy-winners and Lively Arts favorites the Kronos Quartet return for a solo set and a joint performance with Azerbaijan’s revered Alim Qasimov Ensemble—a magically cohesive partnership heard on Kronos’ recent albums Floodplain (2009) and Rainbow (2010). A member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble and winner of the prestigious IMC-UNESCO International Music Prize, Qasimov is one of the greatest living masters of mugham, a classical Azerbaijani vocal tradition. Kronos founder/violinist David Harrington said he was “magnetized” upon first hearing Qasimov sing, adding, “His voice drew me so close that it has become part of my own inner singing.”
PROGRAM
Jahangirov, J: Köhlen Atim; Rustamov, S.: Getme, Getme; additional works TBA
Generously supported by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and by the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University.
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Palo Alto
Reserved Seating $44/50
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 7pm
Ives Quartet:
Winter Concert Series
Haydn String Quartet in F-sharp Minor, Op. 50. No. 4
Haydn knew his market! Quartets were usually published in a set of six with one in
minor mode. No .4 is it in Op. 50, though the interplay with major mode is a distinctive,
expressive feature.
Porter String Quartet No. 6
Quincy Porter’s nine quartets, spanning 1923-58, are the most substantial contribution to
the genre by any American composer. IQ is their champion, performing and recording
them all on the Naxos label. Nos. 1-4 have been released and the others are coming soon.
Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, “Souvenir of Florence”
Leslie Tomkins, viola, and Tanya Tomkins, cello, return this season for Tchaikovsky’s
dynamic, romantic sextet. One of the many lush melodies was conceived in Florence –
the souvenir.
Le Petit Trianon
San Jose
$15-$25
Information: (650) 224-7849
http://www.ivesquartet.org
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 7pm
MasterGuild Concert
MasterGuild presents an evening of chamber music with Axel Strauss, violin, Amy Hiraga, violin, Nancy Ellis, viola, Peter Wyrick, cello, Roy Bogas, piano and special guest artist Carey Bell, clarinetist. The program includes two works by Brahms: the Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op.120 and the great Clarinet Quintet. The concert begins at 7:15 P.M. at the Regents' Theater on the campus of Holy Names University in Oakland, just off Highway 13 at the Redwood road exit. Tickets at the door only, $20., $15. seniors and $5. students, cash or check only. Further information at 510-559-8535.
MasterGuild Series
Regents Theatre at Holy Names University
Oakland
$5 - $20.
Information: (510) 559-8535
http://www.masterguild.org
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Monday, February 13, 2012 – 1pm
Victoria Neve, piano, and Linda Lukas, flute, featuring Sandy Wilson, cello
George Crumb’s "Vox Balaenae" highlights this afternoon recital featuring faculty performers.
The SF State School of Music and Dance opens its Concert Music course to the public with engaging recitals featuring student, faculty and guest performances. Enjoy the sounds and sights by solo artists and ensembles in jazz, world, chamber music, strings, choral music, dance and more.
SFSU School of Music and Dance
Knuth Hall, SF State University Creative Arts Building
San Francisco
FREE
Information: 415-338-2467
http://musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Monday, February 13, 2012 – 7:30pm
The Tokyo Quartet plays Schubert's Cello Quintet
The legendary Tokyo Quartet, performing on four Stradivarius instruments collected by Paganini, will perform Schubert’s sublime Cello Quintet (joined by Jean-Michel Fonteneau) and works by Haydn and Bartok.
Chamber Music San Francisco
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto
$55
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://www.chambermusicsf.org
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Monday, February 13, 2012 – 5pm
Albers Trio
Program: Fuchs, Trio, op. 94; Mozart, Divertimento, K 563
The three Albers sisters are young and vibrant, united in music. The eldest, Laura, plays the violin. Rebecca is the violist and the youngest, Julie, is the cellist. They have performed on Live from Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center Honors, Japan's NHK, Washington D.C.'s Voice of America and Bavarian Radio. Their upcoming season includes performances throughout the U.S. including New York City, Boston, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.
