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Dear Friends, 6 Chamber 16 Full Calendar of Events I’m excited to share San Francisco Performances’ 2020-2021 Danish String Quartet (Nov 10) Doric String Quartet (Jan 19) 18 PIVOT Festival season with you! It’s our 41st year of giving great artists a place Modigliani Quartet (Mar 18) Sean Jones (Apr 16) to create their most personal performances, providing you, Chiaroscuro Quartet (May 1) Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (Apr 17) our audience, with a meaningful connection to their art. It’s Aaron Diehl (Apr 21) also about the influences and influencers of music, from both 8 Saturday Morning Series Dreamers‘ Circus (April 23) yesterday and today, and how they often come together to Alexander String Quartet (ASQ)/ become something even more compelling and timeless. Robert Greenberg 20 Guitar (Jan 30, Feb 13, Feb 27, Apr 10, May 1) Thibault Cauvin (Nov 21) As always our 2020-2021 season offers new discoveries, like Beethoven Lecture (Dec 12) Kazuhito Yamashita (Dec 5) Beethoven All-day Marathon (Dec 12) the Modigliani Quartet (March 18) and pianist Aaron Diehl Sérgio and Odair Assad (Jan 30) (April 21), along with artists and programs that are more famil- Laura Snowden (Mar 20) iar, such as the Danish String Quartet (November 10) and the 10 Piano The Romeros/Isabel Leonard (Apr 8) dashing duo of pianist Beatrice Rana and violinist Renaud Timo Andres (Jan 29) David Greilsammer (Feb 7) 22 Arts Education Programs Capuçon (February 25). And in this era of rapid change, it’s Jonathan Biss (Mar 5) exciting to see where today’s forward-thinking artists are tak- Natasha Paremski (Apr 10) ing chamber music—that ultimate medium for collaboration. 24 41st Season Gala Their innovation is exemplified in counter-tenorAnthony Roth 12 The Art of Song Costanzo’s program with the Attacca Quartet and composer/ Lawrence Brownlee (Oct 2) 26 Subscription Options pianist Timo Andres (April 29), and in trumpeter Sean Jones’ Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake (Feb 20) Trio Mediaeval (Mar 6) multi-disciplinary tribute to the great Dizzy Gillespie (April 16). 28 Pricing Anthony Roth Costanzo/Attacca Quartet/ With all of our programs, we aim to go deeper into what makes Timo Andres (Apr 29) 29 Order Form a good concert and a transformative arts experience. Please Golda Schultz/Jonathan Ware (May 4) join us this season to share in the energy and excitement that 14 Great Artists 31 Make a Gift only happen in live performance. Jennifer Koh/Timo Andres/Jay Campbell (Nov 17) Midori (Feb 4) Beatrice Rana/Renaud Capuçon (Feb 25) Nicola Benedetti/Leonard Elschenbroich/ Alexei Grynyuk Trio (Mar 10) Melanie Smith President, San Francisco Performances

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4 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 5 Frames of Reference Modigliani Quartet Chiaroscuro Quartet These ruggedly individualistic ensembles clearly frame their The members of France’s Modigliani Quartet are SF Performances audiences know Alina Ibragimova artistic heirs to legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, from her galvanizing solo recitals, and now she returns perspectives on the string quartet through nuanced interpretations, having been named co-directors of the Evian Festival with her Quartet. The Chiaroscuro fuses the raw, pure gutsy energy and repertory that encompasses classical, Romantic, he oversaw. Reinvigorating traditional chamber music, sound of historical strings with powerful, contemporary "There’s a bright, youthful spark to the Modigliani technique in performances “played with enormous traditional and new. They represent the vanguard of new voices Quartet’s playing.” (The Guardian (UK)) conviction and power by this very stylish ensemble." defining chamber music in Europe and beyond. And you don’t have (Gramophone) THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021, 7:30PM to travel far to hear them, they bring the state of the string quartet to Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 the gloriously intimate Herbst Theatre. Amaury Coeytaux, violin Loic Rio, violin Alina Ibragimova, violin Laurent Marfaing, viola Pablo Hernán Benedí, violin François Kieffer, cello Emilie Hörnlund, viola Claire Thirion, cello PROGRAM: MOZART: Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 160 Chamber BARTÓK: Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 PROGRAM: PURCELL: Fantasia SCHUBERT: Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 MOZART: Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K.575 “Death and the Maiden” SCHUBERT: Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 Schoenberg Family Law, Corporate Sponsor MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in F minor, Op.80

