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2014-15 Season

eco ensemble, April 25
Arlo Guthrie, April 17
Bruce Hornsby, April 15
Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Wenwen Du, piano: The Music and Poetry of the Great War, April 12
Tallis Scholars, April 10 & 11
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Project TenFourteen, March 29
Davitt Moroney, harpsichord, March 28
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, March 20–22
Chick Corea, piano and Herbie Hancock, piano, March 19
Jennifer Koh, solo violin, March 15
The Joffrey Ballet, March 14 & 15
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano and Tamara Stefanovich, piano, March 12
Hugh Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela, March 12
David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano: Russian Reflections, March 8
Intergalactic Nemesis, March 6
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano and Malcolm Martineau, piano, March 1
Cassandra Wilson, Coming Forth by Day: A Celebration of Billie Holiday, March 1
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Feb 22
Clarice Assad, piano, Feb 21
Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI, Feb 20
The Nile Project, Feb 19

Olli Mustonen, piano, Feb 15

Michael Ondaatje, Feb 13

The Gershwin Project, Peter Nero, pianist, Feb 8

Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Feb 4–7

Matthew Polenzani, tenor, and Julius Drake, piano, Jan 31
Kodo, Jan 31 and Feb 1

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Jan 25

The Peking Acrobats, Jan 24

Kronos Quartet with Wu Man, pipa, Jan 18

Gidon Kremer, violin, and Daniil Trifonov, piano, Jan 13

In Conversation with Yo-Yo Ma, Dec 10

Takács Quartet with Erika Eckert, viola, Dec 7

Audra McDonald, Dec 6

Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band and Amy X Neuburg: They Will Have Been So Beautiful: Songs and Images of Now, Dec 5–6

Cantus: All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, Dec 4

St. Lawrence String Quartet, Nov 23

Robert Wilson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe: The Old Woman, Nov 21–23

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Nov 16

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players Project TenFourteen, Nov 16

Academy of Ancient Music, Nov 15

David Sedaris, Nov 15

Britten: Curlew River, Nov 14 & 15

Apollo's Fire: Monteverdi's Vespers for the Blessed Virgin, 1610, Nov 13

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir: Dvořák: Stabat Mater, Nov 9

Théâtre de la Ville: Six Characters in Search of an Author, Nov 7 & 8

Jorge Federico Osorio, piano, Nov 2

Mavis Staples, Oct 30

Free Speech and Social Change: In Conversation with Bassem Youssef, Oct 29

Richard Goode, piano, Oct 26

Sacha Waltz: Impromptus, Oct 24–25

The Australian Ballet: Swan Lake, Oct 16–19

Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin, piano, Oct 12

Afropop Spectacular: Bassekou Kouyate and Krar Collective, Oct 11

Wordless!: Art Spiegelman and Phillip Johnston, Oct 10

Mark Morris Dance Group, Sept 25–28

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Sept 20

Yo-Yo Ma, Aug 12

2013-14 Season

Nate Silver, May 4

David Finckel and Wu Han, May 3

Marcus Shelby Orchestra, May 2

Mark Morris Dance Group, Apr 25-27

Eco Ensemble, Apr 12
Pinchas Zukerman and Yefim Bronfman, Apr 8

David Gonzalez and the Yak Yak Band Aesop Bops!, Apr 6

Kronos Quartet Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 A new work for quartet with film, Apr 6