Mill Valley Chamber Music Society
Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church
410 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley
$25 sold at the door when space available
Information: (415) 381-4453
http://www.chambermusicmillvalley.org
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 – 12:30pm
MONTEVERDI BRASS
Don Benham / Michael Cushing / Hall Goff, trombones
Richard Roper / Rob Wilkins, trumpets
Sounds of the Renaissance featuring works by Praetorious, Gabrielli, Byrd and more.
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
http://www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 – 12pm
San Francisco Piano Trio
The San Francisco Piano Trio, featuring German violinist Axel Strauss, French cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau, violinist; and American pianist Jeffrey Sykes, has quickly established itself as a top-flight ensemble. The trio has been praised for its virtuosic ensemble playing throughout a wide repertoire ranging from the trios of Haydn and Beethoven to those of Leon Kirchner and Astor Piazzolla. Their noon performance on the CSU East Bay (Hayward) campus is free and open to the public
Cal State University East Bay (Hayward) Dept. of Music
CSUEB Music Bldg. Recital Hall, MB1055
Hayward
FREE
Information: (510) 885-3167
http://music.csueastbay.edu
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Friday, February 17, 2012 – 8pm
The Assad Brothers
Brazilian guitarists Sérgio and Odair Assad, who the Washington Post called “the best two-guitar team in existence, maybe even in history”, explore the work of composers ranging from Bach and Villa-Lobos to Gershwin and Piazzolla.
Cal Performances
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
$42
Information: (510) 642-9988
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Friday, February 17, 2012 – 8pm
Stevan Pasero
STEVAN PASERO is recognized worldwide as one of the most influential and versatile guitarists of the past three decades. He is a prolific composer, performer, recording artist and studio producer and is one of a few guitarists to record in several music idioms successfully - bridging classical, jazz, flamenco and world music markets. His music is found in 70 countries worldwide and he is featured on over 300 CDs. Fans and critics agree that Stevan Pasero is one of the music world’s best kept secrets, even though his CDs have sold over 15 million copies around the globe. He is the founder of several music and publishing companies and was the Executive Producer for National Geographic’s Destination Music Series which features over 20 CDs.
Concerts at the Collins
Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater
San Francisco
$10 - $20
Information: 415-775-6626 x750
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 10am
The Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$37
Information: (415)398-6449
http://www.performances.org
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 7:30pm
Music of 17th Century Spain
JungHae Kim and Kevin Cooper
8:00 pm Concert
7:30 pm Artist interview
Come see them perform the following program:
Works by Gaspar Sanz, Francisco Guerau, Santiago De Murcia, Antonio Soler, and Domenico Scarlatti.
Mission Blue Center
Brisbane
$15-$20
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 8pm
Regina Carter, jazz violin
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Premium $52/$40/$30
Information: (415) 398-6449
http://www.performances.org
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 8pm
Glover and Hansen, piano duet
Two of the Bay Area's leading concert pianists, Daniel Glover and Thomas Hansen, present a seldom heard performance of works for four-hands piano, in addition to several solo works.
Del Valle Fine Arts
Bankhead Theater, Livermore
$35-$29-$23 high school free
Informaiton: (925) 373-6800
http://www.delvallefinearts.org/2011-12/DVFA11-12.html
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 8pm
Alcyone Ensemble
The Alcyone Ensemble is delighted to return to Trinity Chamber Concerts! The group has an exciting program on tap: Franz Doppler’s gorgeous adaptation of Donizetti’s La Sonnambula, Ian Clarke’s meditative Maya, and two little gems for flute, alto flute and piano: Reynaldo Hahn’s lovely Romanesque and Los Angeles based Adrienne Albert’s hypnotic Doppler Effect, …and more!
