Wooden Fish Ensemble – Friday, February 26 at 8 pm
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World Premieres for violin duo by Belgian iconoclast Boudewijn Buckinx and San Francisco’s own Hyo-shin Na, plus works by Satie, Pärt, Rzewski, and Bach/Busoni.
San Francisco Yiddish Combo – Saturday, December 5 at 7 pm
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A unique blend of everything that is Klezmer, mixed with years of experience in the jazz, blues, folk, and even hip-hop world. Oh yeah, and great for dancing!
Continue readingOld Becomes New – Ensemble for These Times – Friday, November 20 at 8 pm
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Ensemble for These Times kicks off its thirteenth season with new music by living composers inspired by older forms, styles, and themes, taking something old and giving it a new perspective for these times by refashioning it into something brand new.
Continue readingThe music of Kimio Eto – Sunday, October 25 at 4 pm
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A rare opportunity to hear compositions by Kimio Eto performance in arrangements by Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto, many of which have remained unpublished to this day.
Continue readingStephen Porter – Friday, October 16 at 8 pm
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Stephen Porter returns to our stage with a program of Beethoven’s final piano work, the Six Bagatelles Op. 126, premieres by four living composers—Toni Lester, Norberto Oldrini, Andrew List and Martin Skafte—and both books of Debussy’s luminous Images.
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