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!
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My Old Home, A Novel of Exile: Orville Schell and Peter Sellars in Conversation, with Musical Interludes
My Old Home, A Novel of Exile: Orville Schell and Peter Sellars in Conversation, with Musical Interludes
Illuminations “Fact or Fiction” Talk
Orville Schell—Director of the Center on US–China Relations at the Asia Society in New York, former Dean of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and a uniquely experienced observer of contemporary China—joined renowned theater director Peter Sellars for a March 30, 2021 livestreamed conversation centered on Schell’s just-published My Old Home, A Novel of Exile. Welcomed and introduced by New Yorker contributing journalist, writer, and cultural critic Zha Jianying.
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Artist Conversation with Mitsuko Uchida
Artist Conversation with Mitsuko Uchida
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
Pianist Mitsuko Uchida talks with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen about her relationship with Schubert and Mozart, the first time hearing an orchestra in Japan, her work with young students at the Marlboro Festival, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Mitsuko Uchida, piano performance, part of the 2020/21 Cal Performances at Home Spring Season.
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Issue 57 (March 10)
A wide variety of performances for everyone, including: In C choreographed and performed by Sasha Waltz; Bartók’s Allegro non troppo from Violin Concerto No. 2 performed by Leonidas Kavakos; Gounod’s “Ô ma lyre immortelle” from Sapho performed by J’Nai Bridges; Kosma/“Autumn Leaves” performed by Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio
Mahan Esfahani and Michael Maul in Conversation
Mahan Esfahani and Michael Maul in Conversation
Listen in on harpsichorist Mahan Esfahani and Michael Maul, director of the Leipzig Bach Archive, as they discuss how documents in the Archive show how exacting Bach wanted his pieces played, what happens in the almost two centuries between Bach writing the Goldberg Variations and it being played for the first time publically, why Bach went to Leipzig in the first place, and more.
This conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Spring Season.
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Digital Classroom Performer Spotlight: Vân-Ánh Võ
Digital Classroom Performer Spotlight: Vân-Ánh Võ
Vân-Ánh Võ creates stunning, complex works by melding Vietnamese musical traditions with a variety of genres.
Award-winning composer and musician Vân-Ánh Võ leads an immersive “show and tell” of traditional Vietnamese instruments, demonstrating the sound of each unique, hand-constructed instrument, and featuring them in her compositions.
2020/21 Cal Performances Classroom Performer Spotlights featured videos of extraordinary local performers as they pull back the curtain on their work, and the art, cultures, and traditions that inspire them. Artists reflect their community’s rich culture, and the Bay Area stands out as a home to remarkable and diverse performing artists.
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Artist Conversation with Mahan Esfahani: 2020/21 Season
Artist Conversation with Mahan Esfahani: 2020/21 Season
A Conversation with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen
A harpsichord and Goldberg Variations primer! Listen as Mahan Esfahani talks in depth with Cal Performances Executive and Artistic Director Jeremy Geffen about his instrument, Bach’s beloved piece he will be playing, and more in this Beyond the Stage artist talk.
This artist conversation video was recorded in conjunction with the Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord performance, part of the Cal Performances at Home Spring Season.