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Trinity Chapel, Berkeley
$15/$10
Information: (510) 549-3864
http://www.trinitychamberconcerts.com
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 11am
Regina Carter, jazz violin
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$10 Children/$15 Adult
Information: (415) 398-6449
http://www.performances.org
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Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 8pm
MONAD
An Evening of Improvisation with Masters of Persian Classical Music
Hossein Alizadeh and Pejman Hadadi
Berkeley California Exclusive Bay Area Performance
Monad promises to be an evening of fiery and meditative improvisation with two of the foremost musicians of Persian classical music in the world today. After many years of collaboration, the legendary and revered Iranian composer, Tar and Setar player, Mastero Hossein Alizadeh again joins the renowned Iranian percussionist and Tombak player, Pejman Hadadi in concert. The concert is inspired by the artists' collaborative CD of the same name, released by Hermes records in 2009. The concert Monad will not be like the album, as it will be based on the art of improvisation. Each evening on the tour will feature different and unique passages, all specific to the evening and its “haal” - a term central to the art of improvisation in Persian classical music, which refers to the feeling and spirit of the performers in the moment. The audience is sure to be taken on an extraordinary musical journey, taking witness to some of the finest and most refined artistry in the world for traditional Pesian music, a music with a very long and rich history. Featuring the instrument setar, one of the Persia’s oldest lutes with the delicate, intricate and complicated rhythms of the Tombak and the frame drum Daf, the audience will experience a deep and moving experience.
Rudramandir Center
830 Bancroft Way, #101, Berkeley
$35 general admission presale, $40 at the door, $25 Students with Valid ID at the door, cash only at the door
http://www.rudramandir.com
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 12pm
Chamber Music Series: The Ariel Quartet
In the fall of 2011, the Ariel Quartet celebrated twenty-five years as resident ensemble of the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento. Since 1987 they have delighted audiences with monthly concerts in Sacramento and Davis, and made many guest appearances all over California and neighboring states. They have consistently received the highest level grants from Chamber Music America, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Council, and the Carol Buck Foundation, based on excellence of performance, programming, and community outreach. The Ariel Quartet is an affiliate artist group with the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music , and for the past two years have operated Music by the Sea, a successful youth chamber music camp at Asilomar, in beautiful Pacific Grove, with performances in the historic Butterfly Church.. For more information about the resident and guest artists and the current season, including a gala concert featuring world-renowned pianist Jon Nakamatsu, please visit cmssacto.org
Third Season of the Chamber Music Series: Upcoming dates
Sundays, noon–2 pm
February 19: Ariel Ensemble
March 4: Classical Revolution
March 18: Vocallective
April 1: Indre Viskontas, soprano, and special guests
April 15: Gold Coast Chamber Players
May 6: Musical Art Quintet
May 13: Trinity Alps Chamber Players
June 3: Stevan Pasero + Musical Art Quintet
June 17: Left Coast Ensemble
San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music
Legion of Honor, San Francisco
Program is free after museum admission. Seating is limited and first come, first served.
Information: (415) 750-7694
http://www.sfcm.org
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 3pm
Morrison Artists Series: Chanticleer
Program: “Love Story” program featuring de Vivanco: “Veni, dilecte mi” and “Sicut lilium inter spinas”; de Victoria: “Nigra sum sed formosa”; Duruflé: “Ubi caritas”; Daniel-Lesur: “Épithalame,” from “Le Cantique des cantiques”; de Sermisy: “Tant que vivray”; Janequin: “Toutes les nuits”; Le Jeune: “Revoici venir du printemps”; Strauss: “Drei Männerchöre”; Sametz: “Not an End of Loving”; Whitacre: “This Marriage”; Tavener: “A Village Wedding”; Paulus: “A Rich Brocade”; “Late Spring”; “All Night”; “Illusions”; and a selection of popular songs to be announced
Called “the world’s reigning male chorus” by the New Yorker and named 2008 Ensemble of the Year by Musical America, Chanticleer makes appearances at legendary concert halls worldwide on a regular basis. The ensemble is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for the seamless blend of its 12 male voices ranging from countertenor to bass and its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music. Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales,” Chanticleer was founded in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto.
Bringing Bay Area audiences the world’s finest chamber music since 1955, the Morrison Artists Series at San Francisco State University is “indispensable,” the San Francisco Chronicle writes. Led by Artistic Director Richard Festinger, the series presents admission-free performances each year by acclaimed ensembles.
Pre-concert talk: 2 p.m.
Master class: Feb. 15, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Admission: Free
McKenna Theatre, Creative Arts Building
San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco
Information: (415) 338-2467
http://morrison.sfsu.edu
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 3pm
Takács Quartet
If you have yet to experience the probing, revealing, and constantly engaging artistry of this amazing chamber ensemble, this is your opportunity, as the superb Takács Quartet returns for an unprecedented three-concert appearance. Bay Area chamber music aficionados flock to the Cal Performances concerts of this exceptional ensemble, making these some of the most in-demand tickets of the season. "This is chamber-music playing of overwhelming intensity...simply the best I have ever heard in concert" (The Guardian, London).
