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2024/25 Season
- October 23, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Soprano Lise Davidsen in her Bay Area debut, Tue, Feb 4 at Zellerbach Hall
- October 9, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Soprano Asmik Grigorian in her West Coast debut, Sun, Dec 15 at Hertz Hall
- September 24, 2024 – Dover Quartet performs a new work by Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ Tate, Sun, Nov 3 at 3pm in Hertz Hall
- September 20, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Step Afrika! in The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, Nov 2–3, 2024
- September 19, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Family Events Oct–Jan Mummenschanz, Pilobolus, Disney Presents Encanto, Dorrance Dance and KODO
- September 17, 2024 – Cal Performances and The Goldman School of Public Policy present The Future of American Democracy: The 2024 Election and Beyond, Oct 29, 2024
- September 9, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Tessa Lark, Joshua Roman, and Edgar Meyer on Sun, Oct 20 in Hertz Hall
- August 21, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Ex Machina/Robert Lepage & Cirque FLIP Fabrique in SLAM! “When theater and cirque meet the mat” Oct 5–6 at Zellerbach Hall
- August 19, 2024 – Cal Performances Opens its 2024–25 Season with American Modern Opera Company performing the US premiere of its production of Olivier Messiaen’s Harawi, Sep 27, and Njioma Chinyere Grevious, violin, Sep 29
- May 22, 2024 – Cal Performances Produces the 22nd Annual Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp June 17 – July 26, 2024
- April 16, 2024 – Cal Performances Announces 2024–25 Season
2023/24 Season
- March 13-2024 – Cal Performances presents Mark Morris Dance Group, April 19–21, 2024
- February 29, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Pianist Mitsuko Uchida, Artist in Residence, March 2024
- February 16, 2024 – Cal Performances presents The Joffrey Ballet in Anna Karenina, March 15-17, 2024 at Zellerbach Hall
- February 7, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Illuminations: “Individual and Community”: Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge, Nathalie Joachim Ki moun ou ye, OKAN, and Wild Up: Julius Eastman’s Femenine
- February 5, 2024 – Cal Performances presents Kronos Quartet, Five Decades, March 2, 2024
- January 29, 2024 – Cal Performances presents the West Coast Premiere of Taylor Mac & Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions, Feb 23-25, 2024
- January 24, 2024 – Next Season! Vienna Philharmonic, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Yefim Bronfman March 5-7, 2025
- January 3, 2024 – Bay Area Premieres of The Rite of Spring by Pina Bausch and common ground[s] by Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo, Feb 16-18
- December 20, 2023 – Cal Performances announces Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater April 2–7 and 2024 Gala Celebration Thurs, April 4
- December 12, 2023 – Cal Performances Announces Performance Cancellation, John Malkovich in The Infernal Comedy Confessions of a Serial Killer, February 3, 2024
- December 8, 2023 – Cal Performances presents Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo, Jan 27-28 at Zellerbach Hall
- November 30, 2023 – Cal Performances Announces Batsheva Dance Company’s Performances are Postponed
- October 20, 2023 – Cal Performances presents Urban Bush Women: Hair & Other Stories, Dec 1-3 at Zellerbach Playhouse
- October 11, 2023 – Cal Performances presents The English Concert in Handel’s Rodelinda, Sun, Nov 19 at Zellerbach Hall
- October 9, 2023 – Cal Performances presents Brad Mehldau Trio, Sat, Nov 11 and Brad Mehldau, Fourteen Reveries, Sat, Feb 10 at Zellerbach Hall
- October 5, 2023 – Cal Performances presents Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, American Railroad, November 17, 2023
- October 3, 2023 – Cal Performances presents the Takács Quartet Sun, Nov 12 and Sun, Feb 25
- September 26, 2023 – Jeremy Denk to replace Tom Borrow at Season-Opening Recital, Sun, Oct 1 at Hertz Hall
- September 21, 2023 –Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello, Wed, Nov 1 at Zellerbach Hall
- September 20, 2023 – Concert Cancellation: Christine Goerke, A Celebration of the American Diva, October 8
- August 22, 2023 – Cal Performances Launches its 2023-24 Season With a Month of Expansive Classical Recitals, A Bay Area Premiere Production, Family Fun, and Two Speakers
- August 1, 2023 – Cal Performances announces Single Tickets on sale Aug 8, Ezra Klein Oct 5, and 2023–24 $10 Golden Bear Circle tickets for UCB students
- June 21, 2023 – 21st Annual Berkeley Oakland AileyCamp at Cal Performances June 20-July 28 2023
