2023–24 Season
Below, organized by genre, is a list of artists performing in Cal Performances’ 2023–24 season.
A link to the 2023–24 season announcement press kit is at the top.
Orchestra
- San Francisco Symphony; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Carey Bell, clarinet, November 10, 2023
- Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Mitsuko Uchida, piano and director; José Maria Blumenschein, concertmaster and leader, March 24, 2024
Chamber Music
- Takács Quartet, November 12, 2023, and February 25, 2024
- Attacca Quartet, February 4, 2024
- Isidore String Quartet, March 5, 2024
- Danish String Quartet; Johannes Rostamo, cello, April 13, 2024
- Quatuor Ébène, April 16, 2024
Recital
- Tom Borrow, piano, October 1, 2023
- Christine Goerke, soprano; Craig Terry, piano: A Celebration of the American Diva, October 8, 2023
- Avi Avital, mandolin; Hanzhi Wang, accordion, October 15, 2023
- Michelle Cann, piano, October 29, 2023
- Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, November 1, 2023
- Filippo Gorini, piano, January 28, 2024
- Renée Fleming, soprano, February 9, 2024
- Brad Mehldau: 14 Reveries, February 10, 2024
- David Finckel, cello; Wu Han, piano, February 11, 2024
- Erin Morley, soprano; Malcolm Martineau, piano, February 18, 2024
- Conrad Tao, piano, March 3, 2024
- Ema Nikolovska, mezzo-soprano; Howard Watkins, piano, March 10, 2024
- Mark Padmore, tenor; Mitsuko Uchida, piano: Schubert’s Winterreise, March 17, 2024
- Amina Edris, soprano; Pene Pati, tenor; Robert Mollicone, piano: Voyages, April 23, 2024
- Víkingur Ólafsson, piano: S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, May 4, 2024
Early Music
- Los Angeles Master Chorale: Music to Accompany a Departure, October 28, 2023
- Jean Rondeau, harpsichord: Gradus ad Parnassum, November 5, 2023
- Le Consort: A Journey through Baroque Europe, November 8, 2023
- The English Concert; Harry Bicket, conductor: Handel’s Rodelinda, November 19, 2023
- Tallis Scholars; Peter Phillips, director: While Shepherds Watched, Dec 13, 2023
- Jakub Józef Orliński, countertenor; Il Pomo d’Oro: Beyond, April 9, 2024
- Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI: Le Nuove Musiche: The Baroque Revolution in Europe (1560–1660), April 12, 2024
New Music
- Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens: American Railroad, November 17, 2023
- Eco Ensemble; David Milnes, director: The Music of Cindy Cox, February 3, 2024
- Kronos Quartet: Five Decades, March 2, 2024
- Nathalie Joachim: Ki moun ou ye (Who are you?), March 7, 2024
- Wild Up; Christopher Rountree, conductor: Julius Eastman’s Femenine, March 9, 2024
Dance
- Urban Bush Women: Hair & Other Stories, December 1–3, 2023
- Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, January 27–28, 2024
- A Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, & Sadler’s Wells production: Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo’s common ground[s] and Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring, February 16–18, 2024
- Batsheva Dance Company: Ohad Naharin’s MOMO, March 8–9, 2024
- The Joffrey Ballet; Berkeley Symphony; Scott Speck, conductor: Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina, March 15–17, 2024
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, April 2–7, 2024
- Mark Morris Dance Group: World Premiere to be announced, April 19–21, 2024
Theater
- John Cameron Mitchell and Amber Martin: Cassette Roulette, November 4, 2023
- John Malkovich: The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer, February 3, 2024
- Taylor Mac & Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions, February 23–25, 2024
- Elevator Repair Service: Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, March 1–3, 2024
Jazz
- Brad Mehldau Trio, November 11, 2023
- Matthew Whitaker, December 8, 2023
- Cécile McLorin Salvant, January 25, 2024
- OKAN, March 8, 2024
Vocal Celebration
- Kristin Chenoweth: For the Girls, November 15, 2023
- San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Holiday Spectacular, December 17, 2023
- Angélique Kidjo, April 26, 2024
Family
- The Triplets of Belleville Cine-Concert, October 21–22, 2023
- Drum Tao: 30th Anniversary Tour, April 11–12, 2024