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Apr 1–6

Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host, Mar 29

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mar 29

Iestyn Davies & Thomas Dunford, Mar 28

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Mar 25

Mitsuko Uchida, Mar 25

Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion, Mar 23

Takács Quartet, Mar 22 & 23

Trey McIntyre Project, Mar 21 & 22

Jerusalem Quartet, Mar 16

Estrella Morente, Mar 14

Ballet Flamenco Eva Yerbabuena, Mar 12

Vienna Philharmonic, Mar 7–9

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mar 2

Jordi Savall, Mar 1

Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma, Feb 26

Calder Quartet, Feb 23

eco ensemble, Feb 22

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Feb 22 & 23

Jonathan Biss, Feb 16

Sweet Honey in the Rock, Feb 12

Michael Cooper, Feb 9

Venice Baroque Orchestra with Philippe Jaroussky, Feb 7

Barefoot Divas, Feb 2

Gerald Finley & Julius Drake, Feb 2

Martha Graham Dance Company, Feb 1

Martha Graham Dance Company, Jan 31

Wu Man, Jan 26

Peking Acrobats, Jan 25 & 26

Emanuel Ax & Anne Sofie Von Otter, Jan 23

Richard Goode, Jan 19

Chick Corea & Béla Fleck, Jan 18

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, Dec 14

Kronos Quartet, Dec 7

Davitt Moroney, Dec 1

Shai Wosner, Nov 24

Imago Theatre, Nov 23 & 24

Unión Tanguera, Nov 17

Danish String Quartet, Nov 17

Joshua Redman Quartet, Nov 16

The Intergalactic Nemesis, Nov 14

Apollo's Fire, Nov 9

Dogugaeshi, Nov 6–10

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, Nov 3

Paul Lewis, Nov 3

Shanghai Ballet, Nov 1 & 2

Mariza, Oct 30

Silk Road Ensemble, Oct 27

Musicians from Marlboro, Oct 26

Nederlands Dans Theater, Oct 23 & 24

Les Violons du Roy with Stephanie Blythe, Oct 20

Jessica Rivera, Kelley O'Connor, Robert Spano, Oct 13

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette, Oct 4

The Goat Rodeo Sessions, Aug 24

National Circus of the People's Republic of China, Sep 14–16

2012-13 Season

National Circus of the People's Republic of China, Sep 14–16

Laurie Anderson Dirtday!, Sep 18

Théâtre de la Ville Rhinocéros by Eugène Ionesco, Sep 27-29

Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra Swan Lake, Oct 10-14

The Delfeayo Marsalis Octet Sweet Thunder, Oct 16

Georgia's Ensemble Basiani, Oct 20

Einstein on the Beach, Oct 26-28

Dan Savage, Nov 3

Concerto Köln, Nov 3

Nancarrow at 100, Nov 2-4

Dell'Arte Company, Nov 4

The Chucho Valdés Quintet, Nov 7

Composer Portrait: Esa-Pekka Salonen,

Esa-Pekka Salonen Philharmonia Orchestra, Nov 9-11

Emanuel Ax, piano, Nov 13

Fran Lebowitz, Nov 15

Angélique Kidjo, Nov 17

Mummenschanz, Nov 23-25

Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Nov 29 & 30

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Handel's Messiah, Dec 8

Mark Morris Dance Group The Hard Nut, Dec 14-23

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, Jan 19

Yo-Yo Ma, cello & Kathryn Stott, piano, Jan 24

Eco Ensemble, Jan 26

Nicolas Hodges, piano, Jan 27

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Feb 1 & 2

Kodo, Feb 3

Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca, Feb 8

Eric Owens, bass-baritone, Feb 10

Ira Glass, Feb 10

Christian Tetzlaff, solo violin, Feb 12

Circus Oz, Feb 15-17

Miloš, guitar,Feb 19

Eco Ensemble, Feb 23

Oakland Folkharmonic & Teslim, Feb 24

Susanna Phillips, soprano, Feb 24

San Francisco Opera The Secret Garden, March 1-10

Voices of Afghanistan featuring Ustad Farida Mahwash Homayoun Sakhi, March 2