- June 15, 2023 – Added Event: Ai Weiwei’s World of Art Lost and Found: A Conversation About Life, Art, and Politics, Sept 24 at 2pm in Zellerbach Hall
- June 14, 2023 – Cal Performances and Student Musical Activities at UC Berkeley announce Dr. Paul Flight, Director of UC Choral Ensembles
- April 18, 2023 – Cal Performances Announces its 2023-24 Season
2022/23 Season
- April 6, 2023 — Michael van der Aa’s Blank Out Featuring Soprano Miah Persson, at Zellerbach Hall, April 28-29
- March 6, 2023 — Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, at Zellerbach Hall, April 11-16
- March 2, 2023 — William Kentridge in Residency at UC Berkeley: added events, tickets on sale, and updates, Spring 2023
- March 1, 2023 — An Evening with Robert Reich, at Zellerbach Hall, April 24
- February 16, 2023 — Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Christian Thielemann, at Zellerbach Hall, March 7-9
- February 15, 2023 — The English Concert in Handel’s Oratorio, Solomon, at Zellerbach Hall, March 5, 2023
- February 15, 2023 — Human & Machine Song Contest, as part of its Illuminations: Human and Machine theme this season
- February 6, 2023 (updated March 20, 2023) — Announcing New Events and Updates to William Kentridge’s UC Berkeley Residency, Spring 2023
- February 1, 2023 — Alexi Kenney, Violin, In Shifting Ground, at Hertz Hall, February 26, 2023
- January 27, 2023 — A Conversation with Rita Moreno, at Zellerbach Hall, February 26, 2023
- January 23, 2023 — Mark Morris Dance Group The Look of Love, at Zellerbach Hall, February 17-19, 2023
- January 13, 2023 — Kodo, Tsuzumi: One Earth Tour, at Zellerbach Hall, February 4-5, 2023
- January 10, 2023 — Joyce DiDonato: Eden, at Zellerbach Hall, January 21, 2023
- December 7, 2022 — Jazz at Cal Performances in 2023: Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Artemis, and Paquito D’Rivera
- November 14, 2022 — Zlatomir Fung, Cello, and Janice Carissa, Piano; Seong-Jin Cho, Piano; Ying Fang, Soprano, and Myra Huang, Piano
- October 31, 2022 — Announcing William Kentridge UC Berkeley Residency, Fall 2022–Spring 2023
- October 19, 2022 — Ensemble Basiani, at First Congregational Church of Berkeley, November 3, 2022
- October 18, 2022 — Sō Percussion Performing Bay Area Premieres by Angélica Negrón and Nathalie Joachim, at Zellerbach Hall, November 12, 2022
- September 26, 2022 — Virtuoso Keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout in The Evolution of the Fortepiano, at Hertz Hall, October 30, 2022
- September 22, 2022 — Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Performing 13 Tongues, at Zellerbach Hall, October 29-30, 2022
- September 21, 2022 — San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor, Bertrand Chamayou, Piano, at Zellerbach Hall, October 21, 2022
- September 8, 2022 — Maxim Vengerov, Violin, Polina Osetinskaya, Piano, at Zellerbach Hall, October 14, 2022
- August 24, 2022 — 2022-23 SEASON OPENING WEEKEND: Miami City Ballet at Zellerbach Hall, September 23-25, 2022, and Dover Quartet at Hertz Hall, September 25, 2022
- August 9, 2022 — Boy Blue performances canceled; Camille A. Brown & Dancers added, Dec 14–16 at Zellerbach Playhouse
- July 12, 2022 — 20th Annual Berkeley Oakland AileyCamp at Cal Performances June 21-July 29 2022
- July 5, 2022 — Gustavo Dudamel Conducts Encuentros Orchestra with special guest esperanza spalding at the Greek Theatre, Aug 4, 2022
2021/22 Season
- June 10, 2022 — Two Free Video Streams in June: Mitsuko Uchida with Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Ted Hearne and Saul Williams’ Place
- May 5, 2022 — Free Video Stream: Mark Morris Dance Group performs Layla and Majnun World Premiere, May 12-18, 2022
- April 22, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Lila Downs, Sat, May 7 in Zellerbach Hall
- April 12, 2022 — Cal Performances presents the Danish String Quartet, Fri, April 29 in Zellerbach Hall
- March 25, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Displacement, Mon, April 25 in Zellerbach Hall
- March 24, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Angélique Kidjo starring in Yemandja, Sat, April 23 in Zellerbach Hall
- March 8, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano and Jake Heggie, piano, Sun, April 3 in Hertz Hall
- March 7, 2022 — Cal Performances presents London Symphony Orchestra, Sun, March 20 in Zellerbach Hall
- February 28, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Mitsuko Uchida with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Sun, March 27 in Zellerbach Hall
- February 25, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Tues, March 29 to Sun, April 3 in Zellerbach Hall
- February 18, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Ted Hearne and Saul Williams’ Place, Sat. March 12
