Previews

Michael Zwiebach - March 13, 2013

For a famous violinist, Midori cuts an intentionally low profile, so you can be forgiven for not noticing that she will be performing a Bay Area recital soon, for San Francisco Performances.

Michael Zwiebach - March 13, 2013

The Australian Chamber Orchestra and their dynamic leader, Richard Tognetti return  to Cal Performances for a wide-ranging pair of programs, featuring pianist Alice Sara Ott in Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

Molly Colin - March 13, 2013

Genre-bending is the all-embracing category for the annual Switchboard Music Festival in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Janos Gereben - March 11, 2013

National music icon, Iranian singer Mohamad Reza Shajarian is celebrated for his ability to transform the beauty of Sufi poetry into music.

Brett Campbell - March 11, 2013

A new wind quintet, City of Tomorrow, aims to challenge the string quartet’s supremacy by bringing to light rarely heard chamber masterpieces, while encouraging the creation of more.

Michael Zwiebach - March 8, 2013

Cantare con Vivo is doing Sergei Rachmaninov’s deeply moving Vespers (All-Night Vigil) as their spring concert. 

Michael Zwiebach - March 8, 2013

Clerestory, the men’s choral group that is partly a spin-off from Chanticleer, is back in action on the weekend, with a program they’re calling “Bacchanalia”, a celebration of spring and music about springtime appetites.

Michael Zwiebach - March 8, 2013

When the exciting new music group Alarm Will Sound visits the Bay Area, tickets are normallyhard to find. 

Michael Zwiebach - March 6, 2013

For its first big concert, the newly-established Young Womens’ Choral Projects starts off with some fancy rhythms from Gershwin, leading to a whole set of Latin American polyrhythms, American spirituals, and other traditional tunes. 

Michael Zwiebach - March 6, 2013

Livermore Opera opens its La traviata with a known quantity, in Rebecca Davis, who has sung Violetta Valery at Opera San Jose and is an alumna of the Merola Opera Program.