Danish String Quartet Doric String Quartet

They look like they could be characters from Game of The London-based Doric is one of Europe’s hottest Thrones, but they bring their adventurousness to a wide young ensembles. “It’s hugely enjoyable to be led range of music. “Yes, playing string quartets is our job, through these subtle, wonderful works by such and yes it is hard work, but we mostly do it for pleasure, enthusiastic guides.” (The Strad) and we hope we can continue to hang out for many, many years. Come join us!” TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020, 7:30PM Alex Redington , violin Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45 Ying Xue, violin Frederik Øland, violin Hélène Clément, viola Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, violin John Myerscough, cello Asbjørn Nørgaard, viola PROGRAM: MOZART: Quartet in F Major, K. 590 Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin, cello BRETT DEAN: Quartet No. 3 (2020) PROGRAM: MOZART: Quartet No.16 in E-flat Major, MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1 K.428 Support this performance as a Concert Partner, SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 10, Op. 118 see page 31. Arrangements of traditional Nordic folk music

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DANISH STRING QUARTET; PHOTO: CAROLINE BITTENCOURT

6 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 7 Frames of Reference Modigliani Quartet Chiaroscuro Quartet These ruggedly individualistic ensembles clearly frame their The members of France’s Modigliani Quartet are SF Performances audiences know Alina Ibragimova artistic heirs to legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, from her galvanizing solo recitals, and now she returns perspectives on the string quartet through nuanced interpretations, having been named co-directors of the Evian Festival with her Quartet. The Chiaroscuro fuses the raw, pure gutsy energy and repertory that encompasses classical, Romantic, he oversaw. Reinvigorating traditional chamber music, sound of historical strings with powerful, contemporary "There’s a bright, youthful spark to the Modigliani technique in performances “played with enormous traditional and new. They represent the vanguard of new voices Quartet’s playing.” (The Guardian (UK)) conviction and power by this very stylish ensemble." defining chamber music in Europe and beyond. And you don’t have (Gramophone) THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021, 7:30PM to travel far to hear them, they bring the state of the string quartet to Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 the gloriously intimate Herbst Theatre. Amaury Coeytaux, violin Loic Rio, violin Alina Ibragimova, violin Laurent Marfaing, viola Pablo Hernán Benedí, violin François Kieffer, cello Emilie Hörnlund, viola Claire Thirion, cello PROGRAM: MOZART: Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 160 Chamber BARTÓK: Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 PROGRAM: PURCELL: Fantasia SCHUBERT: Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 MOZART: Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K.575 “Death and the Maiden” SCHUBERT: Quartettsatz in C minor, D.703 Schoenberg Family Law, Corporate Sponsor MENDELSSOHN: Quartet in F minor, Op.80

Danish String Quartet Doric String Quartet

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DANISH STRING QUARTET; PHOTO: CAROLINE BITTENCOURT

6 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 7 A great way to spend a Saturday morning! The beloved and famed ASQ and Robert Greenberg welcome an accomplished new violist and a host of guest artists including founding member Paul Yarbrough as “plus ones” to explore music for five. You’ll find these popular and casual concerts combine complete performances The Art of the Quintet Beethoven All-Day Marathon with commentary on the composers, their lives, times and music Alexander String Quartet with SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2020 | Herbst Theatre bringing depth, insight and humor to the context. Robert Greenberg, Come get your Beethoven on with our resident chamber Music Historian-In-Residence music gurus the Alexander String Quartet and Music SATURDAYS AT 10AM: JANUARY 30, FEBRUARY 13, Historian-in-Residence Robert Greenberg, in an all-day FEBRUARY 27, APRIL 10, MAY 1, 2021 Beethoven Marathon with complete performances of Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45 selected quartets and spirited commentary. The day will begin with Greenberg getting you in the mood with an Saturday Mornings Zakarias Grafilo, violin energizing and informative lecture, followed by two Frederick Lifsitz, violin all-Beethoven concerts with a dinner break in between. David Samuel, viola Sandy Wilson, cello Buy Part 1 or Part 2 of the marathon and add Paul Yarbrough, guest viola on the 10AM Beethoven Lecture with Robert Greenberg for just $10. Eli Eban, guest clarinet