- January 31, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Lil Buck in Memphis Jookin’: The Show, Feb 25-26 in Zellerbach Hall
- January 25, 2022 — Cal Performances presents Spektral Quartet Sun, Feb 13
- January 21, 2022 — Concert Cancellation: Eco Ensemble, Sun Feb 5 in Hertz Hall
- January 19, 2022 — Concert Cancellation: Ilmar Gavilán and Aldo López-Gavilán Sun, Jan 23
- January 13, 2022 — WAYNE SHORTER & ESPERANZA SPALDING’s …(Iphigenia) Feb 12 in Zellerbach Hall (Updated Feb 3)
- January 12, 2022 — Cal Performances Announces New Safety Protocols at all Performances beginning February 1, 2022
- January 11, 2022 — Performance Cancellation: Yamato: The Drummers of Japan Jan 29-30
- January 11, 2022 — Cal Performances Presents Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration Feb 17
- January 7, 2022 — Cal Performances Presents Eco Ensemble Toshio Hosokawa Portrait Concert Feb 5
- January 6, 2022 — Eifman Ballet Postponed to Cal Performances 2022-23 Season
- January 5, 2022 — Cal Performances Presents Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
- January 4, 2022 — Cal Performances Presents Ilmar Gavilán and Aldo López-Gavilán
- December 18, 2021 — Cancellation of Mark Morris Dance Group Performances Dec 18 & 19 in Zellerbach Hall
- December 17, 2021 — Cal Performances at Home Returns with Free On Demand video streams in January Press Release UPDATED
- November 22, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents the Mark Morris Dance Group
- November 10, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents Kronos Quartet with special guest Mahsa Vahdat
- November 4, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents Vân-Áhn Võ and Blood Moon Orchestra
- November 2, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents Leonidas Kavakos, violin and Yuja Wang, piano
- October 26, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents The English Concert
- October 15, 2021 — Cal Performances and Stanford Live Announce London Symphony Orchestra
- October 14, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents 2021-22 Season Artist-in-Residence Angélique Kidjo
- October 11, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents Ballet Hispánico
- September 29, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch
- September 17, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents 9/11: A Turning Point, A Livestreamed Panel Discussion
- September 13, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents the Danish String Quartet
- September 10, 2021 — Vienna Boys Choir Cancels November 27 Performance
- August 6, 2021 — Cal Performances Presents Not Our First Goat Rodeo
- June 8, 2021 — Cal Performances 2021/22 Season Announcement
- June 8, 2021 — Cal Performances 2021/22 Season Calendar
- June 8, 2021 — Cal Performances 2021/22 Season Announcement Press Kit
Archive
- May 11, 2021 — Cal Performances Announces the Appointment of Jeffrey MacKie-Mason and Lance Nagel as Co-Chairs of the Board of Trustees
- May 10, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in the World Premiere of Holding Space as part of Cal Performances at Home
- May 5, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Sunday Supper with the Stars, a Virtual Celebration and Fundraiser Hosted by Hope Boykin
- April 22, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Jordi Savall as part of Cal Performances at Home
- April 19, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents yMusic as part of Cal Performances at Home
- April 7, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Beatrice Rana as part of Cal Performances at Home
- April 5, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Renée Fleming as part of Cal Performances at Home
- April 2, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Bang on a Can as part of Cal Performances at Home
- March 29, 2021 — Cal Performances and the UC Berkeley Institute of International Studies present A Clear and Present Danger: The Wild West of the Web, the First Amendment, and Saving the News as part of Cal Performances at Home
- March 25, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Jazzmeia Horn as part of Cal Performances at Home
- March 22, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents My Old Home, A Novel of Exile: Orville Schell and Peter Sellars in Conversation, with Musical Interludes as part of Cal Performances at Home
- March 16, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Pianist Jeremy Denk as part of Cal Performances at Home
- March 2, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Soprano Christine Goerke and Pianist Craig Terry as part of Cal Performances at Home
- February 17, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Mitsuko Uchida as part of Cal Performances at Home
- February 2, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani as part of Cal Performances at Home
