St Helena performing art in san francisco events

Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin

Thursday, May 23 8:00p

Weill Hall at the Green Music Center, Rohnert Park

Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer...

The 30th Novato Festival of Art, Wine & Music

Saturday, Jun 8 10:00a

Downtown Novato, Novato

The Novato Festival of Art, Wine & Music turns 30 years old this year with more fanfare than ever...

Cal Shakes - American Night: The Ballad of Juan José

Wednesday, May 29 8:00p

Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda

Hailed as a “boisterous, rollicking, surreal…journey into American history” by the Mail Tribune during its sold-out run at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Night brings the groundbreaking work...

Steve Silver's Beach Blanket Babylon

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Club Fugazi, San Francisco

The always-changing Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon is the world’s longest running musical revue...

John Goldman Tribute Concert

Monday, Jun 17 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Join us in celebrating the extraordinary leadership of outgoing Symphony President John Goldman...

Robertson leads Ravel and Gershwin

Wednesday, May 22 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Ravel, who heard jazz in Harlem with Gershwin, was dumbfounded by the dazzling Rhapsody in Blue, which Gershwin played at a birthday party for the French composer...

Dvořák's Cello Concerto with Gautier Capuçon

Wednesday, May 29 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Music from three Eastern Europeans gives this program a delightfully colorful sound palette...

Jonathan Biss plays Schumann

Thursday, Jun 13 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Schumann’s lilting, effervescent concerto started out as a shorter piece, but virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck—his wife—urged him to expand it...

MTT and Stravinsky: Stravinsky's Russian Roots

Friday, Jun 21 6:30p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

The joyous Les Noces “depicts” a wedding the way an Altman film uses scraps of conversation to tell a tale, and boasts four pianists on stage...

Barantschik and Vinocour play Britten's Double

Thursday, Jun 6 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Britten composed the concerto for violin and his own instrument, viola, at 18; its youthful vigor will challenge the virtuosity of the SFS’s Concertmaster and Principal Violist...

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Friday, Jun 14 8:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

A life full of music is the story of Ricky Skaggs...

Hamed Nikpay

Sunday, Jun 9 7:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

A fusion vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, Hamed Nikpay has been a pioneering & experimental artist for over a decade...

Show For Equality: The Stephanie Teel Band

Sunday, Jun 16 7:00p

Yoshi's San Francisco Live Music & Restaurant, San Francisco

Marriage Equality USA is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots organization fighting solely for the freedom to marry at the state and federal levels – including successful initiatives in New Y...

MTT and Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring and Gil Shaham

Wednesday, Jun 19 8:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Stravinsky’s music has been a passion of Michael Tilson Thomas’s since he met the composer while studying at USC. Fitting that the music of Stravinsky plays a prominent part in the season...

Chamber Music with members of the San Francisco Symphony

Sunday, Jun 2 2:00p

Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco

Dalit Warshaw Transformations for String Quartet, and Theremin John Chishom violin, Chunming Mo violin; Yun Jie Liu viola; Barbara Bogatin cello; Dalit Warshaw theremin Dalit Warshaw Nizk’...

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