PROGRAMS: Beethoven Lecture CONCERT 1: JANUARY 30, 2021 MOZART: Quintet in B-flat Major, KV 174 Robert Greenberg: 10AM MOZART: Quintet in C Major, KV 515 Herbst Theatre | $45 | General Seating CONCERT 2: FEBRUARY 13, 2021 MOZART: Quintet in G minor, KV 516 MOZART: Quintet in D Major, KV 593 Beethoven Marathon

CONCERT 3: FEBRUARY 27, 2021 Alexander String Quartet: 2PM & 7:30PM MOZART: Quintet in E-flat Major, KV 614 PART 1: 2PM MOZART: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, KV 581 Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45 CONCERT 4: APRIL 10, 2021 PART 2: 7:30PM BRAHMS: Quintet in G Major, Op. 111 Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45 BRAHMS: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

CONCERT 5: MAY 1, 2021 Buy Part 1 & Part 2 and Save $40! SCHUBERT: Cello Quintet in C Major, D. 956 Buy the full Beethoven Marathon at $90/$70/$50 (guest cellist to be announced) and save $40 on the day! You’ll receive a free ticket to the morning lecture.

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8 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 9 A great way to spend a Saturday morning! The beloved and famed ASQ and Robert Greenberg welcome an accomplished new violist and a host of guest artists including founding member Paul Yarbrough as “plus ones” to explore music for five. You’ll find these popular and casual concerts combine complete performances The Art of the Quintet Beethoven All-Day Marathon with commentary on the composers, their lives, times and music Alexander String Quartet with SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2020 | Herbst Theatre bringing depth, insight and humor to the context. Robert Greenberg, Come get your Beethoven on with our resident chamber Music Historian-In-Residence music gurus the Alexander String Quartet and Music SATURDAYS AT 10AM: JANUARY 30, FEBRUARY 13, Historian-in-Residence Robert Greenberg, in an all-day FEBRUARY 27, APRIL 10, MAY 1, 2021 Beethoven Marathon with complete performances of Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45 selected quartets and spirited commentary. The day will begin with Greenberg getting you in the mood with an Saturday Mornings Zakarias Grafilo, violin energizing and informative lecture, followed by two Frederick Lifsitz, violin all-Beethoven concerts with a dinner break in between. David Samuel, viola Sandy Wilson, cello Buy Part 1 or Part 2 of the marathon and add Paul Yarbrough, guest viola on the 10AM Beethoven Lecture with Robert Greenberg for just $10. Eli Eban, guest clarinet

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8 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 9 Generations From international piano masters to SF Performances’ regular favorites, plus a newcomer to the Herbst Theatre stage, this year's series presents the most innovative and exciting artists of any generation. Piano