- January 25, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Fact or Fiction: Disinformation and Freedom of Speech as part of Cal Performances at Home
- January 21, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Fighting the Disinformation Machine as part of Cal Performances at Home
- January 12, 2021 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Cal Performances at Home Spring 2021 Streaming Series, Feb. 25–June 10
- December 18, 2020 — Cal Performances at Home Holiday 2020 Calendar
- December 18, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Julia Bullock and Laura Poe as part of Cal Performances at Home
- December 10, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Bria Skonberg as part of Cal Performances at Home
- December 8, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents New Year’s Eve Musical Celebration as part of Cal Performances at Home
- November 19, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Manual Cinema’s Christmas Carol, Livestreamed as part of Cal Performances at Home
- November 12, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents the Dover Quartet in Cal Performances at Home
- November 6, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Cancels All In-Person Performances Originally Scheduled for January–June 2021
- November 5, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott, Songs of Comfort and Hope, in Cal Performances at Home
- November 2, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Two Changes to Fall Cal Performances at Home Programming
- October 28, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Leif Ove Andsnes in Cal Performances at Home
- October 14, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents David Finckel and Wu Han in Cal Performances at Home
- October 8, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents the Matthew Whitaker Quartet in Cal Performances at Home
- October 1, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein in Cal Performances at Home
- September 23, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society in Cal Performances at Home
- September 21, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Nathalie Joachim and Spektral Quartet in Cal Performances at Home
- September 17, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Alex Ross and John Adams in Conversation as part of Cal Performances at Home
- September 16, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents the Tetzlaff Quartet as part of Cal Performances at Home
- September 10, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Presents Tessa Lark and Andrew Armstrong in Cal Performances at Home
- August 25, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Cal Performances at Home, a New Performing Arts Streaming Series
- June 17, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Will Not Present In-Person Performances Through The End of 2020
- June 9, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Virtual “Berkeley Dances Revelations” Wed, June 24 at 2PM
- May 5, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan December 5–6, 2020 Performances Postponed
- April 28, 2020 — Cal Performances 2020/21 Season Illuminations: Fact or Fiction
- April 28, 2020 — Cal Performances 2020/21 Season Illuminations: Music and the Mind
- April 28, 2020 — 2020/21 Season Commissions and Premieres
- April 28, 2020 — Cal Performances 2020/21 Season by Genre
- April 15, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp Summer 2020 Canceled
- March 17, 2020 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Announces the Cancellation of All Remaining Performances and Events in the 2019-20 Season
- March 11, 2020 — Cal Performances Announces All Cal Performances Events Through March 29 Are Canceled
- March 10, 2020 — Cal Performances Announces Laverne Cox has Postponed her Thurs, March 12 Appearance
- March 2, 2020 — Cal Performances Presents Spektral Quartet
- February 27, 2020 — Cal Performances Presents The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Lahav Shani
- February 24, 2020 — Cal Performances Presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- February 18, 2020 — Just Added! Cal Performances Presents John Malkovich in The Music Critic
- February 10, 2020 — Cal Performances Presents The Joffrey Ballet
- January 22, 2020 — Cal Performances Presents We Shall Overcome A Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. featuring Damien Sneed
- January 9, 2020 — Cal Performances Names Taun Miller Wright Chief Development Officer
- December 18, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents Jordi Savall
- December 13, 2019 — Cal Performances 2019–20 Spring Calendar
- December 9, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents MOMIX in Viva MOMIX!
