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Dear Friends,

Welcome to our 2018-2019 Season! This year we offer a breadth and depth of artists and programs with San Francisco Performances’ signature mix of must-see artists, significant new voices, eagerly anticipated debuts, and a dynamic bal-ance of cherished classics and premieres.

We are constantly striving, as curators, to look ever deeper into what makes a good concert, an inviting series and an inspiring season. Most important, we bring you, the audience, face-to-face with artists in intimate settings that allow you to share the energy and excitement that are only possible in live performance.

Through our ongoing audience research and in conversation with many of you, we hear about what you enjoy most with SF Performances. As always, our season features a wealth of familiar works as well as opportunities to be the first to experience the next wave of performers and creators.

The 2018-2019 Season presents masters of the music of history as well as artists giving voice to our time through programs and events that are relevant and reflective of the world around us.

To help guide you in selecting concerts, we have identified sub-themes that are woven into the season. These themes include Classics, Baroque Beauty, New Works, Important Debuts, and Lean In/Listen. Exploring themes that appeal to you and customizing your Make-Your-Own series will highlight connections between concerts and artists, adding depth and richness to your experience.

I look forward to seeing you again this coming season as we bring great artists and great audiences together once again.

Warmly,

Melanie Smith President, San Francisco Performances

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HEAR NOW AND THEN .............. 4-5TENET with Quicksilver (Oct 12)

Daniel Hope and Friends (Oct 27)

Matt Haimovitz/Vijay Iyer (Mar 9)

Third Coast Percussion (Apr 3)

PIANO ........................................ 6-7Seong-Jin Cho (Oct 22)

Igor Levit (Nov 1)

Garrick Ohlsson (Feb 21, Mar 28)

Benjamin Grosvenor (Mar 13)

Piotr Anderszewski (Apr 13)

CHAMBER ................................. 8-9Dover Quartet (Oct 7)

Brooklyn Rider (Nov 16)

Alexander String Quartet/Joyce Yang (Feb 14)

Elias Quartet (Apr 1)

THE ART OF SONG ................ 10-11Christopher Maltman (Nov 13)

Luciana Souza (Nov 30)

Mark Padmore (Jan 13)

Deborah Voigt (May 2)

DANCE ................................... 12-13Jessica Lang Dance (Feb 28, Mar 1-2)

Rosie Kay Dance (April 11-13)

Dorrance Dance (May 9-11)

GREAT ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLES .................. 14-15Jean-Guihen Queyras (Oct 28)

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Dec 12)

Inon Barnatan/Calidore Quartet (Jan 29)

Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio (Apr 27)

FULL CALENDAR of Events ... 16-17

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SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS ...... 20-21 39th Gala & L’Histoire du Soldat Concert (Sept 28)

Leon Fleisher/Jonathan Biss (Feb 12)

DISCOVERY ........................... 22-23Telegraph Quartet (Dec 9)

Ilker Arcayürek (Feb 20)

Francesco Piemontesi (May 21)

GUITAR .................................. 24-25Sharon Isbin/Romero Lubambo (Oct 13)

Paul Galbraith/Antonio Meneses (Nov 3)

Ana Vidovic (Dec 8)

Sergio and Odair Assad (Feb 9)

Pablo Sainz Villegas (Mar 2)

PIVOT………….. ..................... 26-27Ran Dank (Jan 24)

Paula West (Jan 25)

Gabriel Kahane (Jan 26)

Dashon Burton (Jan 27)

SATURDAY MORNINGS .............. 28Berkeley (Dec 1, 8, 15, Jan 12, 26)

San Francisco (Feb 2, Feb 9, Mar 23, May 18)

FAMILY MATINEES …… .............. 29Alexander String Quartet and Friends (Jan 27)

Jessica Lang Dance (Mar 2)

Sean Jones and Friends (Mar 16)

Dorrance Dance (May 11)

