2021/22 Season Calendar

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Not Our First Goat Rodeo

Yo-Yo Ma – Stuart Duncan
Edgar Meyer – Chris Thile
with guest Aoife O’Donovan

Aug 21, 2021, 8pm
Recital

Tessa Lark, violin
Amy Yang, piano

Oct 3, 2021, 3pm
Jazz
Bria Skonberg
Oct 9, 2021, 8pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra

Danish String Quartet

Oct 10, 2021, 3pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra

Takács Quartet

Oct 17, 2021, 3pm
Year-Round Favorites

Pilobolus
BIG FIVE-OH!

Oct 21–22, 2021
Recital

Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
Helmut Deutsch, piano

Oct 24, 2021, 3pm
Pop

Angélique Kidjo
Remain in Light

Oct 29, 2021, 8pm
Theater

Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein

A Cal Performances Co-commission

Oct 31, 2021, 3pm
Dance

Ballet Hispánico
Noche de Oro – A Celebration of 50 Years!

Nov 6, 2021, 8pm
Early Music

The English Concert
Harry Bicket, artistic director

Nov 7, 2021, 3pm
Recital

Avi Avital, mandolin
MILOŠ, guitar

Nov 11, 2021, 7:30pm
Jazz

Aaron Diehl Trio
Mirror

Nov 12, 2021, 8pm
Recital

Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Yuja Wang, piano

Nov 13, 2021, 8pm
Recital

David Finckel, cello
Wu Han, piano

Nov 14, 2021, 3pm
New Music

Kronos Quartet
with special guest Mahsa Vahdat

Dec 2, 2021, 7:30pm
Holidays

Damien Sneed
Joy to the World: A Christmas Musical Journey

Dec 3, 2021, 8pm
New Music

Vân-Ánh Võ and Blood Moon Orchestra
Songs of Strength

World Premiere

Dec 4, 2021, 8pm
Dance

Caleb Teicher & Company
Conrad Tao, piano
More Forever (2019)

West Coast Premiere

Dec 5, 2021, 3pm
Jazz
Jazzmeia Horn
Dec 10, 2021, 8pm
Holidays

Canadian Brass
Making Spirits Bright for 50 Years and Counting!

Dec 11, 2021, 8pm
Dance
Mark Morris Dance Group
Dec 17–19, 2021
Cal Performances At Home
At Home Streaming Events

Danish String Quartet

Jan 13–19, 2022
Cal Performances At Home
At Home Streaming Events

Caleb Teicher & Company
Conrad Tao, piano
More Forever (2019)

Jan 20–Feb 2, 2022
Jazz

Ilmar Gavilán, violin
Aldo López-Gavilán, piano

Jan 23, 2022, 5pm
Cancelled
Cal Performances At Home
At Home Streaming Events

Kronos Quartet
with special guest Mahsa Vahdat

Jan 27–Feb 2, 2022
Year-Round Favorites

Yamato: The Drummers of Japan
Tenmei

Jan 29–30, 2022
Cancelled
Recital

Paul Appleby, tenor
Conor Hanick, piano

Jan 30, 2022, 3pm
Dance

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Feb 4–5, 2022
New Music

Eco Ensemble
Toshio Hosokawa Portrait Concert

Feb 5, 2022, 8pm
Postponed
Recital

Eric Lu, piano

Feb 6, 2022, 3pm
Jazz

WAYNE SHORTER & ESPERANZA SPALDING’S
…(Iphigenia)

Feb 12, 2022, 8pm
New Music
Spektral Quartet
Feb 13, 2022, 3pm
Jazz

Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration

West Coast Premiere

Feb 17, 2022, 7:30pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra

Takács Quartet
Stephen Hough, piano

Feb 20, 2022, 3pm
Dance

Memphis Jookin’: The Show
Featuring Lil Buck

West Coast Premiere

Feb 25–26, 2022
Early Music

Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations
Tous les matins du monde

Mar 4, 2022, 8pm
Dance

The Joffrey Ballet

Mar 4–6, 2022
Recital

Angel Blue, soprano
Bryan Wagorn, piano

Mar 6, 2022, 3pm
Theater

Ted Hearne and Saul Williams’ Place

West Coast Premiere
Co-created with Patricia McGregor

Mar 12, 2022, 8pm
Recital

Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor
Michał Biel, piano

Mar 13, 2022, 3pm
Pop

The Summit:
The Manhattan Transfer Meets Take 6

Mar 17, 2022, 7:30pm
Dance

Dorrance Dance
SOUNDspace

Bay Area Premiere

Mar 18–19, 2022
Chamber Music & Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle, conductor

Mar 20, 2022, 3pm
Jazz
Matthew Whitaker
Mar 26, 2022, 8pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director

Mark Steinberg, concertmaster and leader

Mar 27, 2022, 3pm
Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Mar 29–Apr 3, 2022
Recital

Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano
Jake Heggie, piano

Apr 3, 2022, 3pm
Cal Performances At Home
At Home Streaming Events

Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration

Apr 7–13, 2022
New Music
yMusic
Apr 8, 2022, 8pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra
Vienna Piano Trio
Apr 9, 2022, 8pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra

English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardner, conductor
Kati Debretzeni, violin
Fanny Paccoud, viola

Apr 10, 2022, 3pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra
Tetzlaff Quartet
Apr 23, 2022, 8pm
Theater

Angélique Kidjo’s
Yemandja

Apr 23, 2022, 8pm
Recital

Daniil Trifonov, piano

Apr 28, 2022, 7:30pm
Chamber Music & Orchestra

Danish String Quartet

Apr 29, 2022, 8pm
Year-Round Favorites, Speakers
David Sedaris
May 5, 2022, 7:30pm
Early Music

The Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips, director

May 6, 2022, 8pm
Pop
Lila Downs
May 7, 2022, 8pm
Cal Performances At Home
At Home Streaming Events

Layla and Majnun
Mark Morris Dance Group
Silkroad Ensemble

May 12–18, 2022
Dance

Eifman Ballet
Russian Hamlet

A ballet by Boris Eifman
West Coast Premiere

Jun 3–5, 2022
Postponed
Cal Performances At Home
At Home Streaming Events, Chamber Music, Orchestra

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director

Mark Steinberg, concertmaster and leader

Jun 16–22, 2022
Cal Performances At Home
At Home Streaming Events, Theater/Opera

Ted Hearne and Saul Williams’ Place

West Coast Premiere
Co-created with Patricia McGregor

Jun 23–29, 2022