- November 7, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents Eighth Blackbird
- October 25, 2019 — Cal Performances Announces the Cancellation of Three Performances Due to Planned Power Outage at UC Berkeley
- October 24, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
- October 9, 2019 — Cal Performances Announces Katy Tucker as Director of Artistic Planning
- October 4, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents Global Music Stars Afropop Spectacular and Ensemble Basiani
- October 1, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents Myra Melford’s Jazz Platform
- September 6, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents Triptych (Eyes of One on Another)
- September 4, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents a World of Global Dance and Movement Traditions This Fall
- August 15, 2019 — Cal Performances Presents Jonathan Biss in a Seven-Concert Cycle of the Complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas
- August 14, 2019 — Cal Performances opens the 2019–20 Season with Mark Morris Dance Group’s Mozart Dances September 20-22
- July 25, 2019 — Cal Performances 2019–20 Fall Calendar
- April 30, 2019 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Eifman Ballet in The Pygmalion Effect Friday–Sunday, May 31–June 2 in Zellerbach Hall
- March 25, 2019 — * EVENT CANCELLATION * Murray Perahia recital on April 15, 2019 at Zellerbach Hall has been cancelled
- March 7, 2019 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Tuesday–Sunday, April 9–14, 2019
- February 28, 2019 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Sō Percussion in The Keyboard Reimagined Sunday, April 7, 2019
- February 27, 2019 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Front Row with W. Kamau Bell and Friends Wednesday, March 6, 2019
- February 15, 2019 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Quote Unquote Collective in the company’s final performances of Mouthpiece Friday–Sunday, March 22–24, 2019
- February 14, 2019 — Cal Performances presents Ira Glass in Seven Things I’ve Learned Saturday, March 23, 2019
- January 17, 2019 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Performing three concerts Friday–Sunday, March 15–17, 2019
- January 16, 2019 — Cal Performances presents Canadian circus arts troupe, The 7 Fingers, in its latest production, Reversible, Friday–Sunday, February 22–24, 2019
- January 15, 2019 — Jeremy N. Geffen named Executive and Artistic Director of Cal Performances
- January 9, 2019 — Cal Performances presents Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano, performing music from her new album, Songplay, Wednesday, February 20, 2019
- January 8, 2019 — Cal Performances presents Kronos Quartet performing music from its Fifty for the Future initiative Friday, January 25, 2019
- December 6, 2018 — Cal Performances 2018–19 Spring Calendar
- November 8, 2018 — Cal Performances presents Big Dance Theater in the West Coast Premiere of 17c Thursday–Sunday, December 13–16 in Zellerbach Playhouse
- October 31, 2018 — Cal Performances presents Pavel Zuštiak and Palissimo Company in Custodians of Beauty West Coast Premiere Friday–Sunday, December 7–9 in Zellerbach Playhouse
- October 17, 2018 — Cal Performances presents Compagnie Käfig in Pixel Friday–Saturday, November 16–17 in Zellerbach Hall
- October 5, 2018 — Cal Performances presents Jordi Savall’s The Routes of Slavery (1444–1888) Sat, Nov. 3 in Zellerbach Hall
- October 1, 2018 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Inua Ellams’ Barber Shop Chronicles Friday–Sunday, October 26–28 in Zellerbach Hall
- September 21, 2018 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Ibsen’s An Enemy of The People performed by Schaubühne Berlin–Friday–Saturday, October 12–13 in Zellerbach Hall
- September 19, 2018 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Sasha Waltz & Guests in her signature work, Körper–Saturday–Sunday, October 20–21 in Zellerbach Hall
- August 29, 2018 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Max Richter with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble–Friday, October 5 in Zellerbach Hall
- August 24, 2018 — Cal Performances at UC Berkeley presents Sandeep Das and HUM Ensemble, Delhi to Damascus–Sunday, October 7 in Hertz Hall