Brentano Quartet, March 3

Nathan Gunn, baritone, March 9

Trisha Brown Dance Company, March 15

Afiara String Quartet, March 17

Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, March 17

Australian Chamber Orchestra, March 22 & 23

The Tallis Scholars, March 23

Afropop Spectacular with Oliver Mtukudzi and Fatoumata Diawara, March 30

Davitt Moroney, harpsichord, April 7

Paquito D'Rivera & The Assad Brothers, April 10

Ray Kurzweil, April 13

Trout Fishing in America, April 14

Simon Trpčeski, piano, April 14

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, April 23-28

Handel and Haydn Society, April 26 & 27

Les 7 Doigts de la Main Circus, May 3-5

Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg Rodin, May 10-12

San Francisco Opera Orchestra, May 17
Ojai North!, June 12–15

2011-12 Season

Ojai North!, June 11–14

Jordi Savall, June 9 & 10

San Francisco Opera Orchestra, June 3

Peter Serkin, May 8

Sweet Honey In The Rock, May 6

Word for Word Performing Arts Company, May 6

Dianne Reeves, May 4

San Francisco Symphony, May 1

Sandrine Piau, Apr 29

Musicians from Marlboro, Apr 22

Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Apr 19

Quatuor Mosaïques, Apr 13

Keith Jarrett, Apr 1

Jonathan Biss, Apr 1

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Mar 30 & 31

Richard Goode, Mar 25

Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion, Mar 24

David Finckel & Wu Han, Mar 24

Eco Ensemble, Mar 24

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mar 13–18

Murray Perahia, Mar 11

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Mar 10

Danú, Mar 8

Garrison Keillor, Mar 7

Wolfgang Holzmair, Mar 4

Takács Quartet, Mar 3

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Mar 3

András Schiff, Feb 29

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Feb 24 & 25

Seth Meyers, Feb 21

David Rakoff, Feb 19

Takács Quartet, Feb 19

Ana Moura, Feb 18

Sérgio & Odair Assad, Feb 17

Kirill Gerstein, Feb 12

David Holt, Feb 12

Eco Ensemble, Feb 11

Kronos Quartet & Alim Qasimov Ensemble, Feb 5

The Polychoral Splendors of Renaissance Florence, Feb 3 & 4

Alfredo Rodríguez Trio, Jan 29

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jan 28

Europa Galante, Jan 27

Eco Ensemble, Jan 21

Peking Acrobats, Jan 20–21

Susan Graham, Jan 14

Handel's Messiah, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Dec 10

Takács Quartet, Dec 4

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Dec 2 & 3

Tomáš Kubínek, Nov 25–27

Eric Owens, Nov 20

Roz Chast, Nov 19

Compañia Flamenca José Porcel, Nov 19

Trey McIntyre Project, Nov 18

Gate Theatre Dublin, Nov 17–20

Abraham Inc., Nov 13

Davitt Moroney, Nov 13

Takács Quartet, Nov 6

Lang Lang, Nov 2

Apollo’s Fire with Philippe Jaroussky, Oct 30

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette, Oct 29

San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Oct 28

Desdemona, Oct 26–29

Cashore Marionettes, Oct 23

The Infernal Comedy, Oct 21

Mariinsky Orchestra, Oct 14–16

Yefim Bronfman, Oct 11

Kronos Quartet, Oct 9

Khmer Arts Ensemble, Oct 2

Calder Quartet with Thomas Adès, Oct 2

Herbie Hancock, Sept 21

Mark Morris Dance Group, Sept 16–18

2010-11 Season

Ojai North!, June 13–18

Royal Danish Ballet, June 1, 3 & 4

Royal Danish Ballet, May 31

Druid, The Cripple of Inishmaan, May 4–14

Les Violons du Roy, May 1 & 3

Kurt Elling, Apr 23

Afro-Cuban All Stars, Apr 19

Sarah Silverman, Apr 11

Silk Road Ensemble, Apr 6

Jessica Rivera, Apr 3

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Apr 1–3

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mar 29–31