Education Programs .................... 30

Membership ................................ 31

Photo Credits: COVER: Jessica Lang Dance, Sharon Bradford; PRESIDENT’S LETTER: Melanie Smith, Christian Jessen; HERE NOW AND THEN: Matt Haimovitz, Steph McKinnon; Third Coast Percussion, Saverio Truglia; Daniel Hope, Nicolas Zonvi; Vijay Iyer, Lena Adasheva; TENET, Courtesy of TENET; PIANO: Piotr Anderszewski, Courtesy of Piotr Anderszewski; Seong-Jin Cho, Harald Hoffmann; Garrick Ohlsson, Dario Acosta; Benjamin Grosvenor, Patrick Allen, Opera Omnia; CHAMBER: Brooklyn Rider, Erin Baiano; Alexander String Quartet/Joyce Yang, Courtesy of ASQ; Elias Quartet, Courtesy of Elias Quartet; Dover Quartet, Carlin Ma; THE ART OF SONG: Luciana Souza, Kim Fox; Christopher Maltman, Pia Clodi; Deborah Voigt, Heidi Gutman; Mark Padmore, Marco Borgrevve; Paul Lewis, Courtesy of Paul Lewis; DANCE: Jessica Lang Dance, Christopher Duggan; Rosie Kay Dance, Tim Cross; Dorrance Dance, Christopher Duggan; GREAT ARTISTS AND ENSEMBLES: Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Julia Wesely; Jean-Guihen Queyras, Marco Borgrevve; Calidore Quartet, Courtesy of Calidore Quartet; Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio, Giorgia Bertazzi; CALENDAR: Herbst Theatre, Courtesy of SF Performances; SUBSCRIPTIONS: Dorrance Dance, Matthew Murphy; SPECIALS CELEBRATIONS: Sean Jones, Margo Moritz; Regina Carter, Christopher Drukker; Leon Fleisher, Chris Hartlove; Jonathan Biss, Benjamin Ealovega; DISCOVERY: Telegraph Quartet, Courtesy of Telegraph Quartet; Ilker Arcayürek, Courtesy of Ilker Arcayürek; Francesco Piemontesi, Marco Borgrevve; GUITAR: Pablo Sainz Villegas, Lisa Mazzuco; Sharon Isbin, Henry Fair; Sergio and Odair Assad, Courtesy of Sergio and Odair Assad; Ana Vidovic, Courtesy of Ana Vidovic; Antonio Meneses, Courtesy of Antonio Meneses; Paul Galbraith, Courtesy of Paul Galbraith; Romero Lubambo, Courtesy of Romero Lubambo; PIVOT: Gabriel Kahane, Josh Goleman; Paula West, Courtesy of Paula West: Ran Dank, Janette Beckman; Dashon Burton, Tatiana Daubek; SATURDAY MORNINGS: Alexander String Quartet, Shirley Singer; Robert Greenberg, Rory Earnshaw; FAMILY MATINEES: Sean Jones, Courtesy of Sean Jones; Dorrance Dance, Ian Douglas; Alexander String Quartet, Louise Nevelson; Jessica Lang Dance, Christopher Duggan; EDUCATION: Sean Jones with students, Amanda Alef; MEMBERSHIP: Tom Beisher and Philip Glass, Christian Jessen; BACK COVER: Third Coast Percussion, Saverio Truglia


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1 TENET with Quicksilver

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018, 7:30PM St. Mark’s Lutheran Church | $65/$45

PROGRAM: Italian music from the 17th century.

2 Daniel Hope and Friends

Daniel Hope, ViolinSimos Papanas, ViolinNicola Mosca, VioloncelloEmanuele Forni, LutheNaoki Kitaya, CembaloMichael Metzler, Percussion

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Air: A Baroque Journey: Music by DIEGO ORTIZ, HANDEL, ANDREA FALCONIERI, JOHANN PAUL VON WESTHOFF, NICOLA MATTEIS, VIVALDI, FALCONIERI, JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR, and MARCO UCCELINI.

3 Matt Haimovitz, cello Vijay Iyer, piano

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Works by IYER, ZAKIR HUSSEIN, JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, J.S. BACH, RAVI SHANKAR, BILLY STRAYHORN and others.

Robert and Ruth Dell, Individual Sponsor

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David SkidmoreRobert DillonPeter MartinSean Connors

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $65/$50/$40

PROGRAM: PHILIP GLASS, West Coast Premiere and other works to be announced.

Patrick McCabe, Individual Sponsor

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The music of our time often holds a mirror to what’s happening in our world and how we perceive it, closely reflecting what’s important, or at least what’s up. The past was often no different—some of history’s most insightful social commentary and essence can be found in music. How people live and love, win and lose, learn and grow can be expressed with remarkable dif-ference and pointed familiarity by composers who lived hundreds of years apart.

The distant past and the intensely present come together in this series exploring the differences and commonalities between historical and contemporary music.

Vocal ensemble TENET teams up with instrumentalists from the early music group Quicksilver to perform music from the Italian Baroque era, featuring Claudio Monteverdi, one of that period’s envelope-pushing “contemporary” composers. Celebrated program innovator and violinist Daniel Hope presents a sonic history of the violin and the musical form of the “air” through works spanning three centuries, proving that “crossover” has been around for a while. Matt Haimovitz—who has spent a career successfully rethinking how and where music is performed and heard—joins forces with genius jazz composer-performer Vijay Iyer. Third Coast Percussion completes the series with an eagerly anticipated premiere of a substantial new work by Philip Glass.


Big and bold works and larger-than-life interpretations by accomplished perform-ers at the peak of their careers headline the piano series this season. Garrick Ohlsson tackles two programs of Brahms, begin-ning a multi-year series during which he will perform the composer’s complete works for solo piano. 2018 Gilmore Artist Igor Levit’s program celebrates how the great Romantics reinterpreted composers of earlier eras—and their own. Chopin Competition Gold Medalist Seong-Jin Cho makes his SF Performances debut and electrifying young keyboard artist Benjamin Grosvenor brings a fiery German and Russian program. Perennial piano favorite Piotr Anderszewski returns with Beethoven and Bach to round out a powerful lineup. This series is sure to satisfy seasoned audiences and thrill newcomers.

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1 Seong-Jin Cho

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45

PROGRAM: J.S. BACH: Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue; SCHUBERT: Wanderer Fantasy; CHOPIN: Polonaise Fantasy, Op. 61; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition

2 Igor Levit

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45

PROGRAM: BACH/BRAHMS: Chaconne in D-minor (after Partita for solo violin, BWV 1004); BUSONI: Fantasia after J.S. Bach, BWV 253; SCHUMANN: Theme and Variations in E-flat Major, “Ghost Variations”; WAGNER/LISZT: “Solemn March to the Holy Grail” from Parsifal, S.450; LISZT/BUSONI: Fantasy and Fugue on the chorale “Ad nos, ad salutarem undam”, S. 259