LEFT: JONATHAN BISS; PHOTO: LUIS LUQUE TIMO ANDRES; PHOTO: MICHAEL WILSON ABOVE: NATASHA PAREMSKI; PHOTO: ANDREA JOYNT

Timo Andres Jonathan Biss

You’ll see composer/pianist Timo Andres on multiple Jonathan Biss has earned an avid following for his concerts this season, and with good reason. He’s an brilliant knack for putting together deeply satisfying engagingly versatile artist with a gift for connecting programs and delivering them with mastery, joy and wit. with audiences to break down traditional stuffy barriers SF Classical Voice called him, “a pianist whose probing, to enjoying great music. For example, he thinks you incisive and deeply considered performances are should clap whenever you want to, “As long as it’s not consistently challenging and rewarding.” in a super beautiful quiet part!” FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2021, 7:30PM FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2021, 7:30pm Herbst Theatre | $85/$65/$45 Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 PROGRAM: Music by SCHUBERT, KURTAG, and PROGRAM: Music by ANDRES, ADAMS, SCHUMANN ANDRIESSEN, DENNEHY, GLASS, MEHLDAU, Bernice Greene, Individual Sponsor MUHLY, HOLCOMB, GABRIELLA SMITH (New Work), COPLAND AND RZEWSKI James and Kathleen Leak, Individual Sponsors Natasha Paremski “Paremski outdid herself, tossing off diabolically David Greilsammer complex passages as if they were child’s play (they are not!),” said the Chicago Tribune. Striking and dynamic The New York Times has selected two of David performances, lyrical range and flawless technique Greilsammer’s releases as Recordings of the Year, and are a few of the frequent descriptions you’ll read of this he is known for his ear-opening inventive style. “Few thrilling artist, who returns after her SF Performances recitals I have ever attended have offered such a sense of mainstage debut just last season. intense beauty and discovery.” (New York Daily News) SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021, 7:30PM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2021, 5PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 PROGRAM: Works by CHOPIN, ADÈS and PROGRAM: Music by JANÁČEK, CPE BACH, PROKOFIEV MOZART, PELZ AND REBEL Support this performance as a Concert Partner, see page 31.

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LEFT: JONATHAN BISS; PHOTO: LUIS LUQUE TIMO ANDRES; PHOTO: MICHAEL WILSON ABOVE: NATASHA PAREMSKI; PHOTO: ANDREA JOYNT

Timo Andres Jonathan Biss

10 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 11 Up Close and Personal For more than 40 years, San Francisco Performances has set the standard for presenting vocalists in an intimate setting and creating up-close connections between them and audiences for an unmatched artistic and personal experience. This season’s artists have a knack for getting inside the repertory to expose and explore stories, characters and connections across styles and centuries of great music.

LEFT: LAWRENCE BROWNLEE; PHOTO: SHERVIN LAINEZ ABOVE: ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO; PHOTO: MATTHEW PLACEK The Art ABOVE: GOLDA SCHULTZ; PHOTO: GREGOR RÖHRIG

of Song Lawrence Brownlee, tenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor Attacca Quartet His voice has been described as, “an instrument of great beauty and expression,” by NPR, a fact attested Timo Andres, composer/piano to by an enthusiastic SF Performances audience at his recital debut here two seasons ago. This tremendously Anthony Roth Costanzo re-created the demanding title versatile tenor—who was named “Male Singer of role of Philip Glass’ monumental opera Akhnaten last the Year” by both the International Opera Award and season at the Met to universal acclaim and now makes Bachtrack—explores a golden age of popular singers. his Bay Area recital debut with 2020 Grammy-winning Attacca Quartet and frequent collaborator with Timo FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020, 7:00PM Andres. An accomplished professional performing Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 since his teens, he has a wealth of experience getting inside musical characters to deliver captivating PROGRAM: “Crooners”—an homage to legendary performances. popular vocalists from the 50s and 60s THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021, 7:30PM Angelika Kirchschlager, mezzo-soprano Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 Julius Drake, piano PROGRAM: GLASS and new work by ANDRES Patrick R. McCabe, Individual Sponsor Boasting dual national honors from the Austrian government and England’s Royal Academy of Music for her lifetime of contributions to vocal artistry, Golda Schultz, soprano Angelika Kirchschlager is truly an international Jonathan Ware, piano treasure. “The sustained focus and intensity of this performance of Winterreise was astonishing and “Golda Schultz sings with strength and assurance, her almost hypnotic.” (Opera Today) voice with its own distinctively thrilling radiance; she is a newcomer who simply has everything.” (The Financial SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021, 7:30PM Times). The South African soprano sang the role of Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 Clara the Angel in Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life PROGRAM: SCHUBERT: Winterreise at SF Opera and now bows in her recital debut here.

TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021, 7:30PM Trio Mediaeval Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

They’re not just for the dark ages anymore. This “highwire vocal act” of three women can sing anything— and they do—from ancient to contemporary music with a cappella flair and intense vocal command. Their program embraces a millennium of music from the middle ages to contemporary works created especially for them.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 Subscribe and Save! Anna Maria Friman Save on regular ticket prices when you purchase Linn Andrea Fuglseth the entire Art of Song Series. All five for just Jorunn Lovise Husan $325/$250/$200. RENEW/SUBSCRIBE by April 8 PROGRAM: Lumen de Lumine: French medieval and enjoy waived handling fees. music, Scandinavian traditional folk songs and contemporary works. 12 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 13 Up Close and Personal For more than 40 years, San Francisco Performances has set the standard for presenting vocalists in an intimate setting and creating up-close connections between them and audiences for an unmatched artistic and personal experience. This season’s artists have a knack for getting inside the repertory to expose and explore stories, characters and connections across styles and centuries of great music.