The Tallis Scholars, Mar 26 & 27

Castleton Festival Opera, Mar 24–27

Joyce Yang, Mar 20

Nederlands Dans Theater, Mar 18 & 19

Composer Portrait: Pierre Boulez, Mar 14

Jonas Kaufmann, Mar 13

Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Mar 13

Branford Marsalis & Terence Blanchard, Mar 11

Balé Folclórico da Bahia, Mar 6

Scharoun Ensemble Berlin, Mar 6

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Mar 4

Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Mar 3–5

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Feb 25–27

Paul Lewis, Feb 20

Zukerman ChamberPlayers, Feb 12 & 13

Eonnagata, Feb 9 & 10

Kodo, Feb 3 & 4

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Jan 26

Wallace Shawn, Jan 23

Joshua Redman, Jan 22

Tango Buenos Aires, Jan 21

Nicolas Hodges, Dec 12

John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension, Dec 11

Pomegranates & Figs, Dec 5

Takács Quartet, Dec 5

Christian Tetzlaff, Dec 4

Mummenschanz, Nov 26–28

Will Shortz, Nov 21

Bryn Terfel, Nov 20

Zenshinza Theatre Company, Nov 13–14

Ensemble Zellig, Nov 7

Buika, Nov 5

Alfred Brendel, Oct 31

Kremerata Baltica, Oct 31

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Oct 29–30

Beowulf: The Epic in Performance, Oct 26–30

Jeremy Denk, piano, Oct 24

Gamelan Çudamani, Oct 22

Jerusalem Quartet, Oct 15

Alex Ross, Oct 14

David Finckel & Wu Han, Oct 10

Circus Oz, Oct 7–10

Mark Morris Dance Group, Oct 1–3

Mark Morris Dance Group, Sept 30

Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company, Sept 24

2009-10 Season

Sonny Rollins, May 13

Laurie Anderson, May 7 & 8

Ballet Folklorico "Quetzalli" de Veracruz, May 2

Concerto Köln, May 1

Pat Metheny, Apr 24

Arlo Guthrie, Apr 23

Sweet Honey In The Rock, Apr 22

Baaba Maal, Apr 20

Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Mar 26 & 27

Ian Bostridge, tenor, Mar 21

Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mar 20

Altan, Mar 19

Gilberto Gil, Mar 17

Hespèrion XXI, Mar 16

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mar 9–14

Dan Zanes & Friends, Mar 6 & 7

Swedish Radio Choir, Feb 28

Lisa Delan & Mikhail Pletnev, Feb 23

Joshua Bell, Feb 21

Angélique Kidjo, Feb 20

Russian National Orchestra, Feb 19

Takács Quartet, Feb 14

Masters of Persian Music, Feb 13

Europa Galante, Jan 23

Peking Acrobats, Jan 23 & 24

Garrick Ohlsson, Jan 10

Kronos Quartet with Joan Jeanrenaud, cello, Dec 13

Mark Morris Dance Group, The Hard Nut, Dec 11–13 & 17–20

Renée Fleming, Dec 6

Ira Glass, Dec 5

The Tallis Scholars, Dec 4

Shanghai Symphony Orchestra with Yuja Wang, piano, Nov 22

Taylor Eigsti & Julian Lage, Nov 21

Mariza, Nov 19

Druid Ireland, The Walworth Farce, Nov 18–22

Nuccia Focile & David Lomelí, Nov 15

Brentano String Quartet, Nov 8

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Love's Labour's Lost, Nov 4–8

Louis Lortie, piano, Nov 1

Alfred Brendel, Oct 30

Garrison Keillor, Oct 28

The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Oct 24 & 25

Davitt Moroney, harpsichord, Oct 24 & 25

Michael Schade, tenor, Oct 18

Wayne Shorter Quartet, Oct 17

Takács Quartet, Oct 11

Michael Pollan, Sept 30

Christine Brewer, soprano, Sept 27

A House in Bali with Bang on a Can All-Stars, Sept 26 & 27

Wynton Marsalis & the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Sept 22

Mark Morris Dance Group, Sept 17, 19–20

2008-09 Season

Ex Machina, The Blue Dragon, June 9-13

Bolshoi Ballet, La Bayadère, June 4-7

Mark Morris Dance Group, L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, May 29-31