3 Garrick Ohlsson

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45

PROGRAM 1: BRAHMS: Eight Pieces, Op. 76; Two Sets of Variations (No. 1 Eleven Variations on an Original Theme, in D Major, No. 2 Fourteen Variations on a Hungarian Melody, in D major) Op. 21; Four Ballades, Op. 10; Variations on a theme of Paganini, Op. 35

Joan Kahr, Individual Sponsor

THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45

PROGRAM 2: BRAHMS: Six Pieces, Op. 118; Piano Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp minor, Op. 2; Three Intermezzi, Op. 117; Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

4 Benjamin Grosvenor

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45

PROGRAM: SCHUMANN: Blumenstück, Op. 19; Kreisleriana, Op. 1; PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29; SCRIABIN: Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp Major, Op. 53; TCHAIKOVSKY/PABST: Concert Paraphrase on Eugene Onegin

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5 Piotr Anderszewski

SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45

PROGRAM: BEETHOVEN: Diabelli Variations and BACH

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Music is a powerful inspiration to connect—with our histories, with each other and with our inner selves. This season’s Chamber Music series maps musical terrain from composers’ reactions to the idea and ideals of America to the scientifically dem-onstrated restorative powers of music, and from the fruits of mutual collaboration to the enduring emotional impact of historical mas-terworks. It’s hard to imagine a greater range of ensembles, including masters of the clas-sics, trail-blazing pioneers of new music, and artists who are redefining the roles of music and musicians for the 21st century.

The award-winning young Dover Quartet, which often balances its pyrotechnic style with programs centered around insightful social commentary, will perform works by 19th and 20th century composers who were inspired by America. Iconoclastic Brooklyn Rider—which NPR credited with “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble.”— delves into the dynamic healing powers of music. SF Performances’ own Alexander String Quartet teams up with pianist Joyce Yang and Bay Area-born composer Samuel Adams for a West Coast premiere. The Elias Quartet returns to SF Performances with three centuries of chamber music.

1 Dover Quartet

Joel Link, violinBryan Lee, violinMilena Pajaro-van de Stadt, violaCamden Shaw, cello

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018, 7:00PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Made in America: BRITTEN: Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25; BARTÓK: Quartet No. 3; DVORÁK: Quartet in A flat Major, Op. 105

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Johnny Gandelsman, violinColin Jacobsen, violinNicholas Cords, violaMichael Nicolas, cello

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Healing Modes: BEETHOVEN: Quartet No. 15, Op. 132, plus works by REENA ESMAIL, GABRIELA LENA FRANK, MATANA ROBERTS and recent Pulitzer Prize winners CAROLINE SHAW and DU YUN.

3 Alexander String Quartet with Joyce Yang, piano

Zakarias Grafilo, violinFrederick Lifsitz, violinPaul Yarbrough, violaSandy Wilson, cello

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 14, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: MOZART: Piano Quartet in G minor, K 478; Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, K. 493; SAM ADAMS: Quintet (West Coast Premiere)

4 Elias Quartet

Sara Bitlloch, violinDonald Grant, violinMartin Saving, violaMarie Bitlloch, cello

MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: SALLY BEAMISH: Quartet; BRITTEN: Quartet No. 2; SCHUMANN: Quartet Op. 41, No. 1

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Formerly called the Vocal Series, we’ve changed the name to reflect our artists’ focus on the elemental power and the intimate story-telling versatility of songs and singing. These artists are more than great performers in their own right. They are accomplished storytellers, singing actors and gifted communicators who capture our atten-tion, move our emotions and make us see ourselves in their words and music.

Every program is a journey, some literal and some metaphorical--from an evening of playful and observant animal songs to the profound and sometimes quirky, reveal-ing endearing explorations of love, life and the world around us. The music throughout the series is an expansive mix of traditional Lieder, jazz with non-traditional accompani-ment, European and American song and even a refreshing bit of British comic relief.

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1 Christopher Maltman, baritone Audrey Saint-Gil, piano

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Carnival of the Animals: POULENC: Le bestiaire; SCHUMANN: Die Löwenbraut, Der Handschuh; RAVEL: Histoires Naturelles; REGER: Op. 76 Zwei Mäuschen, Die fünf Hühnerchen, Furchthäschen, Der Igel, Die Bienen, Mausefangen; CHABRIER: Ballade des gros dindons, Villanelle des petits canards, Les Cigales; WOLF: Storchenbotschaft, Der Schwalben heimkehr, Der Knabe und das Immlein, Der Rattenfänger; FLANDERS AND SWANN: The Armadillo, The Warthog, The Gnu

2 Luciana Souza, vocal with Chico Pinheiro, guitar, and Scott Colley, string bass

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Book of Longing—Luciana Souza and friends explore the influence, inter-relationships and interpretation of poets and music.

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3 Mark Padmore, tenor Paul Lewis, piano

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2019, 7:00PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: HAYDN: She never told her love, The spirit’s song; MOZART: Antwort auf die Frage eines Mädchens Das Veilchen, KV. 476, Abendempfindung an Laura, KV 523; BEETHOVEN: Adelaide, Op, 46; SCHUBERT: Viola, D 786; SCHUMANN: Hans Christian Andersen Lieder, Op. 40; Eichendorff Liederkreis, Op. 39

4 Deborah Voigt, soprano

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Focus on American songs by composers including AMY BEACH, BEN MOORE, WILLIAM BOLCOM and LEONARD BERNSTEIN plus RICHARD STRAUSS and TCHAIKOVSKY


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1 Jessica Lang Dance

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019, 7:30PMFRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2019, 7:30PMSATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019, 7:30PMYBCA Theater | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: Lyric Suite, The Calling, 1000 Yard Stare, West Coast premiere of a New Work


2 Rosie Kay Dance

THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019, 7:30PM FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019, 7:30PM SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019, 2:00PM AND 7:30PM Atrium Theater | $65

PROGRAM: 5 Soldiers

3 Dorrance Dance Co-presented with YBCA

THURSDAY MAY 9, 2019, 7:30PMFRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019, 7:30PMSATURDAY, MAY 11, 2019, 7:30PMYBCA Theater | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: ETM: Double Down

Celebrating the powerful voices of women in the creation and performance of dance, this season SF Performances presents three companies that energize ballet, tap and contemporary movement with electrifying new meaning and technical daring.

