Cal Performances at Home is much more than a series of great streamed performances. Fascinating behind-the-scenes artist interviews. Informative and entertaining public forums. The Cal Performances Reading Room, featuring books with interesting connections to our Fall 2020 programs. For all this and much more, keep checking this page for frequent updates and to journey far, far Beyond the Stage!
Major support for Beyond the Stage is provided by Bank of America.
Beyond the Stage
9/11: A Turning Point
9/11: A Turning Point
An Illuminations “Place and Displacement” Talk
Featuring: Lowell Bergman (moderator), Janet Napolitano, Fawzia Koofi, Brian Knappenberger, Mo Naqvi, Matt Pottinger, Jane Ferguson, Frances Townsend, Dale Watson, and John Sopko
September 11, 2001 thrust the United States into a new era: the War on Terror. The attack was not a bolt from the blue; it sprang from a destabilized Afghanistan and the rise of Al-Qaeda. The day proved a stunning turning point, triggering the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and, later, Iraq. At the chaotic conclusion to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan two decades later, America—and the rest of the world—grapples with twenty years of destabilization and displacement, and an equally-long train of movements of people, including the creation of an immense new population of refugees.
Join us for our first Illuminations: “Place and Displacement” event of the season, a special panel discussion with the filmmakers and key participants of Netflix’s new hit documentary Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror, chronicling why 9/11 happened and the day’s consequences. Moderated by UC Berkeley’s own Lowell Bergman, emeritus professor of journalism and an executive producer of the Netflix series, the panel will also feature special guest commentator Janet Napolitano, the former Secretary of Homeland Security and president of the University of California.
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Issue 63 (August 19)
A strong current of folk music runs through these selections, demonstrating the unique flexibility of the genre.
Issue 62 (July 15)
A few instances of how composers have been known to reuse, reduce, edit, and adapt both their own music and that of others.
Artist Conversation with Jordi Savall
Artist Conversation with Jordi Savall
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
In a rare Cal Performances at Home interview filmed pre-pandemic (after his performance in Berkeley on Feb 1, 2020, at the First Congregational Church), early music superstar Jordi Savall sits down with Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen to discuss his many visits to Cal Performances over the years, the importance of bringing not-as-well-known early and ancient composers and works to modern audiences, Monteverdi and his Madrigals of Love and War, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video is presented in conjunction with the Jordi Savall and his musicians’ performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Spring Season.
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Artist Conversation with Beatrice Rana: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation with Beatrice Rana: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
Pianist Beatrice Rana and Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen discuss the selection of the amazing and historical venue for her At Home recital, the versatility of her program, the explosion of her career and how she balances that with what her goals are, the silver lining to the pandemic, how being Italian plays into her artistic life, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Beatrice Rana, piano performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Spring Season.