LEFT: LAWRENCE BROWNLEE; PHOTO: SHERVIN LAINEZ ABOVE: ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO; PHOTO: MATTHEW PLACEK The Art ABOVE: GOLDA SCHULTZ; PHOTO: GREGOR RÖHRIG

TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2021, 7:30PM Trio Mediaeval Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 Subscribe and Save! Anna Maria Friman Save on regular ticket prices when you purchase Linn Andrea Fuglseth the entire Art of Song Series. All five for just Jorunn Lovise Husan $325/$250/$200. RENEW/SUBSCRIBE by April 8 PROGRAM: Lumen de Lumine: French medieval and enjoy waived handling fees. music, Scandinavian traditional folk songs and contemporary works. 12 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 13 Wonder Women In classical music, increasingly the future looks female. Join us in celebrating women who have commanding roles in contemporary music as creators, interpreters and leaders. The Shenson Great Artists

LEFT: NICOLA BENEDETTI; PHOTO: ANDY GOTTS ABOVE: JENNIFER KOH; PHOTO: JUERGEN FRANK Series ABOVE: MIDORI; PHOTO: TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS

Jennifer Koh, violin Beatrice Rana, piano Timo Andres, composer/piano Renaud Capuçon, violin Jay Campbell, cello High-energy Italian pianist and Gramophone Young Jennifer Koh has defined and expanded music through Artist of the Year Beatrice Rana joins renowned violinist insightful and dazzling performances and commissions. Renaud Capuçon for a tour-de-force program that Timo Andres has also blazed a trail of captivating new spotlights their exceptional technical mastery and works and crisp, rewarding performances. A member interpretive sensitivities. of the JACK Quartet, Jay Campbell is passionately THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021, 7:30PM dedicated to the music of our time. Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020, 7:30PM PROGRAM: PROKOFIEV: Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 for Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 Violin and Piano; SCHUMANN: Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 PROGRAM: ANDRES: Winding Stair, Small Wonder for Violin and Piano (solo cello) and Piano Trio; JANÁČEK: Pohádka and Robert and Ruth Dell, Individual Sponsors Violin Sonata Support this performance as a Concert Partner, Frank S. Bayley, Individual Sponsor see page 31.

Midori, violin Nicola Benedetti/Leonard

Midori has enthusiastically set the stage for thrilling Elschenbroich/Alexei Grynyuk Trio performances and thoughtful, innovative programs Sought-after soloists on their own, this “super-trio” that build connections between art and the human has always devoted time to performing together since experience. In addition to one of the busiest solo careers, they were students in London. The result is an uncanny she is an activist, “traveling from one end of the world to performance precision and warm camaraderie on stage. the other, sharing her conviction in the energizing and The London Telegraph enthused, “If any piano trio could binding power of music.” (SF Classical Voice). To see achieve star status, it’s surely this one.” her perform in the intimacy of the Herbst Theatre is an exceptional experience. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45 Nicola Benedetti, violin Leonard Elschenbroich, cello Christian Jessen, Individual Sponsor Alexei Grynyuk, piano

PROGRAM: SCHUBERT: Piano Trio No. 2 in E flat Major, D.929; TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Trio in A minor, Subscribe and Save! Op. 50 Subscriber Perk Alert: Save on regular ticket prices when you purchase Joan Kahr, Individual Sponsor Add extra tickets for friends and family the entire Shenson Great Artists Series. All four for just $260/$200/$160. RENEW/SUBSCRIBE The Advocates Reception follows this performance. and receive $5 off each ticket. by April 8 and enjoy waived handling fees. To become a donor at the Advocates Level, email us at [email protected]

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LEFT: NICOLA BENEDETTI; PHOTO: ANDY GOTTS ABOVE: JENNIFER KOH; PHOTO: JUERGEN FRANK Series ABOVE: MIDORI; PHOTO: TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS

Midori, violin Nicola Benedetti/Leonard

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ABOVE: TIMO ANDRES; PHOTO: MICHAEL WILSON

2020 FEBRUARY Thursday, February 4, 2021 7:30pm Midori (Great Artists/Herbst) OCTOBER Sunday, February 7, 2021 5:00pm David Greilsammer (Piano/Herbst) Saturday, February 13, 2021 10:00am ASQ/Greenberg (Saturday Mornings/Herbst) Friday, October 2, 2020 6:00pm 41st Gala (Special Event/Herbst & War Memorial) Saturday, February 20, 2021 7:30pm Angelika Kirchschlager/Julius Drake Friday, October 2, 2020 7:00pm Lawrence Brownlee (Art of Song/Herbst) (Art of the Song/Herbst) NOVEMBER Thursday, February 25, 2021 7:30pm Beatrice Rana/Renaud Capuçon (Great Artists/Herbst) Saturday, February 27, 2021 10:00am ASQ/Greenberg (Saturday Mornings/Herbst) Tuesday, November 10, 2020 7:30pm Danish String Quartet (Chamber/Herbst) Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:30pm Jennifer Koh/Timo Andres/Jay Campbell MARCH (Great Artists/Herbst) Friday, March 5, 2021 7:30pm Jonathan Biss (Piano/Herbst) Saturday, November 21, 2020 7:30pm Thibault Cauvin (Guitar/St. Mark’s) Saturday, March 6, 2021 7:30pm Trio Mediaeval (Art of the Song/Herbst) DECEMBER Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:30pm Nicola Benedetti/Leonard Elschenbroich/ Alexei Grynyuk Trio (Great Artists/Herbst) Saturday, December 5, 2020 7:30pm Kazuhito Yamashita (Guitar/St. Mark’s) Thursday, March 18, 2021 7:30pm Modigliani Quartet (Chamber/Herbst) Saturday, December 12, 2020 10:00am Beethoven Lecture/Greenberg Laura Snowden (Guitar/St. Mark's) (Special Event/Herbst) Saturday, March 20, 2021 7:30pm Saturday, December 12, 2020 2:00pm Beethoven Marathon/Part 1-ASQ APRIL (Special Event/Herbst) Saturday, December 12, 2020 7:30pm Beethoven Marathon/Part 2 -ASQ Thursday, April 8, 2021 7:30pm The Romeros/Isabel Leonard (Guitar/Herbst) (Special Event/Herbst) Saturday, April 10, 2021 10:00am ASQ/Greenberg (Saturday Mornings/Herbst) Saturday, April 10, 2021 7:30pm Natasha Paremski (Piano/Herbst) 2021 Friday, April 16, 2021 7:30pm Sean Jones “Dizzy Spellz” (PIVOT/Herbst) Saturday, April 17, 2021 7:30pm Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (PIVOT & Family/Herbst) JANUARY Wednesday, April 21, 2021 7:30pm Aaron Diehl (PIVOT/Herbst) Tuesday, January 19, 2021 7:30pm Doric String Quartet (Chamber/Herbst) Friday, April 23, 2021 7:30pm Dreamers‘ Circus (PIVOT/Herbst) Friday, January 29, 2021 7:30pm Timo Andres (Piano/Herbst) Thursday, April 29, 2021 7:30pm Anthony Roth Costanzo/Attacca Quartet/Timo Andres Saturday, January 30, 2021 10:00am ASQ/Greenberg (Saturday Mornings/Herbst) (The Art of Song/Herbst) Saturday, January 30, 2021 7:30pm Sérgio and Odair Assad (Guitar/Herbst) MAY Saturday, May 1, 2021 10:00am ASQ/Greenberg (Saturday Mornings/Herbst) Saturday, May 1, 2021 7:30pm Chiaroscuro Quartet (Chamber/Herbst) Tuesday, May 4, 2021 7:30pm Golda Schultz/Jonathan Ware (Art of Song/Herbst)

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ABOVE: TIMO ANDRES; PHOTO: MICHAEL WILSON

