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Exploring a Rich Musical Vein

Georgia Rowe - January 19, 2010
In today’s economic climate, it can be easier for musical organizations to find an audience than a permanent venue. Since founding the Gold Coast Chamber Players a decade ago, violist and Music Director Pamela Freund-Striplen has been steadily building a following for chamber music in Contra Costa County.
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Tasty Mix From Quarteto Vivace Brasil

Jeff Kaliss - January 19, 2010
Flautist Tadeu Coelho is finding, on his group’s first tour of the U.S., that American musical palates are pleased by a healthy mix of genres. He believes that his fellow Brazilians are endemically suited to serving up eclecticism.

“It has to do with our heritage,” Coelho points out. “We are a very mixed population, from African, European, Japanese, and native Indian.

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Music News: January 19, 2010

Janos Gereben - January 19, 2010

Opera to Offer Domingo, Ring, Much More

Just back at work for the first time in the new year, San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley has announced plans for the company's 2010-2011 season, its 88th.

Yo-Yo Ma: Ready for the Fire

Marianne Lipanovich - January 18, 2010
Some classical musicians are stars within the genre. Others have become known outside the classical field. And then there’s Yo-Yo Ma.
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From the “Simple” to the Sublime

Lisa Hirsch - January 18, 2010
The San Francisco Symphony Chamber Music concert on Sunday marked George Benjamin’s third and last appearance as the Phyllis C. Wattis Composer in Residence. He was represented on the program by two works, Viola, Viola; and Piano Figures. Both are superb additions to their respective repertories.
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Pacific Overtures and Adventures

Janos Gereben - January 18, 2010

Going back about six decades now, there were Alan Watts in Marin and the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco, the pioneering Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Lou Harrison’s gamelan works from San José and Santa Cruz, Berkeley’s Center for World Music, and countless others.

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Ringed by the Imaginative George Benjamin

Georgia Rowe - January 16, 2010
It’s always fascinating to hear where composers are coming from, as well as where they’re going.
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Nathan Gunn, Out of the Comfort Zone

Jason Victor Serinus - January 13, 2010
The exceptionally fine baritone Nathan Gunn was at Herbst Theatre last Tuesday, where he tackled Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin (The fair maid of the mill) in a recital for San Francisco Performances.
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Peninsula Symphony and Taylor Eigsti

Michael Zwiebach - January 13, 2010

Jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti has made a name for himself with his own music, and is well-known to Bay Area jazz lovers. Peninsula Symphony subscribers heard him with the orchestra two years ago, and now have the chance to meet him again, as he and Mitchell Sardou Klein's orchestra tackle three great Gershwin scores: Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture, and Porgy and Bess Symphonic Suite.

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The Art of Baroque Oboe

Michael Zwiebach - January 13, 2010

The oboe is not the easiest instrument to play under the best of circumstances. So deciding to play Baroque and classical oboes, the less-techologically advantaged forerunners of the modern instrument might seem like a recipe for frustration akin to attempting to surf the internet with a 1980s-era personal computer.