Cal Performances
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
Tickets start at $60
Information: (510) 642-9988
http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 4pm
Musica Pacifica Baroque Ensemble
Noe Valley Chamber Music
Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, San Francisco
$15 - $20
Information: (415) 648-5236
http://www.nvcm.org
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 5pm
Kris Palmer and Dmitriy Cogan in Concert at St. Timothy's
The New York Concert Review called Kris Palmer’s and Dmitriy Cogan’s 2001 Carnegie Hall appearance “incisive and expressive…enchanting with sensuous tone and pace.” This year marks their twelfth year pairing the piano with the wood flute, alto flute, and piccolo in concert venues throughout Northern California. Palmer is a solo recording artist and a second prize winner in the National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, and Cogan is a Laureate recipient of the Jose Iturbi International Piano Competition in Valencia, Spain and records and tours frequently with violinist Alexander Markov. This concert features Briccialdi’s Carnival of Venice on the wood flute and Schumann’s Romances on the alto flute. “Palmer reveled in the display of virtuosity.” –New York Concert Review
St. Timothy's Concert Series
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Danville
Information: (925) 837-4993
http://www.sainttimothysdanville.org
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 – 4:30pm-7:30pm
The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society presents
Marcus Shelby Orchestra
Bassist Shelby leads his 15 piece orchestra in a special Black History Month Program
Bassist Shelby leads his 15 piece orchestra in a special Black History Month Program featuring music from their latest CD release "Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.", and music from their previous releases "Harriet Tubman" and "Port Chicago". The program will also feature excerpts from "Black, Brown, and Beige", Duke Ellington's perennial 1943 composition about African American history. Shelby’s SF based orchestra has made the Down Beat Rising Star polls 2 times (Best Big Band, Best Arranger, and Best Composer) and their release "Soul of the Movement" reached #2 on the jazz radio charts.
Douglas Beach House
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay
$35
http://www.bachddsoc.org
http://www.marcusshelby.com
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – 12:30pm
Mariya Borozina / Wenyi Shih / Dawn Harms, violins
Joy Fellows, viola / Eric Sung, cello
Joseph Haydn: Violin Concerto in G major
J. S. Bach: Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
http://www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 – 12pm
Noon Concert: Jazz X 2
UC Jazz Allstars, Ted Moore, director
Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective, Myra Melford, director
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
Information: (510) 642-4864
http://music.berkeley.edu
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Friday, February 24, 2012 – 12pm
Noon Concert: Chamber Music in C Major
Mozart: String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K.515
Michael Hwang, Michaela Nachtigall, violins
Sally Jang, Melissa Panlasigui, violas
Cindy Hickox, cello
Beethoven: String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3
Vivian Hou, Jason Wu, violins
Marissa Sakoda, viola
Michael Tan, cello
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
FREE
Information: (510) 642-4864
http://music.berkeley.edu
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Friday, February 24, 2012 – 8pm
Aleron Trio
An ensemble of three women from France, the United States and Taiwan, the San Francisco-based Aleron Trio’s mission is to present chamber music to as broad a range of audiences as possible, whether performing in cathedrals, museum galleries, intimate chapels or the traditional concert hall. Listeners can expect to hear a variety of styles from the classical repertoire to a fusion of genres including American jazz and Irish idioms. In addition to upcoming performances in the Bay Area, during the 2011-2012 season Aleron Trio will perform the Beethoven Triple Concerto in the Midwest, and will return to France for the third consecutive summer to appear as featured artists at celebrated music festivals. Aleron Trio is a fiscally sponsored affiliate of the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
http://alerontrio.com
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 – 7:30pm
Rastrelli Cello Quartet
"Each is a virutoso in his own right, and together they play with a sense of musical purpose and personal camaraderie that is infectious." - The Irish Times, Dublin
"Riveting ... These four musicians could sound like a classical symphony one moment and play ragtime, jazz, klezmer or even polka the next. They bring a whole new dimension to everything they choose to play." - The Barrie Examiner, Ontario, Canada
Four Seasons Arts
Regents Theatre at Holy Names University, Oakland
$35 - $40
Information: (510) 845-4444
http://fsarts.org
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 – 8pm
Arneis String Quartet with St. Lawrence String Quartet
Playfully named after the Arneis grape—a varietal that is difficult to grow, but which yields an exquisite white wine— this emerging Boston-based quartet has been hand-picked by the St. Lawrence String Quartet for its inaugural John Lad Prize debut on our series. The program of “homage” works spans 200 years, with guests the SLSQ joining Arneis onstage in Osvaldo Golijov’s Last Round, honoring the iconic Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla.