Inspired by input from former and currently serving military, Rosie Kay’s moving 5 Soldiers fuses moments of deeply honest, sometimes humorous and always frank personal experiences to look at the inti-mate training soldiers undertake to prepare for the sheer physicality of combat. Jessica Lang’s work draws equally from modern dance and ballet, transforming and redefining movement with stunning visuals and emo-tional engagement. Dorrance Dance returns to SF Performances with a signature, high-energy work in which the performers use “tap instruments” created by Nicholas Young not only to dance, but to create live music.

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Alone, paired up, or five at a time, this series offers some of the world’s greatest musicians who have selected programs of works they are especially passionate about.

Dashing French virtuoso Jean-Guihen Queyras takes a deep dive into Bach’s sub-lime suites for solo cello based on baroque dance forms that swing from moody sara-bandes (banned in Spain in the 1500s!) to galloping gavottes. Powerhouse violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja also has a knack for clever programming as seen in her mostly French offerings here (including Romanian-French transplant George Enescu). Inon Barnatan and the Calidore Quartet bring a spontaneous vibrancy back to Bach with their sensuous interpretations of the baroque master’s keyboard concertos. Teztlaff-Teztlaff-Vogt Trio, led by SF Performances multi-season favorite, Christian Tetzlaff, embodies strong musical bonds between its performers and high-voltage technique.

1 Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello


PROGRAM: BACH: Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007; Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008; Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009


PROGRAM: BACH: Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010; Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

2 Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin Polina Leschenko, piano

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: BARTOK: Violin Sonata No. 2, Sz. 76; POULENC: Violin Sonata, FP 119; ENESCU: Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25; RAVEL: Tzigane

3 Inon Barnatan, piano Calidore Quartet

Jeffrey Myers, violinRyan Meehan, violinJeremy Berry, violaEstelle Choi, cello

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

ALL BACH PROGRAM: Selections from “The Art of the Fugue”, BWV 1080; Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058; Concerto No. 4 in A Major, BWV 1055; Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

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Christian Tetzlaff, violinTanja Tetzlaff, celloLars Vogt, piano

SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $70/$55/$45

PROGRAM: MOZART: Trio in B-flat Major, K. 502; SHOSTAKOVICH: Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67; DVORÁK: Trio No. 3 in F minor, Op. 65


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SEPTEMBER

Friday, September 28, 2018 6:00 PM 39th Season Gala & Concert (Special Events/ Herbst & War Memorial)

Friday, September 28, 2018 7:00 PM Sean Jones/Regina Carter L’Histoire du Soldat (Special Events/Herbst)

OCTOBER

Sunday, October 7, 2018 7:00 PM Dover Quartet (Chamber/Herbst)

Friday, October 12, 2018 7:30 PM TENET/Quicksilver (Hear Now and Then/St. Mark’s)

Saturday, October 13, 2018 7:30 PM Sharon Isbin & Romero Lubambo (Guitar/Herbst)

Monday, October 22, 2018 7:30 PM Seong-Jin Cho (Piano/Herbst)

Saturday, October 27, 2018 7:30 PM Daniel Hope (Hear Now and Then/Herbst)

Sunday, October 28, 2018 2:00 PM Jean-Guihen Queyras (Great Artists & Ensembles/ Herbst)

Sunday, October 28, 2018 7:00 PM Jean-Guihen Queyras (Great Artists & Ensembles/ Herbst)

NOVEMBER

Thursday, November 1, 2018 7:30 PM Igor Levit (Piano/Herbst)

Saturday, November 3, 2018 7:30 PM Paul Galbraith & Antonio Meneses (Guitar/Herbst)

Tuesday, November 13, 2018 7:30 PM Christopher Maltman (The Art of Song/Herbst)

Friday, November 16, 2018 7:30 PM Brooklyn Rider (Chamber/Herbst)

Friday, November 30, 2018 7:30 PM Luciana Souza/Chico Pinheiro/Scott Colley (The Art of Song/Herbst)

DECEMBER

Saturday, December 1, 2018 10:00 AM ASQ/Greenberg – Berkeley (ASQ/St. John’s)


Saturday, December 8, 2018 7:30 PM Ana Vidovic (Guitar/St. Mark’s)

Sunday, December 9, 2018 3:00 PM Telegraph Quartet (Discovery/Herbst)

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 7:30 PM Patricia Kopatchinskaja (Great Artists & Ensembles/ Herbst)


JANUARY

Saturday, January 12, 2019 10:00 AM ASQ/Greenberg – Berkeley (ASQ/St. John’s)

Sunday, January 13, 2019 7:00 PM Mark Padmore (The Art of Song/Herbst)

Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:30 PM Ran Dank (PIVOT/Herbst)

Friday, January 25, 2019 7:30/9:30 PM Paula West (PIVOT/Herbst)