Yo-Yo Ma, May 15

Cypress String Quartet, May 3

Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, May 1-3

David Sedaris, Apr 26

Australian Chamber Orchestra with Andreas Scholl, Apr 26

Dianne Reeves, Apr 25

Krystian Zimerman, Apr 24

Quatuor Mosaïques, Apr 22

Angelika Kirchschlager and Malcolm Martineau, Apr 19

American String Quartet with Menahem Pressler, Apr 5

David Rakoff, Apr 4

Habib Koité & Bamada, Apr 3

Estonian National Symphony Orchestra with Joyce Yang, Mar 29

The Tallis Scholars, Mar 28

Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, Mar 28

Five Peace Band, Mar 21

Murray Perahia, Mar 19

Simon Shaheen's Aswat, Mar 17

Ang Lee & James Schamus, Mar 16

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette, Mar 14

Brentano String Quartet with Peter Serkin & Dean Elzinga, Mar 13

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mar 12

Takács Quartet with Peter Wyrick, Mar 8

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mar 3-8

Nicole Cabell, Mar 1

Le Concert des Nations, Feb 27 & 28

Afro-Cuban All Stars, Feb 25

Cecilia Bartoli, Feb 22

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, Feb 19 & 20

Takács Quartet with Richard Stoltzman, Feb 15

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Julia Fischer , Feb 14

Danielle de Niese, Feb 8

Circus Oz, Feb 5-8

Kronos Quartet, Feb 1

Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Jan 30 & 31

Sarah Cahill, A Sweeter Music, Jan 25

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, Jan 23 & 24

Sergey & Lusine Khachatryan, Jan 18

National Acrobats of China, Jan 17 & 18

Blue Note 7, Jan 15

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano, Dec 21
Pomegranates & Figs: A Feast of Jewish Music, Dec 20
Three Decembers, Dec 11-12 & 14
Compania Flamenco Jose Porcel, Dec 5-6
Golden Dragon Acrobats, Nov 28-30
Kafka Fragments, Nov 23-24
Vadim Repin & Nikolai Lugansky, Nov 9
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Nov 7-14
Conrad Tao, Nov 2
Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio, Nov 1
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Oct 26
Laurie Anderson's Homeland, Oct 24-25
Piotr Anderszewski, Oct 19
Kirov Ballet, Oct 14-19
Haruki Murakami, Oct 11
Cesaria Evora, Oct 9-10
Druid, Oct 8-12
Seymour Hersh, Oct 7
Richard Goode, piano, Oct 5
Alexander McCall Smith, Oct 1
Mark Morris Dance Group, Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare, Sept 25-28
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, Sept 21
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano, Sept 6

2007-08 Season

Youssou N'Dour, July 26
Audra McDonald, soprano, June 1
Robert Lepage's The Andersen Project, June 1
Nuccia Focile, soprano, Paul Charles Clarke, tenor, May 31
From the Top, May 29
Robert Lepage's The Andersen Project, May 28-31
San Francisco Opera, Rachel Portman's The Little Prince, May 2-11
Paul Lewis, piano, May 4
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone, & Malcolm Martineau, piano, Apr 17
Kate Royal, soprano, Apr 13
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Apr 12
Arlo Guthrie, Solo Reunion Tour: Together at Last, Apr 10
Swedish Chamber Orchestra with Piotr Anderszewski, piano, Apr 6
Sweet Honey in the Rock, Apr 5
Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi, conductor & violin, Apr 4
Sonny Rollins, saxophone, Apr 3
Tchaikovsky Perm Ballet, Natalia Makarova's Swan Lake, Mar 28-30
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, Mar 22-23
Peking Acrobats, Mar 21-23
Perú Negro, Mar 20
Takács Quartet, Mar 16
SFJAZZ Collective, Mar 15
Angélique Kidjo, Mar 14
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mar 5-9
Osvaldo Golijov's AYRE, Mar 1
The Joshua Redman Trio, Feb 28
Joshua Bell, violin, Feb 24
Ira Glass & David Rakoff, Feb 23
Tokyo String Quartet, Feb 17
Hespérion XXI — La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall, director & viola da gamba, Feb 16
Nina Ananiashvili & the State Ballet of Georgia, Feb 14-17
Garrison Keillor, Feb 12
Moiseyev Dance Company, Feb 8-10
Brazilian Guitar Festival with Sergio, Badi, & Odair Assad, Feb 7
Hugh Masekela's Chissa All-Stars featuring Hugh Masekela, trumpet, Feb 6
Richard Goode, piano, Feb 3
Christopher Taylor, piano, Jan 27
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, trumpet, Jan 26
Gil Shaham, violin, Jan 20
David Daniels, countertenor, Jan 13
Monterey Jazz Festival—50th Anniversary Tour, Jan 12
Mark Morris's The Hard Nut, Dec 14-23
Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone, Dec 9
Azar Nafisi, Dec 5
Takács Quartet with Joyce Yang, piano, Dec 2
Circus Oz, Dec 1-2
Tallis Scholars, Dec 1
Tallis Scholars, Nov 30
Circus Oz, Nov 29-30
Dan Zanes & Friends, Nov 24-25
Jorge Liderman's 50th Birthday Celebration featuring Cuarteto Latinoamericano, David Tanenbaum, guitar & Sonia Rubinsky, piano, Nov 18
Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal, Ten Chi, Nov 16-18
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, & Kathryn Stott, piano, Nov 15
Zehetmair Quartet, Nov 11
American Ballet Theatre, Nov 7-11
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone, Constantine Orbelian, conductor, Nov 4
Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Nov 3
Miami City Ballet, Oct 26-28
Russian Patriarchate Choir, Oct 26
Mariza, Oct 23
Guangzhou Ballet, Mei Lanfang, Oct 19-21
Hilary Hahn, violin, Oct 16
Bunraku—The National Puppet Theatre of Japan, Oct 13-14
Taylor Eigsti Trio, Oct 13
Bach Festival: Angela Hewitt, piano with Daniel Müller-Schott, cello (Oct 11), Oct 10-12
Joffrey Ballet, Oct 4-6
Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano, Sept 30
Patricia Barber Ensemble, Sept 29
Global Drum Project Tour, Sept 28
Garry Wills, Sept 26
Mark Morris Dance Group, Mozart Dances, Sept 20-23