PROGRAM
Beethoven: String Quartet No.5 in A Major, Op.18, No.5 (1798-1800); Golijov: Last Round (1996); Kurtag: Hommage à András Mihály’ (12 microludes for string quartet), Op. 13 (1977– 78); Britten: String Quartet No.2 in C Major, Op.36 (1945)
Stanford Lively Arts
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
Palo Alto
Reserved Seating $44/50
Information: (650) 725-ARTS (2787)
http://livelyarts.stanford.edu
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Saturday, February, 25, 2012 – 8pm
Main Stage Concert: The Goldberg Variations
The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra presents a special Main Stage Concert featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's brilliant Goldberg Variations in a virtuoso arrangement for string orchestra. These variations—one of Bach's crowning achievements—are a set of thirty-two short pieces that range from thirty seconds to several minutes in length. Each variation is derived from a single, simple, musical pattern, which is presented in the opening Aria. Dances such as gigues and sarabandes are then interleaved with canons and fugues, deriving incredible diversity from that one pattern. Together, they offer a comprehensive, almost encyclopedic view of Bach’s musical world. There's even a quodlibet. What's that? Come and find out!
The concert begins with a talk by Music Director Ben Simon, who will explain the work's fascinating architecture and unlock its secrets with live musical examples.
Bach’s only set of variations is dedicated to his friend and pupil, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who needed a piece to help sooth his master, Count Keyserling—a notorious insomniac!
The Goldberg Variations have been challenging keyboard masters since 1741, and there are now challenging string players the world over.
Admission is free, but tickets are required for non-members! Reserve online using the "Click for Tickets" buttons below, or call 415.692.5258 to make your reservation by phone. Doors open to the public 45 minutes before concert time.
SFCO supporting members receive priority seating and do not need tickets. Please bring membership card to concert, and please arrive no later than 15 minutes before concert time to guarantee yourself a seat. Doors open to SFCO supporting members 60 minutes before concert time.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5258
http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 – 8pm
Santa Cruz Chamber Players:
The Garden, At Night
Lars Johannessen, artistic director and flute ◊ Susan Bruckner, piano ◊ Judith Roberts, cello
Susan Brown, viola ◊ Jennifer Cass, harp ◊ Sheila Willey, soprano and narrator
The Garden, at Night. A bold and beautiful program of 20th century works for flute, cello, viola, harp, piano and soprano by Messiaen, Gubaidulina, Gorecki and Tann.
The garden has many symbolic meanings; a place of order, an earthly paradise, a place where the soul meets nature. Fertility, birth and death. It is an image of the soul and innocence, of consciousness itself. In this concert we set a stage for these ideas to be experienced through music.
Our program presents four works with The Garden as a central theme:
In Tann's "Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa De' Medici," we have the beauty of the garden; a place to delight the senses. Nature under cultivation; the garden as an orderly earthly Paradise.
Gubaidulina's "The Garden of Joys and Sorrows;" A gorgeous modern work, perhaps a representation of real life as opposed to the safe and orderly paradise. A place to reflect and meditate, where we flow with the fruition and the dying.
A bird in the garden: "Le Merle Noir (The Blackbird)" by Messiaen. The work is based on actual birdsong. Sometimes the blackbird sings at night.
