The Silkroad Ensemble performs in front of an audience in a mix of different cultural attire and instruments.
Mar 13, 2026 | Artist Spotlights
“Organic Seeds” in the Sanctuary: Silkroad’s Artistic Approach to Music
An interview with Maeve Gilchrist, Silkroad Ensemble’s Scottish-Irish harpist
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The Silkroad Ensemble performs in front of an audience in a mix of different cultural attire and instruments.
Mar 13, 2026 | Artist Spotlights
“Organic Seeds” in the Sanctuary: Silkroad’s Artistic Approach to Music
Feb 13, 2026 | Ideas and Insights
Explaining the “New Music” Genre with Jeremy Geffen
Sep 26, 2025 | Artist Spotlights
Step into Tradition: A Curated Guide to the 2025–26 Season
A drawing depicting a little girl attached to a string held by a hand as she stands on a bright red road in the midst of a black and white forest.
Apr 15, 2025 | 25-26 Season Feature
Illuminations Performances Explore “Exile & Sanctuary”
The lead actors of Opera Parallele's La Belle et La Bête perform onstage, with La Bête in the background, gazing at Belle as she sits in a chair, wearing a somber expression.
Apr 15, 2025 | 25-26 Season Feature
Stories Reimagined: Six Performances Explore Traditional Tales with a Creative Twist!
Aug 30, 2024 | Artist Spotlights
Transfixing Art: Julia Bullock Launches Her Cal Performances Artist Residency
Artist Julia Bullock’s smiling face shown from a video call on a laptop screen.
Apr 16, 2024 | Artist Spotlights
Artist in Residence Julia Bullock in Conversation with Jeremy Geffen
Jan 18, 2024 | How It's Made
Julius Eastman’s Femenine
Nov 9, 2023 | Ideas and Insights
Shifting Artistic Representation of the US’s First Transcontinental Railroad
May 26, 2023 | Artist Spotlights
Summer Cinema: Get Ready for Our 23–24 Season with These Exciting Films!
Apr 18, 2023 | Illuminations
2023–24 Season Illuminations: “Individual & Community”
Apr 18, 2023 | How It's Made
Spotlight on 2023–24 Season Premieres
Kinetech Arts Technology and Creative Expression
Oct 25, 2022 | Illuminations
“Human and Machine”: Technology and Creative Expression
Jeremy Geffen, Mahsa Vahdat, David Harrington
Nov 12, 2021 | Artist Spotlights
Artist Conversation with Kronos Quartet: 2021/22 Season
Jeremy Geffen, Van Anh Vo
Nov 12, 2021 | Illuminations
Artist Conversation with Vân-Ánh Võ
Julia Wolfe
Apr 30, 2021 | Artist Spotlights
Artist Conversation with Julia Wolfe: 2020/21 Season
Van Anh Vo
Mar 2, 2021 | How It's Made
Digital Classroom Performer Spotlight: Vân-Ánh Võ
Sep 28, 2020 | Artist Spotlights
Artist Conversation with Nathalie Joachim
Kronos Quartet Elvis
Dec 30, 2019 | How It's Made
In the Presence of the Present: Thoughts on A Thousand Thoughts