2006-07 Season

Theater in Song: Music by Jake Heggie and Ricky Ian Gordon, Apr 27
David Sedaris, Apr 27
Salif Keita, Apr 25
Netherlands Bach Society, Apr 21
Lura, Apr 20
An Evening with Michael McKean, Apr 15
Kronos Quartet, Apr 15
Sarah Chang, Apr 7
Highland, Heath & Holler, Apr 1
Measha Brueggergosman, Apr 1
Inti-Illimani, Mar 31
Pat Metheny & Brad Mehldau, Mar 28
Takács Quartet, Mar 25
Gilberto Gil, Mar 25
Shen Wei Dance Arts, Mar 23-24
Alfred Brendel, piano, Mar 18
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Mar 16-17
Gyuto Monks, Mar 14
Stephen W. Hawking, Mar 13
Composer Portrait: Conlon Nancarrow featuring Alarm Will Sound, Mar 11
Eifman Ballet, Mar 7-11
Rudolf Buchbinder, Mar 4
Rudolf Buchbinder, Feb 25
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Sabores, Feb 24-25
The Forsythe Company, Feb 22-23
Dawn Upshaw, soprano, Feb 11
Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Feb 10
Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me, Feb 8-9
Kodo, Feb 2-4
Paco de Lucía, Jan 31
Itzhak Perlman, Jan 30
Symphonica Toscanini, Jan 28
Trisha Brown Dance Company, Jan 26-27
Bobby McFerrin with Voicestra, Jan 24
Peking Acrobats, Jan 20-21
Ballet Flamenco Eva Yerbabuena, Dec 8-9
Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Declan Donnell's Twelfth Night, Dec 7-10
Canadian Brass, Dec 5
Takács Quartet, Dec 3
The Tallis Scholars, Dec 1
Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats, Nov 24-26
Gidon Kremer, violin, Andrei Pushkarev, percussion & Andrius Zlabys, piano, Nov 16
Composer Portrait: John Zorn, Nov 12
Chorus Repertory Theatre, Nine Hills One Valley, Nov 10-11
Musica Antiqua Köln, Marijana Mijanovic, contralto, Nov 8
Artists of the Mariinsky Academy, Nov 5
Jason Moran Trio & The Vijay Iyer Quartet, Nov 4
Moscow Circus, Nov 3-5
Gate Theatre of Dublin, Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Nov 1-5
Yefim Bronfman, piano, Gil Shaham, violin & Lynn Harrell, cello, Nov 1
The English Concert, Andrew Manze, director & viloin, Oct 29
Lyon Opera Ballet, Oct 27-28
Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Oct 25
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra & Emanuel Ax, Oct 22
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Wild Cursive, Oct 20-21
Putumayo World Music Presents: Acoustic Africa, Oct 18
Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev, conductor, Alexander Toradze, piano, Oct 16
Paula Poundstone, Oct 15
Gamelan Sekar Jaay, Kali Yuga: The Age of Chaos, Oct 14
Maxim Vengerov, violin, Lilya Zilberstein, piano, Oct 8
Purcell's King Arthur, Oct 3, 5-7
Purcell's King Arthur, Sept 30
Rolando Villazón, tenor, Sept 24
Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company, Sept 23
Classical Savion, Sept 22
Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano, & Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano , Sept 21
Nuccia Focile, soprano, & Members of Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Sept 17
Suzhou Kun Opera Theatre of Jiangsu The Peony Pavilion, Sept 15-17