Saturday, January 26, 2019 10:00 AM ASQ/Greenberg – Berkeley (ASQ/St. John’s)

Saturday, January 26, 2019 7:30 PM Gabriel Kahane (PIVOT/Herbst)

Sunday, January 27, 2019 11:00 AM ASQ/Meraki (Family/Herbst)

Sunday, January 27, 2019 5:00 PM Dashon Burton (PIVOT/Herbst)

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 7:30 PM Inon Barnatan/Calidore (Great Artists & Ensembles/ Herbst)

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FEBRUARY

Saturday, February 2, 2019 10:00 AM ASQ/Greenberg – SF (ASQ/Herbst)

Saturday, February 9, 2019 10:00 AM ASQ/Greenberg – SF (ASQ/Herbst)

Saturday, February 9, 2019 7:30 PM Sergio & Odair Assad (Guitar/Herbst)

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7:30 PM Leon Fleisher & Jonathan Biss (Special Events/Herbst)

Thursday, February, 14, 2019 7:30 PM ASQ/Joyce Yang (Chamber/Herbst)

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 7:30 PM Ilker Arcayürek (Discovery/Herbst)

Thursday, February 21, 2019 7:30 PM Garrick Ohlsson (Piano/Herbst)

Thursday, February 28, 2019 7:30 PM Jessica Lang Dance (Dance/YBCA)

MARCH

Friday, March 1, 2019 7:30 PM Jessica Lang Dance (Dance/YBCA)

Saturday, March 2, 2019 2:00 PM Jessica Lang Dance (Family/YBCA)

Saturday, March 2, 2019 7:30 PM Jessica Lang Dance (Dance/YBCA)

Saturday, March 2, 2019 7:30 PM Pablo Sainz Villegas (Guitar/Herbst)

Saturday, March 9, 2019 7:30 PM Matt Haimovitz/Vijay Iyer (Hear Now and Then/Herbst)

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 7:30 PM Benjamin Grosvenor (Piano/Herbst)

Saturday, March 16, 2019 11:00 AM Sean Jones (Family/Herbst)

Saturday, March 23, 2019 10:00 AM ASQ/Greenberg – SF (ASQ/Herbst)

Thursday, March 28, 2019 7:30 PM Garrick Ohlsson (Piano/Herbst)

APRIL

Monday, April 1, 2019 7:30 PM Elias Quartet (Chamber/Herbst)

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 7:30 PM Third Coast Percussion (Hear Now and Then/Herbst)

Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:30 PM Rosie Kay Dance (Dance/Atrium)

Friday, April 12, 2019 7:30 PM Rosie Kay Dance (Dance/Atrium)

Saturday, April 13, 2019 2:00 PM Rosie Kay Dance (Dance/Atrium)

Saturday, April 13, 2019 7:30 PM Rosie Kay Dance (Dance/Atrium)

Saturday, April 13, 2019 7:30 PM Piotr Anderszewski (Piano/Herbst)

Saturday, April 27, 2019 7:30 PM Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio (Great Artists & Ensembles/ Herbst)

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Thursday, May 2, 2019 7:30 PM Deborah Voigt (The Art of Song/Herbst)

Thursday May 9, 2019 7:30 PM Dorrance Dance (Dance/YBCA)

Friday, May 10, 2019 7:30 PM Dorrance Dance (Dance/YBCA)

Saturday, May 11, 2019 2:00 PM Dorrance Dance (Family/YBCA)

Saturday, May 11, 2019 7:30 PM Dorrance Dance (Dance/YBCA)

Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:00 AM ASQ/Greenberg – SF (ASQ/Herbst)

Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7:30 PM Francesco Piemontesi (Discovery/Herbst)

Programs, artists, and times are subject to change.


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YBCA THEATER 700 Howard Street (at Third Street), San Francisco

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ST. MARK’S LUTHERAN CHURCH St. Mark’s Square at 1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco

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All venues are wheelchair accessible except the balcony at St. Mark’s Church. Please mention your wheelchair needs when purchasing tickets so that we may best accommodate you.

Assistive listening systems are available in Herbst Theatre, the Atrium Theater and YBCA Theater. They are not available at St. John’s Church in Berkeley or St. Mark’s Church in San Francisco. Please check with the head usher when you arrive at the theater.

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■ CLASSICSFour concerts featuring familiar and beloved classics

• Igor Levit, piano (Nov 1)• Mark Padmore, tenor &

Paul Lewis, piano (Jan 13)• Elias Quartet (Apr 1)• Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio (Apr 27)

SUBSCRIBE: $265/$205/$160

▲ BAROQUE BEAUTY Five concerts featuring early music

• TENET, vocals with Quicksliver, chamber (Oct 12)

• Daniel Hope, violin (Oct 27)• Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Part I (Oct 28)• Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Part II (Oct 28) • Inon Barnatan, piano & the Calidore Quartet

(Jan 29)

SUBSCRIBE: $320/$260/$200

● IMPORTANT DEBUTSFour renowned artists making their SF Performances recital debuts

• Seong-Jin Cho, piano (Oct 22)

• Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin (Dec 12)

• Inon Barnatan, piano & the Calidore Quartet (Jan 29)

• Deborah Voigt, soprano (May 2)SUBSCRIBE: $265/$205/$160

★ NEW WORKSFour programs featuring commissions or emphasizing contemporary repertoire

• Brooklyn Rider (Nov 16)• Alexander String Quartet &

Joyce Yang, piano (Feb 14)• Matt Haimovitz, cello & Vijay Iyer, piano

(Mar 9)• Third Coast Percussion (Apr 3)

