2024–25 Season Press Kits

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Special Events and other Announcements

• 2025–26 Season Announcement, April 15, 2025
• Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp, June 17–July 26, 2024

Orchestra and Chamber Music

• Tessa Lark, violin; Joshua Roman, cello; Edgar Meyer, double bass, October 20, 2024
• Dover Quartet, November 3, 2024
• Takács Quartet with Jeremy Denk, piano, January 26, 2025
• Danish String Quartet, February 2, 2025
• Wu Han, piano; Arnaud Sussmann violin; David Finckel, cello, February 9, 2025
• Takács Quartet, February 16, 2025
• Hagen Quartet, February 23, 2025
• Brentano String Quartet, March 2, 2025
• Vienna Philharmonic; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Yefim Bronfman, piano, March 5–7, 2025
• Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director; José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader, March 23, 2025
• Owls; Alexi Kenney, violin; Ayane Kozasa, viola; Gabriel Cabezas, cello; Paul Wiancko, cello, April 13, 2025

Recital

• Njioma Chinyere Grevious, violin, September 29, 2024
• Lester Lynch, baritone; Kevin Korth, piano, October 13, 2024
• Eric Lu, piano, October 27, 2024
• Behzod Abduraimov, piano, November 10, 2024
• Leonidas Kavakos, violin, November 15–16, 2024
• Igor Levit, piano, November 19, 2024
• Maxim Vengerov, violin; Polina Osetinskaya, piano, November 23, 2024
• Asmik Grigorian, soprano; Lukas Geniušas, piano: Songs by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, December 15, 2024
• Lise Davidsen, soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano, February 4, 2025
• Benjamin Beilman, violin; Steven Osborne, piano, March 9, 2025
• Evren Ozel, piano: Music of the Night, March 16, 2025
• Leif Ove Andsnes, piano, April 1, 2025

Early Music

• Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial, and Hespèrion XXI; The Tears and the Fire of the Muses, October 12, 2024
• Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with Julia Bullock, soprano, January 19, 2025
• Les Arts Florissants with Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin; Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons at 300, March 19, 2025
• The English Concert: Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Harry Bicket, conductor, April 27, 2025
• The Tallis Scholars: Palestrina 500; Peter Phillips, director, May 2, 2025

New Music

• Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi, September 27, 2024
• Eco Ensemble: Best of Berkeley, David Milnes, director, February 1, 2025
• yMusic Performs a World Premiere by Gabriella Smith, March 8, 2025

Dance

• Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi, September 27, 2024
• Step Afrika! The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, November 2–3, 2024
• Pilobolus: re:CREATION, November 30–December 1, 2024
• Dorrance Dance: The Nutcracker Suite, December 14–15, 2024
• Twyla Tharp Dance; Diamond Jubilee, Featuring Third Coast Percussion, February 7–9, 2025
• Batsheva Dance Company: MOMO, February 22–23, 2025
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, April 8–13, 2025
• Grupo Corpo: 21 and GIRA, April 25–26, 2025
• Mark Morris Dance Group: Pepperland, May 9–11, 2025

Theater

• SLAM! “When theater and cirque meet the mat” with Ex Machina/Robert Lepage and FLIP Fabrique, October 5–6, 2024
• Mummenschanz: 50 Years, October 26–27, 2024
• William Kentridge’s The Great Yes, The Great No, March 14–16, 2025
• Story Boldly’s Defining Courage, An Immersive Live Event, April 4, 2025

Jazz

• Antonio Sánchez, Birdman LIVE, January 18, 2025
• Samara Joy, February 5, 2025
• This Land Is Our Land Featuring Martha Redbone Roots Project and American Patchwork Quartet, February 28, 2025
• Sullivan Fortner Trio, March 13, 2025

Vocal Celebration

• San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Holiday Spectacular, December 21, 2024
• This Land Is Our Land Featuring Martha Redbone Roots Project and American Patchwork Quartet, February 28, 2025
• Ladysmith Black Mambazo, March 1, 2025
• Patti LuPone; Joseph Thalken, piano; Songs from a Hat, April 5, 2025
• Rhiannon Giddens & The Old-Time Revue, June 21, 2025

Percussion

• Step Afrika! The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, November 2–3, 2024
• Antonio Sánchez: Birdman LIVE, January 18, 2025
• KODO; One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe, January 25–26, 2025
• Twyla Tharp Dance; Diamond Jubilee, Featuring Third Coast Percussion, February 7–9, 2025
• Zakir Hussain and Masters of Percussion, March 21, 2025

Family

• Mummenschanz: 50 Years, October 26–27, 2024
• Disney Concerts Presents Encanto: The Sing-Along Film Concert, November 24, 2024
• Pilobolus, re:CREATION, November 30–December 1, 2024
• Dorrance Dance: The Nutcracker Suite, December 14–15, 2024
• KODO; One Earth Tour 2025: Warabe, January 25–26, 2025

Speakers

• The Future of American Democracy: The 2024 Election and Beyond, October 29, 2024
• Heather Cox Richardson In Conversation with Dylan Penningroth, February 26, 2025