2005-06 Centennial Season

Bigger Than Jesus, June 20-24
Hell's Kitchen Dance, June 15-18
Jerusalem Quartet, May 7
Ravi Shankar, sitar & Anoushka Shankar, sitar , May 7
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, May 5-6
Ballet Folklorico "Quetzalli" de Veracruz, Apr 30
Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion, Apr 29
PRI's Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, Apr 28
Krystian Zimerman, piano, Apr 23
Frank Rich, Apr 10
Tchaikovsky Perm Ballet & Orchestra Natalia Makarova's Swan Lake, Apr 6-9
Brentano String Quartet with Hsin-Yun Huang, viola, Apr 2
Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort, Apr 1
Eddie Palmieri Septet, Apr 1
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Mar 30
Cesaria Evora, Mar 24-25
Vadim Repin, violin & Nikolai Lugansky, piano, Mar 26
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu, Mar 18
Dave Brubeck Quartet & Ramsey Lewis Trio, Mar 15
Masters of Persian Classical Music, Mar 12
Takács Quartet, Mar 12
Maria del Mar Bonet & Mônica Salmaso, Mar 11
Jordi Savall/Hespérion XXI, Mar 9 & 11
Julio Bocca's Ballet Argentino & Octango Boccatango, Mar 8-9
Composer Portrait: John Adams/Alarm Will Sound, Mar 5
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mar 1-5
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Feb 28
Sweet Honey in the Rock, Feb 24
Jonathan Biss, piano, Feb 19
Noche Flamenca, Feb 19
Perú Negro,
Les Violons du Roy with Magdalena Kožená, mezzo-soprano, Feb 12
Chick Corea & Touchstone, Feb 11
Mark Dresser, Myra Melford, Bob Ostertag & David Wessel, Feb 11
Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul with special guest Burhan Öçal, Feb 10
John Cleese, Feb 8-9
Imago Theatre, Biglittlethings, Feb 4
Composer Portrait: Magnus Lindberg, International Contemporary Ensemble, Jan 29
Brad Mehldau Trio & Bill Frisell Quintet, Jan 22
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Jan 20-21
Julia Fischer, violin, Jan 8
Mark Morris' The Hard Nut, Dec 9-18
Artists of the Mariinsky Academy, Dec 4
The Tallis Scholars, Dec 3
Deborah Voigt, soprano, Nov 20
Randy Cohen, Nov 19
Radio Kaboul: Ustad Mahwash and Friends, Nov 17
Tania Libertad, Nov 17
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone, Nov 13
Ira Glass & Chris Ware, Nov 12
Borodin Quartet, Nov 12
Youssou N'Dour, Nov 11
Propeller, The Winter's Tale, Nov 9-13
Composer Portrait: György Ligeti, Christopher Taylor, piano, Nov 6
Beijing People's Art Theatre, The Teahouse, Nov 5-6
Arlo Guthrie, 40th Anniversary Celebration of Alice's Restaurant, Oct 30
Hilary Hahn, violin, Oct 29
Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Arlecchino, Servant of Two Masters, Oct 26-30
András Schiff, piano, Oct 23
Sequentia, Oct 23
Mariza, Oct 21
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Oct 19
Christopher Maltman, baritone, Oct 16
The Yuri Yunakov Ensemble, Oct 14
Kirov Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, The Sleeping Beauty, Oct 12-16
Takács Quartet & Garrick Ohlsson, piano, Oct 6
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano, & Zurich Orchestra La Scintilla, Oct 6
Mark Morris Dance Group, Sept 22-24, Sept 28-Oct 1
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, Sept 18 & 25
National Ballet of China, Sept 16-18
Horacio Franco, recorder, Sept 14
Sheng Xiang, Sept 9