Gorecki's "Requiem: Good Night." Because of it's enclosed nature, the garden is also a symbol of consciousness. The night is the letting go of that consciousness, entering death. The text is taken from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “Good night . . . flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Christ Lutheran Church
Aptos
$10 - $25
Information: (831) 425-3149; Tickets: (831) 420-5260
http://www.scchamberplayers.org
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Saturday, February 25, 2012 – 8pm
Lafayette String Quartet
The Fremont Symphony Orchestra presents the Lafayette String Quartet, artists in residence at the Univertity of Victoria, B.C. These four women have been together for 25 years. The New York Times critic called their performance "splendid, powerful, and riveting in every way."
Fremont Symphony Orchestra
Smith Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (Ohlone College)
Fremont
Adults: $45 - $48; Children: $20
Information: (510) 371-4859
http://www.fremontsymphony.com
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 3pm
Main Stage Concert: The Goldberg Variations
The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra presents a special Main Stage Concert featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's brilliant Goldberg Variations in a virtuoso arrangement for string orchestra. These variations—one of Bach's crowning achievements—are a set of thirty-two short pieces that range from thirty seconds to several minutes in length. Each variation is derived from a single, simple, musical pattern, which is presented in the opening Aria. Dances such as gigues and sarabandes are then interleaved with canons and fugues, deriving incredible diversity from that one pattern. Together, they offer a comprehensive, almost encyclopedic view of Bach’s musical world. There's even a quodlibet. What's that? Come and find out!
The concert begins with a talk by Music Director Ben Simon, who will explain the work's fascinating architecture and unlock its secrets with live musical examples.
Bach’s only set of variations is dedicated to his friend and pupil, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who needed a piece to help sooth his master, Count Keyserling—a notorious insomniac!
The Goldberg Variations have been challenging keyboard masters since 1741, and there are now challenging string players the world over.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
FREE
Information: (415) 692-5258
http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 3pm
The Saint Michael Trio Brahms & Schumann: It's Complicated
Established in 2007, The Saint Michael Trio is Silicon Valley's update to the classical music scene. Hailed by the national press, they have vaulted to the front ranks of the music establishment, even though the artists (Russel Hancock, Daniel Cher, and Michel Flexer) are Silicon Valley technorati. Heard in concert halls throughout the nation, they have established a rabid following in the Bay Area for concerts that are informative, engaging, and often funny.
Brahms & Schumann: It's Complicated
In one of their trademark "informances," The Saint Michael Trio (joined by special guest artist Mark McAuliffe on viola) referees the convoluted relationship between Johannes Brahms, his mentor Schumann, and Schumann's incomparable wife Clara. In addition to the music, the presentation will feature lively commentary, slides, and demonstrations of the composers' compositional devices.
Montalvo Arts Center (Previously Villa Montalvo)
Saratoga
$30
Information: (408) 961-5858
http://montalvoarts.org
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 3pm
Santa Cruz Chamber Players:
The Garden, At Night
Lars Johannessen, artistic director and flute ◊ Susan Bruckner, piano ◊ Judith Roberts, cello
Susan Brown, viola ◊ Jennifer Cass, harp ◊ Sheila Willey, soprano and narrator
A bold and beautiful program of 20th century works for flute, cello, viola,
harp, piano and soprano by Messiaen, Gubaidulina, Gorecki and Tann.
The garden has many symbolic meanings; a place of order, an earthly paradise, a place where the soul meets nature. Fertility, birth and death. It is an image of the soul and innocence, of consciousness itself. In this concert we set a stage for these ideas to be experienced through music.
Our program presents four works with The Garden as a central theme:
In Tann's "Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa De' Medici," we have the beauty of the garden; a place to delight the senses. Nature under cultivation; the garden as an orderly earthly Paradise.
Gubaidulina's "The Garden of Joys and Sorrows;" A gorgeous modern work, perhaps a representation of real life as opposed to the safe and orderly paradise. A place to reflect and meditate, where we flow with the fruition and the dying.
A bird in the garden: "Le Merle Noir (The Blackbird)" by Messiaen. The work is based on actual birdsong. Sometimes the blackbird sings at night.
