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Your guide to the arts in the Bay Area & Los Angeles, covering classical music, opera, jazz & dance. Discover the next great performance at #SFCV
San Francisco, CA
Joined May 2009
As the inaugural creative partner with @LACOtweets, pianist @laradownes is set to present “Routes” & will be joined by @domflemons. Glimpse into the powerful possibilities of cultural connection & the various directions that American #music has taken. https://t.co/pwt0YGYQZ4
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Connecting Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid with the music of Black cowboys started Downes on a journey that she’ll share in this concert.
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To score @KenBurns' new #documentary “Leonardo da Vinci,” Caroline Shaw worked with longtime collaborators @sopercussion, @roomfulofteeth, and @AttaccaQuartet. Catch the #film premiere on @PBS Nov. 18 - Nov. 19. https://t.co/kkCmiQtBD4
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The filmmaker’s new documentary is his first on a non-American subject and his first to feature an original score.
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In addition to his busy performance schedule, countertenor @A_R_Costanzo serves as general director and president of @OperaPhila, bringing the art form to more people through radical ideas like a pick-your-own-price initiative. https://t.co/IfKfrVKHMx
#opera
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Costanzo is set to make his Bay Area recital debut in a wide-ranging program presented by San Francisco Performances.
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This year’s Noon to Midnight festival will be in & around @WaltDisneyHall all day on Nov. 16 with the premiere of Doug Aitken's multimedia work “Lightscape” at the center. The @LAMasterChorale & @LAPhil New Music Group provide the soundtrack. https://t.co/rO0wdH8VLG
#music
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The ambitious daylong event now has a theme and a centerpiece film by visual artist Doug Aitken — Lightscape.
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Congrats to SFCV's Peter Feher and Simon Cohen for being 2024 @SFPressClub Journalism Award finalists. https://t.co/HXwpAjjlpJ
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Join us for a live interview this Wednesday with @mcgillab. Register here: https://t.co/ENvZFZKOTy
#classicalmusic #musicians #clarinet
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For @berkeleyrep's “Matchbox Magic Flute,” our reviewer describes how director Mary Zimmerman and “her collaborators have animated their fleetly moving ‘Flute’ with humor, grace, and enchanting design.” https://t.co/5XIdDFD5KQ
#opera #musicreview
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Acclaimed director Mary Zimmerman has adapted the classic opera in a production of captivating charm that feels both familiar and fresh.
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Tenor @ben_bernheim closed out the 2024 Olympics in Paris with a rendition of Gabriel Fauré’s “Hymn to Apollo.” Now, Bernheim is headed to Los Angeles, making his debut there in a recital on Nov. 9 co-presented by @LAOpera. https://t.co/O8BZ9YpqCy
#opera #artistspotlight
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Following his sensational performance at the 2024 Games in Paris, the French tenor debuts in a recital at The Wallis.
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Brahms’s Symphony No. 4 shone bright in the @CAsymphony’s concerts last weekend, with conductor @DonatoCabrera leading an interpretation that “kept the drive and flow of the music pressing forward.” https://t.co/SwQ9Cuw1DD
#classicalmusic #musicreview
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An “introductory” first half, featuring works by Benjamin Britten and Mason Bates, nicely sets up a Brahms symphony on the second.
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Composer and bassist @featherbitchxx and her quintet are coming to @SFJAZZ for two shows on Nov. 7. Through the lens of free jazz and improvisation, her music incorporates song, chant, and storytelling in the Abenaki language. https://t.co/yNtdab0dsD
#jazz #artistspotlight
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The composer and bassist is at SFJAZZ this week playing music off her first album and more.
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The @SFChoral delves into the theme of the Virgin Mary as the divine feminine in two concerts, Nov. 9–10. https://t.co/aF6xhDZxwb
#SFbayarea #music
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John Rutter’s Bach-inspired Magnificat anchors a concert that ranges widely through hymns and praise songs.
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Last weekend, “Rhapsody in Blue” delighted concertgoers at SF Symphony, with Thomas Wilkins conducting. #Pianist @Mikalashel27 made her SFS debut full of “reassuring warmth & rare fineness, notably in the velvety melodies & lace-edged cadenzas she spun.” https://t.co/M9kVPRLWq4
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Guest conductor Thomas Wilkins leads an appealing program that also includes music by William Grant Still and Leonard Bernstein.
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This week, the “Legacy of Wayne Shorter” is making its way around the Bay Area as musicians from Shorter’s final quartet with special guest saxophonist perform. Learn more about tonight's concert at the @SFJAZZ Center. https://t.co/nqj9mVNnoZ
#jazzmusic #jazz
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The legacy of the late saxophonist and composer is being celebrated by his bandmates in concerts around California this month.
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As the @SFOpera Orchestra still awaits a contract, Music Director Eun Sun Kim has had her contract renewed through 2031. https://t.co/a3uMuFcQy1
#musicnews #opera
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Pianist @Mikalashel27 will be making her SF Symphony debut this weekend with guest conductor Thomas Wilkins in a program featuring George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.” https://t.co/21cdtsFqOp
#artistspotlight #piano
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Cann, who debuts with the SF Symphony this week, talks about discovering Price and jazzing Rhapsody in Blue.
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SF Symphony Music Director @EsaPekkaSalonen showed off his composing chops in 3 performances of his Cello Concerto this past weekend. The solo part was deftly performed by SFS principal cello Rainer Eudeikis, who “phrased with an otherworldly lyricism.” https://t.co/oesG3YDltJ
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In his own composition, the conductor turns the spotlight on the orchestra’s recently appointed principal cello, Rainer Eudeikis.
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This month, @EpiphanyDanceT is celebrating the end of its two decades producing San Francisco Trolley Dances (SFTD). A new film about the festival, “Dancing With Muni,” means that those 20 years are preserved in more than just memory. https://t.co/qAJsyWVzEP
#dance #films
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The company screens a new film about the history of the site-specific festival to honor outgoing Artistic Director Kim Epifano.
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How an #opera becomes stage-ready is the focus of a new documentary that seems almost like a feature film. Elena Park’s “Eun Sun Kim: A Journey Into Lohengrin” takes you behind the scenes at the War Memorial and is free to watch on @SFOpera's website https://t.co/Xm4SCoZALI
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For @ShawnOkpebholo, #music is either a response or a reflection, and two upcoming performances of his work in the Bay Area are set to demonstrate just that. https://t.co/lX2bsKogZD
@thesfco @OakSym #composer #artistspotlight
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Okpebholo, in demand in the Bay Area this season, talks about finding inspiration in social issues and other art forms.
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This weekend, @LivingJazzOrg takes the spotlight in Oakland. #Jazz musicians affiliated with the organization — drummer @alliboomboom, percussionist John Santos, and vocalist @meklitmusic — join @OakSym for “Inextinguishable Oakland.” https://t.co/B1XEMadNoo
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The Oakland Symphony’s first concert under Music Director Kedrick Armstrong spotlights the unsung efforts of a Bay Area organization.
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