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16 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 17 Influencers What makes music the soundtrack of its time and place or the music of an era? Sometimes distinctly different kinds of music collide, merge and come forth as new sounds and new genres. These four far-reaching programs dynamically trace the origins of styles, genres and creators, illuminating their revolutionary and evolutionary paths. From music of the African diaspora and seminal jazz to rebooting Nordic folk traditions, and from rigorous classical training to soaring, free improvisation, this year’s PIVOT Festival takes us on a ride through the creative panorama that made some of the music we love today. LEFT: DREAMER’S CIRCUS; PHOTO: ROS KILDE ABOVE: UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN; PHOTO: ALLISON BURKE ABOVE: SEAN JONES; PHOTO: MONTE NICKELS

PIVOT Sean Jones, trumpet Aaron Diehl, piano Sean Jones and friends take you to the cultural and Hear for yourself how classical traditions and jazz spiritual crossroads of the African diaspora focusing intersect and cross-influence each other. Aaron on the life and music of Dizzy Gillespie to tell the story Diehl shows off his classical training and the enigma of the jazz it ultimately produced. and inspiration of improvisation in music by Satie, Prokofiev, Glass, Ellington and others. FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45 Brinae Ali, tap dancer/vocalist/flutist Zaccai Curtis, pianist PROGRAM: Paradoxes in Performance: works by Boris Kozlov, bassist SATIE, PROKOFIEV, GLASS, ELLINGTON and others. Wendel Patrick, turntablist Obed Calvaire, drummer Dreamers’ Circus PROGRAM: Dizzy Spellz: an innovative, Afro–futuristic fusion of jazz, tap and bebop. A new, driving force in Nordic music, Dreamers’ Circus Thomas and Lily Beischer, Individual Sponsors takes off from deep folk traditions with ancient and modern instruments giving voice to a newly forged Support this performance as a Concert Partner, amalgamation of history and sound. see page 31. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45 Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

A humbly compelling and beloved instrument gains expressive, virtuoso freedom with the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain. At their hands, the ever- present relevance of popular music meets the lofty sounds of “highbrow” fare in a delicious acoustic mash-up like nothing else you’ve heard.

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18 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 19 Influencers What makes music the soundtrack of its time and place or the music of an era? Sometimes distinctly different kinds of music collide, merge and come forth as new sounds and new genres. These four far-reaching programs dynamically trace the origins of styles, genres and creators, illuminating their revolutionary and evolutionary paths. From music of the African diaspora and seminal jazz to rebooting Nordic folk traditions, and from rigorous classical training to soaring, free improvisation, this year’s PIVOT Festival takes us on a ride through the creative panorama that made some of the music we love today. LEFT: DREAMER’S CIRCUS; PHOTO: ROS KILDE ABOVE: UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN; PHOTO: ALLISON BURKE ABOVE: SEAN JONES; PHOTO: MONTE NICKELS

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18 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 19 All in the Family The guitar world is a close one with many interconnections and relationships. It is both a family in the larger sense and features a high degree of related-by-blood artists and musical dynasties. This year’s series explores, in part, these relationships and relations in music. Guitar LEFT: THIBAULT CAUVIN; PHOTO COURTESY OF THIBAULT CAUVIN ABOVE: LAURA SNOWDEN; PHOTO: JULES LAWRENCE ABOVE: THE ROMEROS; PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROMEROS

Thibault Cauvin Sérgio and Odair Assad

Young Thibault Cauvin was born with a guitar in his The New York Times referred to their ensemble hands—or at least his guitarist father placed one there precision and matching techniques as, “mysteries as at an early age—and he has played it ever since. By 13 he much biological as musical.” The Grammy-nominated had won prizes in more than 20 competitions, paving the Assad Brothers have re-defined the modern history way for studies at the Paris Conservatory. In addition to of guitar music. Their energizing performances bear concert halls, you might be lucky to hear him perform in witness to their artistic lineage from giants like Andrés what he calls “magic” places, including the Eiffel Tower, Segovia through Monina Távora. Inca ruins and China’s Forbidden City to name a few. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2021, 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $60/$50/$45 St. Mark’s Lutheran Church | $65/$55 PROGRAM: Music by COUPERIN, HAYDN, PROGRAM: A trip around the world, music BOGDANOVIĆ, PIAZZOLLA, SÉRGIO ASSAD by ALBÉNIZ, PIAZZOLLA, PEREIRA, YOCOH, and others. DUPLESSY, VACHEZ and DOMENICONI Laura Snowden Kazuhito Yamashita The Rolling Stones helped her get into England’s A sensitive and prolific artist (52 recordings released prestigious Menuhin School, where she was its first before he turned 32!) and Bach specialist with a graduate in guitar. Classical Guitar Magazine has called remarkable dynamic range, Kazuhito Yamashita is her “Classical guitar’s new champion,” and she has perhaps Japan’s greatest guitarist. Fellow guitarist herself been championed by Julian Bream. Her creative Sérgio Assad commented on Yamashita’s Bach range has encompassed collaborations with leading performances here in 2015, “I’m amazed by his sense contemporary composers and the occasional rock star. of concentration. It was a great afternoon of music.” SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021, 7:30PM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020, 7:30PM St. Mark’s Lutheran Church | $60/$45 St. Mark’s Lutheran Church | $65/$55 PROGRAM: Music by BARRIOS and VILLA LOBOS, PROGRAM: All BACH plus traditional Celtic songs

The Romeros 60th anniversary tour with Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano

Celin, Pepe, Celino and Lito Romero—members of the “Royal Family of the Guitar” celebrate an astonishing milestone. If you’ve heard and loved the guitar in your lifetime, chances are you have the prolific and peripatetic Romeros to thank for its enduring popularity. Their program features Spanish songs with versatile vocalist Isabel Leonard. Guitar Series is presented in association with OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts. THURSDAY APRIL 8, 2021, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $65/$55/$45

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20 SFPERFORMANCES.ORG RENEWAL DEADLINE MAY 6 ORDER NOW 415.677.0325 21 All in the Family The guitar world is a close one with many interconnections and relationships. It is both a family in the larger sense and features a high degree of related-by-blood artists and musical dynasties. This year’s series explores, in part, these relationships and relations in music. Guitar LEFT: THIBAULT CAUVIN; PHOTO COURTESY OF THIBAULT CAUVIN ABOVE: LAURA SNOWDEN; PHOTO: JULES LAWRENCE ABOVE: THE ROMEROS; PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ROMEROS

Thibault Cauvin Sérgio and Odair Assad

The Romeros 60th anniversary tour with Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano

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IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS CONCERTS WITH CONVERSATION Since 1989, San Francisco Performances These free and informal gatherings give com- has taken a unique and intimate approach munity members an opportunity to encounter to arts education in the schools through our exceptional mainstage artists up close at its Artist-in-Residency Program. In small, the Community Music Center in the Mission hands-on programs, our internationally District, and in other neighborhoods around acclaimed resident artists work directly with San Francisco. students and teachers in Bay Area public schools to enhance understanding and To learn more about our education programs appreciation of the arts. The scope of these please visit: sfperformances.org/education or residencies reflects our commitment to mak- email [email protected] ing the arts an essential part of everyone’s life by: allowing young people of all backgrounds to experience the joys and excitement of great music and dance; helping to keep arts education accessible to all students; and supporting the professional development of emerging artists and educators.

LEFT: ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ AND ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020, 6:00PM TICKETS War Memorial Green Room and Herbst Theatre TABLE SPONSORS The Gala includes a cocktail reception on the loggia overlooking City Hall (6pm) and PLATINUM ($10,000): Premium seating for ten at a concert that brings the versatile tenor the concert and dinner, plus more Lawrence Brownlee in a performance of his GOLD ($7,500): Preferred seating for ten at the popular program “Crooners”—an homage concert and dinner, plus more to legendary vocalists from the 50s and 60s (7pm). Following the performance there is SILVER ($5,000): Seating for ten at the concert dinner and a fund-a-need drive in the and dinner, plus more beautiful Green Room. INDIVIDUAL TICKETS All proceeds from the Gala benefit San Francisco Performances’ education BENEFACTOR ($750): One ticket with preferred and outreach programs. seating at the concert and dinner PATRON ($500): One ticket for the concert and dinner

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