Gorecki's "Requiem: Good Night." Because of it's enclosed nature, the garden is also a symbol of consciousness. The night is the letting go of that consciousness, entering death. The text is taken from Shakespeare’s Hamlet: “Good night . . . flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Christ Lutheran Church
Aptos
$10 - $25
Information: (831) 425-3149; Tickets: (831) 420-5260
http://www.scchamberplayers.org
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 4pm
Chopin Birthday—Eric Zuber
One of the leading American pianists of his generation, Eric Zuber has won major prizes in seven of the world's most prestigious international piano competitions: Cleveland, Arthur Rubinstein, Dublin, Seoul, Sydney, Minnesota, and Hilton Head. After making his debut at 12 with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, he has gone on to perform with major symphony orchestras around the globe including the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic, and has given solo performances in such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the National Concert Hall in Ireland and the Seoul Arts Center in Korea. He has received degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, the Curtis Institute, and the Juilliard School where his teachers have included Boris Slutsky, Leon Fleisher, Claude Franck, and Robert McDonald. Mr. Zuber's concert will feature the monumental final piano sonata of Beethoven, Op. 111, and the complete book of Chopin's Etudes, Op. 10—a work of daunting pianistic challenges. Co-presented with the San Francisco Chapter of the Chopin Foundation.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 4pm
I [piano] Oakland
In our first ever East Bay afternoon performance in the beautiful new show room of the Piedmont Piano Co. in Downtown Oakland, the I [piano] Oakland, concert will feature a rich repertoire of solo piano and two piano works. The evening will include 2010-11 Suzanne and Lee Ettelson winner, Three Enigmas by José Miguel Bevia to be performed by pianists, Eliane Lust and Ava Soifer, and John Harbison’s Mirabai Songs, performed by soprano Anja Strauss and pianist Jeffrey Sykes of the San Francisco Piano Trio. Other works for piano solo include Jeffrey Miller’s Two Tangos for piano solo played by Eliane Lust, as well as Joseph Kolkovich’s Goth Anthem, Zibuokle Martinaityte’s Miniatures, and Luke Dahn’s Traces, all performed by pianist Lino Rivera.
Composers, Inc.
Piedmont Piano Company, Oakland
$14-$17
Information: (415) 512-0641
http://www.composersinc.org
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 4:30pm
Contemporary Insights: Music and Conversation
Steven Schick moderates a conversation with listeners and musicians at this informal event devoted to the understanding and appreciation of new music. The ensemble will perform Palimpsest (1979) by Iannis Xenakis, an influential composer, mathematician and architect who redefined the way we look at music making today. After the performance and discussion of the piece, join the artists for a complementary reception.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
ODC Dance Commons, San Francisco
$10 general, $5 students/seniors
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://www.sfcmp.org
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 7pm
Cypress String Quartet
Widely celebrated for the power of its performances and its passionate dedication to the genre, the Cypress String Quartet combines technical precision with imaginative programming. The quartet performs around the world, yet remains a vibrant member of the San Francisco arts community. Last heard at Kohl Mansion in 2004, the Cypress Quartet is hailed for performing known and loved repertoire in a fresh context and introducing groundbreaking new works to the chamber music genre.
Music at Kohl
Kohl Mansion, Burlingame
Adult: $45; Senior: $42; Gen Y&Z (30 & under): $15
Information: (650) 762-1130
http://www.musicatkohl.org
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Sunday, February 26, 2012 – 7pm
Calefax Reed Quintet - from Amsterdam [Netherlands]
A sound like no other! Calefax, formed in 1985, is a pioneering wind group famed throughout Europe. These free-spirited virtuosos have invented their own ensemble, transcribe their own repertoire, and always thrill their audiences. The Chamber Music San Francisco audience loved them.
"Calefax - five extremely gifted Dutch gents who almost made the reed quintet seem the best musical format on the planet." - The Times of London.
There is a 30-minute pre-concert talk at 6:15pm by Calefax saxophonist Raaf Hekkema
San Jose Chamber Music Society
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
$27-$42
Information: (408) 286-5111
http://www.sjchambermusic.org
http://www.calefax.nl
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Monday, February 27, 2012 – 8pm
Zone 3: in which an inscription is erased but leaves a trace
Zone 3 is concert of works that draw deeply from European musical and literary traditions, at times rewriting them but never erasing them completely. The season's first world premiere serves as a companion piece to Dallapiccola's nocturne, which opens the concert. Then two works for voice and ensemble, inspired by Italian masters lead to music by a modern-era Renaissance man; architect, author and composer Iannis Xenakis.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$30 Regular, $25 Senior, $10 Student
Information: (415) 278-9566
http://www.sfcmp.org
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Monday, February 27, 2012 – 8pm
Classical at the Freight: Rossini Birthday Celebration
Born February 29, 1792, we can only wish Giachino a happy birthday on leap years! Join the musical merriment with several SFCO all-stars including Eugene Chuklov (violin) and Michel Taddei (double bass). Chamber music and a selection of operatic arias will have you all cheering “Hi-Ho Silver!”