SUBSCRIBE: $255/$195/$155

◆ LEAN IN/LISTENFive programs that offer deep explorations of specific composers

• BACH: explored by Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Part I (Oct 28)

• BACH: explored by Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello, Part II (Oct 28)

• SCHUBERT: explored by Ilker Arcayürek, tenor (Feb 20)

• BRAHMS: explored by Garrick Ohlsson, piano (Feb 21)

• BRAHMS: explored by Garrick Ohlsson, piano (Mar 28)

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A NEW WAY TO SUBSCRIBE! 2018–19 SEASON THEMES

SF Performances has identified five sub-themes of the 2018–19 Season to help guide you in choosing a series based on your interests. The themes are identified throughout the brochure after each concert listing to make it easy for you to identify these new subscription series choices! The season series themes are:


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1 39th Season Gala & L’Histoire du Soldat @100

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2018, 6PMFeaturing Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du SoldatHerbst Theatre and War Memorial Building

The Gala includes a pre-concert cocktail reception (6pm), the concert (7pm), and post-concert dinner (8pm). Proceeds benefit SF Performances’ education programs. Tickets start at $500.

The concert brings SF Performances Artist-in-Residence, trumpeter Sean Jones, violinist Regina Carter, and friends for a jazz-inflected performance of L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), plus an all-star set of jazz favorites.

Stravinsky’s hybrid theatrical work created on the eve of Europe’s Jazz Age, was first performed on this same date in 1918. Based on a Russian folktale about the choice between greed and happiness, L’Histoire features seven instruments and a narrator that tell the story of an AWOL soldier’s encounter with the devil.

*Concert only tickets are available in side and rear orchestra, boxes, dress circle and balcony *$55/*$45. (No discounts available.) For more information, call 415.677.0326.

2 Leon Fleisher 90th Birthday Celebration with Leon Fleisher, Jonathan Biss, and Katherine Jacobson, piano

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $75/$60/$45 (No discounts available.)

Join the San Francisco musical community and SF Performances favorite Jonathan Biss to celebrate native son Leon Fleisher’s 90th birthday with this special concert. Born in San Francisco, Fleisher has enjoyed an epic career, which began with his professional debut at age 16 with the New York Philharmonic when conductor Pierre Monteux called him “the pianistic find of the century.” True to Monteux’s prophetic words, the pianist is regarded as one of the great performers of the 20th century.

PROGRAM: Works by BACH, KIRCHNER, SCHUBERT, DVORÁK and RAVEL

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DISCOVERY

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Whether they’re athletes, chefs, actors, or musicians, everyone loves to say “I saw them long before anyone else . . .” This series presents artists who already have their feet firmly planted along the trail of auspicious music careers. Audiences with a sense of adventure and a desire to hear tomorrow’s greats today can discover some of the world’s fast-rising talent on the SF Performances stage.

Young Turkish vocalist Ilker Arcayürek was voted among the top ten of a “new generation of rising stars” and hailed for his “golden tenor” voice by Opera Now Magazine. Winners of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 2016, the Telegraph Quartet is now in residence at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where the San Francisco Chronicle called the group “an incredibly valuable addition to the cultural landscape.” Meticulous Swiss fire-brand Francesco Piemontesi was a protegé of legendary pianists Murray Perahia and Alfred Brendel, whom he credits with teach-ing him to “love the detail of things.”

1 Telegraph Quartet

Eric Chin, violinJoseph Maile, violin Pei-Ling Lin, viola Jeremiah Shaw, cello

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2018, 3:00PM Herbst Theatre | $45

PROGRAM: SCHULOFF: Five Pieces; DVORÁK: Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 51; WEINBERG: Quartet No. 6, Op. 35

The Cadenza Legacy Society reception follows this performance. To learn about making a planned gift and joining the Legacy Society, email [email protected].

2 Ilker Arcayürek, tenor

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $45

PROGRAM: All SCHUBERT

Atilla Canıtez, Individual Sponsor

3 Francesco Piemontesi, piano

TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $45

PROGRAM: BACH: Prelude in E-flat Major, BWV 552 (arr. Busoni), Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (arr. Busoni), Cantata No. 140: “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” (arr. Busoni), Italian Concerto, BWV 971, Flute Sonata in E-flat Major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. Kempff), Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552 (arr. Busoni); DEBUSSY: Images, Book 2, L.111; RACHMANINOFF: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op.36

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Guitar Series is presented in association with OMNI Foundation for the Performing Arts.

The guitar is a phenomenon that crosses cultures and histories and is as popular in concert halls as it is in coffee houses the world over. It is compelling and comfortable for beginners and yet it is one of the most dif-ficult instruments to master, with challenging technique and heroically difficult repertory. This season’s guitar series presents a range of accomplished artists who are supreme interpreters of music from legendary Spanish and Latin American composers to complex transcriptions of the baroque and Romantic.

1 Sharon Isbin and Romero Lubambo

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $60/$50/$40

2 Paul Galbraith, guitar Antonio Meneses, cello

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2018, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $60/$50/$40

PROGRAM: SCHUBERT: “Arpeggione” Sonata; RADAMÉS GNATALLI: Sonata for Cello and Guitar; VILLA-LOBOS: Melodia Sentimental (from Florestas das Amazonas)

Roger and Satomi Miles, Individual Sponsor

3 Ana Vidovic

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018, 7:30PM St. Mark’s Lutheran Church | $60/$50

PROGRAM: BACH: Flute Partita in A minor, BWV 1013 (Trans. Valter Despalj); GIULIANI: Gran Sonata Eroica, Op. 150; TARREGA: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; MANGORE: La Catedral; D. SCARLATTI: Sonata in D minor K. 213, L.108; PIAZZOLLA: Four Pieces

4 Sergio and Odair Assad

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $60/$50/$40

5 Pablo Sainz Villegas

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $60/$50/$40

A tribute to Segovia celebrating the 125th anniversary of his birth.