2004-05 Season

Robert Lepage's Busker's Opera, June 23-26
Shochiku Grand Kabuki — Chikamatsu-za, June 17 & 18.
Eifman Ballet, June 8-12
2005 Berkeley Edge Fest: Music of Jorge Liderman, Fernando Benadon, Reynold Tharp, Keeril Makan
and Adirana Verdie, June 5
2005 Berkeley Edge Fest: Music of John Zorn, June 5
2005 Berkeley Edge Fest: Music of John Zorn, June 4
2005 Berkeley Edge Fest: 70th Birthday Celebration for Terry Riley, June 3
Kurt Elling, May 28
Audra McDonald, soprano, May 27
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, May 15
Gypsy Crossings, May 8
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, May 5-7
Kronos Quartet, May 1
Peter Cincotti, Apr 30
Seasons of Migration: Dance & Music from Cambodia, Apr 29
Il Giardino Armonico, Apr 16
Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano, Apr 13
Wayne Shorter Quartet, Apr 10
The Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Apr 9
Sweet Honey in the Rock, Apr 8
Takács Quartet, Apr 3
Çudamani: Music & Dance from Bali, Apr 1
Emanuel Ax, piano & Yefim Bronfman, piano, Mar 26
Christian McBride Band, Mar 25
Miró Quartet, Mar 20
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mar 11-20
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette, Mar 9
Musicians from Marlboro, Mar 6
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, and Anne-Marie McDermott, piano, Mar 4
Ethel, Feb 27
Trisha Brown Dance Company, Feb 25-26
Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo, Feb 20
NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!, Feb 17
Daniel Müller-Schott, cello, Feb 13
Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras, Feb 12-13
Directions in Music: Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove, Feb 8
Takács Quartet, Feb 6
Kodo, Feb 4-6
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Feb 3
Cirque Éloize, Jan 29-30
Paquito d'Rivera & The Assads, Jan 27
Renee Fleming, Jan 23
Peking Acrobats, Jan 21-22
Richard Goode, piano, Jan 16
Dan Zanes & Friends, Dec 12
Yo-Yo Ma, cello & Emanuel Ax, piano, Dec 9
Arlo Guthrie & The Klezmatics, Dec 7
Ekaterina Semenchuk, mezzo-soprano, Dec 5
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!, Nov 26 - Dec 5
Royal Court Theatre, 4.48 Psychosis, Nov 10-14
Mark Morris Dance Group, Oct 22-24, 28-30
Gods, Goddesses & Ancestors: Music, Dance & Rituals from Kerala, India, Oct 17
Brentano String Quartet, Oct 17
Chava Alberstein, Oct 16
Paul Krugman, Oct 14
Marsalis Music presents solo pianist Joey Calderazzo, Miguel Zenón Quartet and
the Branford Marsalis Quartet, Oct 12
Rudolf Buchbinder, piano, Oct 10
Balé Folclórico da Bahia, Oct 7-8
The National Ballet of Canada, Sep 30-Oct 3
Salzburg Chamber Soloists, Sep 26
Shen Wei Dance Arts, Sep 25-26
Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company, Sep 19
Music From Japan's 30th Anniversary Project, Sep 12
Bobby McFerrin, Sep 11

2003-04 Season

Hespèrion XXI, Jordi Savall, director and viola da gamba, May 14
Jordi Savall, viola da gamba, May 12
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca, May 7
Zakir Hussain presents Masters of Percussion, Apr 25
Joe Lovano Nonet, Apr 24
Musicians from Marlboro, Apr 16
Alfred Brendel, piano, Apr 11
Shoghaken Ensemble, Apr 8
Michael Cunningham, Apr 3
Baaba Maal, Apr 2
Nederlands Dans Theater I, Mar 24-28
Salvatore Licitra, tenor, Mar 21
The Fès Festival, Mar 20
Newport Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour, Mar 19
The Netherlands Bach Society, Mar 13
Alvin Ailey, Mar 9 - 14
Paco de Lucia, Mar 4 & 5
Ballet Flamenco Eva Yerbabuena, Feb 28 & 29
Yefim Bronfman, piano, Feb 22
Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano Feb 15
Venice Baroque Orchestra, Feb 13 & 14
Art Spiegelman, Feb 24
Gypsy Spirit, Feb 11
Hilary Hahn, violin, Feb 8
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Feb 6 & 7
Jonathan Lemalu, baritone Feb 4
Paco de Lucia, Jan 24-25
Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano, Jan 23
Itzhak Perlman, violin, Jan 18
Juan Diego Florez, tenor & Vincenzo Scalera, piano, Jan 6
Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Jan 14
The Hard Nut, Dec 12-21
The Tallis Scholars, Dec 10
Sweet Honey In the Rock, Dec 5
Dan Zanes and Friends, Nov 29 & 30
Musica Antiqua Koln, Nov 22
Alice Sebold, Nov 18
St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, Nov 16
St. Petersburg String Quartet, Nov 15
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Nov 14 & 15
Cesaria Evora, Nov 11 & 12
Emanuel Ax, piano, Nov 9
Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Nov 7 & 8
Wynton Marsalis Quintet, Nov 2
Academy of Ancient Music , Nov 1
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan , Oct 31 & Nov 1
Landesjugendorchester of Rheinland-Pfalz , Oct 28
Prague Chamber Orchestra & The Eroica Trio, Oct 24
Al Franken, Oct 23
Kirov Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Oct 7-12
Takács Quartet with Richard Stoltzman, clarinet, Oct 5
Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove, Oct 4
U-Theatre, Drummers from Taiwan, Sept 26-27
John McLaughlin & Zakir Hussain, Remember Shakti, Sept 20
National Theater of Greece Medea, Sept 20 & 21
Ravi Shankar, Sept 19
Christopher O'Riley's Radiohead, Sept 17
Mark Morris Dance Group, Sept 4 - 14