Celebrate the enduring musicality and strong bond of the famous sister and brother composers–Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn–both prodigiously talented musicians but unequally supported and encouraged in their talents due to the prevalent sexism of the time.
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Exploring the slower end of the sound wave spectrum, Slow Wave performs the World Premieres of works by Bay Area composers Joowan Kim, Emma Logan, and Kyle Hovatter, plus recent works by Brett Eastman and Kalevi Aho.
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Concert Rebels presents Cycles of Resistance, featuring operatic activist Chelsea Hollow and pianist Taylor Chan in a program chronologically exploring poetry and texts of resilience and rebellion throughout the 20th and 21st centuries featuring nine world premieres in eight languages.
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Basma & Ava’s program revolves around the music of the contemporary Iranian composer Reza Vali. Nicknamed the Persian Bartók, Vali is considered one of today’s leading exponents of using folk songs as a basis for composing contemporary music.
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SFYC is embarked on a journey around the world to present their own unique blend of everything that is Klezmer, mixed with years of experience in the jazz, blues, folk, and even hip-hop world.
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