PROGRAM: ALBÉNIZ: Sevilla and Asturias from Suite Española Op. 47; BACH: Chaconne from violin partita BWV 1004; SOR: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart Op. 9; GIMÉNEZ: La boda de Luis Alonso; GRANADOS: Valses poéticos; RODRIGO: Invocation and Dance (Homage to M. de Falla); TÁRREGA: Gran Jota

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1 Ran Dank, piano

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $40

PROGRAM: RZEWSKI: The People United Will Never Be Defeated

2 Paula West, vocals

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2019, 7:30PM AND 9:30PM Herbst Theatre | $40

PROGRAM: Bob Dylan Songbook

3 Gabriel Kahane, vocals/piano

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2019, 7:30PM Herbst Theatre | $40

PROGRAM: 8980: Book of Travelers

4 Dashon Burton, bass-baritone

SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019, 5:00PM Herbst Theatre | $40

PROGRAM: Songs of Struggle and Redemption

PIVOT: Vox Populi – January 2019

Now in its fourth year, this innovative explora-tion of new adventures in the performing arts has become a sold-out success mixing things up and partnering music, dance and spoken word around themes that resonate with today’s audiences. This season zooms in on artists and works with political observations and meanings, shining a light on the power of music as the voice of the people to under-score the urgency of our time.

Singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane mashes up his classical training with folk and pop traditions in witty, wonderful and ear-opening ways. The morning after the 2016 presi-dential election, he set out on an 8,980 mile train trip in an effort to better understand his country. The resulting song cycle, 8980: Book of Travelers offers compassionate portraits of the many strangers he met, as well as a searching inquiry into America’s complex past, present, and future.

Acclaimed Bay Area jazz and cabaret artist Paula West sings about times that are a’changin’ as reflected in the once prophetic, now timeless and newly relevant works of composer/performer/activist Bob Dylan.

Israeli pianist Ran Dank will perform Frederic Rzewski’s 36 variations on the Chilean political song that protested an oppressive government in the 1970s.

Bass-baritone Dashon Burton steps out of his acclaimed role as a classically trained concert and choral artist and member of Roomful of Teeth, to perform what the New York Times called “superb collection of songs and spirituals” and one of the best classical music recordings of 2016.

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Alexander String Quartet with Robert Greenberg, host and lecturer

Zakarias Grafilo, violin Frederick Lifsitz, violin Paul Yarbrough, viola Sandy Wilson, cello

SF Performances was an early pioneer of presenting concerts at convenient, non-traditional times in a casual atmosphere that appeals to audiences and fosters a close connection to the artists. The flag-ship of this trailblazing continues to be the tremendously popular Saturday morning series with the Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg.

Together, the five artists and their devoted audiences spend Saturday mornings plumbing the depths of important chamber music composers, their lives and times. The programs feature performances of complete works, preceded by Greenberg’s commentary, which brims with informa-tion, personal glimpses of the composers’ lives, and often humorous details. With Brahms and the Schumanns, the Saturday morning team explore these extraordinary Romantics and Shostakovich 2 continues their look into the 20th century Russian iconoclast.

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Save on regular ticket prices when you purchase the entire Berkeley or SF Saturday Morning Series. All five Berkeley performances for just $225; all four SF performances for just $220/$180/$140.

SATURDAYMORNINGS

1 Saturday Mornings in Berkeley

SHOSTAKOVICH STRING QUARTETS: PART 2 SATURDAYS AT 10AM/DECEMBER 1, 8, AND 15, 2018; JANUARY 12 AND 26, 2019 St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley | $50

PROGRAM 1: DECEMBER 1, 2018 Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 67with Roger Woodward, pianoQuartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110

PROGRAM 2: DECEMBER 8, 2018 Quartet No. 9 in E-flat Major, Op. 117Quartet No. 10 in A-flat Major, Op. 118

PROGRAM 3: DECEMBER 15, 2018 Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122Quartet No. 12 in D-flat Major, Op. 133

PROGRAM 4: JANUARY 12, 2019 Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp Major, Op. 142

PROGRAM 5: JANUARY 26, 2019 Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147with Roger Woodward, piano

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BRAHMS AND THE SCHUMANNS, A LOVE TRIANGLE FOR THE AGES SATURDAYS AT 10AM/FEBRUARY 2, FEBRUARY 9, MARCH 23, AND MAY 18, 2019 Herbst Theatre | $60/$50/$40

PROGRAM 1: FEBRUARY 2, 2019 Schumann, Brahms, and the Curse! ROBERT SCHUMANN: Quartet in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1BRAHMS: Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1

PROGRAM 2: FEBRUARY 9, 2019 Robert and ClaraCLARA SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17 ROBERT SCHUMANN: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44 with Gwendolyn Mok, piano

PROGRAM 3: MARCH 23, 2019 The TriangleROBERT SCHUMANN: Quartet in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3 BRAHMS: Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2

PROGRAM 4: MAY 18, 2019 Johannes and ClaraBRAHMS: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25;Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34 with Gwendolyn Mok, piano

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San Francisco Performances’ popular Family Matinees bring some of the world’s top creators and performers into engaging, entertaining and informative exchanges with younger audiences. Usually about an hour in length, Family Matinees typically feature complete performances with an interactive component—sometimes a Q&A with the artists, sometimes with audience participa-tion—designed to give a deeper glimpse behind and inside what’s on stage. Artists are particularly experienced in communicating with young people, inspiring them to learn more about music and dance.