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Freight and Salvage Coffee House, Berkeley
$8.50 advance / $10.50 at door
Information: (510) 644-2020
http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 – 8pm
ZOFO Piano Duet
Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano four-hands
Frank Martin (1890-1974) Overture (1924)
Masao Honma (1930-2008) Sound Shift No.4
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) Pastorale d'Ete
Toshimitsu Tanaka (1930-) An ancient five-storied pagoda
Christian Henking (1961-) "Good morning, John" (2011)
Tomohiro Moriyama (1977-) Let's play a duet! (2006),
Dieter Ammann (1962-) Regard sur les traditions (1995)
Berkeley Chamber Performances
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
$12.50/$25. Students through high school FREE
Information: (510) 525-5211
http://www.berkeleychamberperfom.org
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 – 12:30pm
William Corbett-Jones, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in B flat
Johannes Brahms: Rhapsody in E flat, Op. 119
Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle, Op .60
Lots more!
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
http://www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – 10am
Sounds from the Bay Area, Open Rehearsal
Two of the world's finest mandolinists, American Mike Marshall and Bulgarian Caterina Lichtenberg, join New Century in March 2012 as guest soloists, performing both original work and Vivaldi's Concerto for Mandolin in C. New Century Chamber Orchestra also features composers from the Bay Area in this stunning program. Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg leads the orchestra as they perform work of Gordon Getty, as well as John Adam's legendary Shaker Loops, which premiered in the Bay Area.
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$8
Information: (415) 357-1111
http://www.ncco.org
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – 7:30pm
Other Minds Composer Fellowship Concert
Intrepid festival-goers will again enjoy the music of four young innovators, selected from an international pool of applicants: emerging composers D. Edward Davis (Durham, NC), John P. Hastings (Brooklyn, NY), Peter Swendsen (Oberlin, OH), and Jen Wang (Berkeley, CA) will participate in a series of events including lecture-presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and seminars, and have the opportunity to pick the brains of all of this year's featured composers. The experience will culminate in this concert featuring new and revised works by all four composers, performed by three of the Bay Area's top percussionists Chris Froh, Dan Kennedy, and Loren Mach.
Now in its 17th year, the annual Other Minds Festival of New Music invites nine of the most innovative artists from around the world to the San Francisco Bay Area for a four-day residency at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, California, and three days of concerts, panel discussions, and symposia in San Francisco. Known for featuring illustrious guest performers, a significant number of world premieres, and productions that incorporate new technologies and multidisciplinary collaborations, the Festival brings together composers who represent all points of the musical spectrum and push the creative possibilities of their respective disciplines. The Festival has also recently added a Fellowship program and concert for emerging composers, helping to nurture the most promising "other minds" of the future. The Los Angeles Times has called the OM Festival “the premier new music festival on the West Coast.”
Other Minds
The LAB
San Francisco
$20 General, $12 Students
Information: (800) 838-3006
http://www.otherminds.org
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 – 7:30pm
Sympathetic Strings & Resonant Reeds Benefit for Matthew Montfort w/ Alex de Grassi, Paul McCandless, many more
Sympathetic Strings & Resonant Reeds: A Benefit Concert for Matthew Montfort
Financially Supporting his Recovery from a Wrist Injury
Featuring Acoustic Guitar Icon Alex de Grassi, Reed Virtuoso Paul McCandless, Classical Guitar Virtuoso Jon Mendle, Mariah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble, and an Acoustic Guitar Round-Robin with Teja Gerken and Ronnie Ray Padilla
Ancient Future: World Fusion Music Ensemble
142 Throckmorton Theater
Mill Valley
$20 general, $30 reserved seating.
Information: (415) 383-9600
http://www.ancient-future.com
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