Melodiya Chamber Ensemble

Sergey Rakitchenkov and Arkady Serper are both graduates of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory who began their distinguished careers in the major concert halls of Europe and Russia before immigrating to the United States. Rakitchenkov is a long-standing member of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Serper a prominent pianist, composer, and faculty member at the Crowden […]

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Del Sol String Quartet

Zhou Long Song of the Ch’inR. Murray Shafer String Quartet No. 3Elena Kats-Chernin Fast Blue Village 2Ben Johnston String Quartet No. 10Reza Vali NayshâboorákImprovisationsThe San Francisco based Del Sol String Quartet, two-time winner of the top Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, is breaking the boundaries of classical music in riveting performances of new […]

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The Odessa Trio

In their inaugural concert the new/old Odessa Trio, an outgrowth of the popular percussion “plus” group, Adesso, will bodaciously show that Bay Area composers “know how”. Running the gamut through throbbing, heartbreaking, transcendent, jazzy, and even March Madness, the Odessa Trio will feature premiers and repeat hits by local luminaries: Alexis Alrich, award-winning composer who […]

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