FAMILY MATINEES

1 Alexander String Quartet Meraki String Quartet

SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2019, 11:00AM Herbst Theatre | $15 CHILDREN / $25 ADULTS

Come and celebrate Mozart’s 263rd birthday with the Alexander String Quartet and the Meraki Quartet! This award winning student ensemble was recently featured on Christopher O’Riley's radio program, From the Top, and they represent the best of Bay Area talent. They'll be joined by their sometime mentors and coaches, the Alexander String Quartet, for a program of chamber music magic.

2 Jessica Lang Dance

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019, 2:00PM YBCA Theater | $15 CHILDREN / $25 ADULTS

A mix of modern dance and ballet like you’ve never seen it before—all the same astonishing technical moves with stunning visuals and amazing costumes.

3 Sean Jones and Friends

SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2019, 11:00AM Herbst Theatre | $15 CHILDREN / $25 ADULTS

Trumpeter and SF Performances’ Jazz Artist-in-Residence Sean Jones is as at home with family audiences as he is on stage at the world’s great jazz venues. He started playing trumpet in the 5th grade after his grandmother told him his grandfather played during WWII and the rest is a great story!

4 Dorrance Dance Co-presented with YBCA

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2019, 2:00PM YBCA Theater | $15 CHILDREN / $25 ADULTS

This high-energy company redefines tap dancing for the 21st century, using high-tech stagecraft, new music and a cast of talented tap artists.

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IN SCHOOL PROGRAMS

Since 1989, San Francisco Performances has taken a unique and intimate approach to arts education in the schools through its Artist-in-Residency Program. In small, hands-on programs, our internationally acclaimed resident artists work directly with students and teachers in Bay Area public schools to enhance understanding and appreciation of the arts. The scope of these residencies reflects our commitment to mak-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.

SATURDAY MORNING SERIES

Music Historian-in-Residence Robert Greenberg and Ensemble-in-Residence Alexander String Quartet bring chamber music to life in these explorations. Each session features Greenberg’s fast-paced, entertaining lectures, complete with live musical illustrations, followed by full perfor-mances of each work by the Alexander String Quartet (see page 28 for details).

EDUCATION PROGRAMS

CONCERTS WITH CONVERSATION

These free and informal gatherings give com-munity members an opportunity to encounter our exceptional mainstage artists up close at the Community Music Center in the Mission District.

FAMILY MATINEES

Audiences of all ages listen and learn together at these one-hour weekend perfor-mances. Family matinees are thoughtfully curated to give multi-generational audiences access to affordable, informal, and interactive experiences with the world’s top music and dance artists—because it’s never too early or too late to become a lover of music and dance!

“Sean is incredibly inspiring. He is very acces-sible and humble and holds the attention of the students in a real and tangible way. Without bells and whistles, he doesn't even have to play much (though when he does, the kids give rapt attention). Sean can relate to the beginning stage of musicianship and his comments about technique as well as artistry are relevant and meaningful to the students.”

—Teacher at Edna Brewer Middle School

Education means engagement and empowerment for audiences of today and tomorrow. Our education programs seek to expand and deepen the arts experience for audiences of all ages.

To learn more about our education programs please visit: sfperformances.org/education or email [email protected]

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CONCERT PARTNERS

Make a gift of $750 or more and join with other supporters to sponsor a mainstage performance. Concert Partners receive all the benefits of proceeding levels, plus shared recognition in the concert program book as performance sponsors, two compli-mentary tickets to the performance, and an opportunity to meet the artist(s).

Concert Partner Performances for the 39th Season are:Dover Quartet (October 7, 2018)Jessica Lang Dance (February 28, 2019)Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (March 13, 2019)Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio (April 27, 2019)Soprano Deborah Voigt (May 2, 2019)

To learn more, contact Alana Denison at 415.677.0336 or email [email protected].

THE INNER CIRCLE

With a gift of $1,200 or more you can become a member of the Inner Circle. Members receive exclusive benefits and privileges designed to enhance their experi-ence with San Francisco Performances and bring them closer to the artists.

In addition to all the benefits from proceed-ing categories, Inner Circle Members also receive invitations to special receptions and pre-concert get-togethers; concierge ticket service; reserved premium seating for Gift Concerts; and, for our leading supporters, personalized concert sponsorship opportuni-ties; and much more.

To learn more about the Inner Circle, contact Michele Casau at 415.677.0332, or email [email protected].

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Connect with something special – join the SF Performances’ family of Members today.

Annual memberships begin at just $75. As a Member, you receive many exciting benefits, while helping ensure that music and dance will remain a powerful force in our lives and in the life of the Bay Area.

Depending on your membership level, your benefits may include a subscription to our newsletter, SFPerspectives; program book recognition; a pair of tickets to each of our annual Gift Concerts; the opportunity to buy single tickets before the general public, through SF Performances’ private sales line; complimentary ticket exchange; an invitation to the Sponsor Reception; and much more.

To learn more about membership levels and benefits visit https//sfperformances .org/support/donate or email [email protected].

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