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2024–25 Season Press Kits

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Special Events and other Announcements

Orchestra and Chamber Music

  • 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 57, 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
  • 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 30December 1, 2024
  • Dorrance Dance: The Nutcracker Suite, December 14–15, 2024
  • Twyla Tharp Dance; Diamond Jubilee, Featuring Third Coast Percussion, February 79, 2025
  • Batsheva Dance Company: MOMO, February 2223, 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!, A theatrical wrestling show created by Cirque FLIP Fabrique & Ex Machina/Robert Lepage, October 4–6, 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

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 79, 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