Award-winning San Francisco new music group Ensemble for These Times (E4TT) opens its 18th Home Season with Lines, Circles & Spirals, a program featuring new music that engages with geometrical shapes, including West Coast Premieres by Clarice Assad, Hannah Ishizaki, and Karim Al-Zand, in conversation with Duo No. 1 for Violin and Cello by Bohuslav Martinu.
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Dyad – Sunday, October 7, 2018 at 4 pm
Dyad is an innovative violin and bassoon duo on a quest to explore uncharted territory with reimagined classics and premieres of new works.
Continue readingAudrey Vardanega & Friends – Friday, January 5, 2018 at 8 pm
Pianist Audrey Vardanega returns to Old First Concerts with special guests in a program of beloved chamber music by Bach, Rachmaninoff, and Brahms.
Continue readingAli Paris – Friday August 25, 2017 at 8 pm
Arabic Classical: From Morocco to Syria Ali Paris, qanun & vocals, with special guests Faisal Zedan, percussion & Briana DiMara, violin Moroccan Gnawa, Egyptian Samai, Syrian Longas – musical forms rarely heard in the West, yet beloved by millions of people across Northern Africa and into the Middle East. Join Ali Paris, Faisal Zeidan on percussion, and […]
Continue readingTangonero and Claudio Ortega – Sunday May 21, 2017 at 4 pm
Michèle Walther, violin; Amy Zanrosso, piano; Richard Duke, bass; Alex Roitman, bandoneon; Claudio Ortega, vocals With members from Russia, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States, Tangonero is a San Francisco based ensemble dedicated to preserving the tradition of Argentine Tango. From the folk styling of Roberto Grela to the jazz infused grandeur of Astor Piazzolla, […]
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