- August 15, 2018 — Welcome Back To A Cappella @ Zellerbach Hall
- July 25, 2018 — Cal Performances 2018–19 Fall Calendar
- June 26, 2018 — Matthew Sadowski Named UC Berkeley Director of Bands
- Cal Performances at UC Berkeley Celebrates 15 Years of Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp June 27–August 5, 2016 (Supplemental Information)
- Cal Performances Receives Four New Grants
- Cal Performances Cal Performances Appoints Rob Bailis Director of External Relations and Artistic Initiatives
- May 17: San Francisco Opera Orchestra
- May 10-12: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg
- May 3-5: Les 7 Doigts de la Main Circus
- May & June Calendar of Events
- April 26 & 27: Handel and Haydn Society
- April 18: Arlo Guthrie
- April 14: Simon Trpceski
- April 10: Paquito D’Rivera & The Assad Brothers
- April 7: Davitt Moroney
- March 30: Afropop Spectacular with Oliver Mtukudzi and Fatoumata Diawara
- March 23: The Tallis Scholars
- March 22 & 23: Australian Chamber Orchestra
- March 17: Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
- March 17: Afiara String Quartet
- March 15: Trisha Brown Dance Company
- March 10: Jeffrey Kahane
- March 9: Nathan Gunn
- March 3: Brentano String Quartet
- March 2: Voices of Afganistan
- March 1-10: The Secret Garden
- March & April Calendar of Events
- February 24: Kaila Flexer with Oakland Folkharmonic and Teslim
- February 24: Susanna Phillips
- February 19: Milos
- February 17: Leonidas Kavakos
- February 15-17: Circus Oz
- February 12: Christian Tetzlaff
- February 10: Ira Glass
- February 10: Eric Owens
- February 8: Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca
- February 3: Kodo
- February 1 & 2: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- January 27: Nicolas Hodges
- January 26 & 27: Joffrey Ballet
- January 26 & February 23: Eco Ensemble
- January 24: Yo-Yo Ma
- January 19: Monterey Jazz Festival
- January & February Calendar of Events
- December 14-23: Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut
- December 8: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- November 29-30: Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
- November 23-25: Mummenschanz
- November 17: Angelique Kidjo
- November 15: Fran Lebowitz
- November 13: Emanuel Ax
- November 8-11: Composer Portrait & Philharmonia Orchestra Residency
- November 7: Chucho Valdes
- November 4: Dell’Arte Company
- November 3: Concerto Koln
- November 3: Dan Savage
- November 2-4: Nancarrow at 100
- *REVISED* November & December Calendar of Events
- October 26-28: Einstein on the Beach
- October 20: Georgia’s Ensemble Basiani
- October 16: The Delfeayo Marsalis Octet
- October 10-14: Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra
- September 30, 2012: Fall Free For All
- September 27-29, 2012: Theatre de la Ville
- September 18, 2012: Laurie Anderson
- September 15 & 16, 2012: National Circus of the People’s Republic of China
- September & October Calendar of Events
- Added Events and Single Ticket Press Release
- August 2, 2012: AileyCamp 2012
- Cal Performances 2012/13 Season Calendar
- David Rakoff Rescheduled
- June 11-14: Ojai North!
- June 3-10: BFX
- June 3: San Francisco Opera Orchestra
- May 8: Peter Serkin
- May 6: Sweet Honey In The Rock
- May 6: Word for Word Performing Arts Company
- May 4: Dianne Reeves
- April 29: Sandrine Piau
- April 22: Musicians from Marlboro
- April 19: Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80
- April 13: Quatuor Mosaiques
- April 1: Keith Jarrett Solo Recital
- April 1: Jonathan Biss
- March 30 & 31: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- March 25: Richard Goode
- March 24: Eco Ensemble
- March 24: David Finckel & Wu Han
- March 24: Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion
- March 13-18: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- March 11: Murray Perahia
- March 10: Ton Koopman & the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
- March 8: Danu
- March 7: Garisson Keillor
- March 4: Wolfgang Holzmair
- March 3: Irvin Mayfield & the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
- March 3: Takacs Quartet
- Cal Performances March & April 2012 Calendar of Events
- February 24 & 25: Bill T Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
- February 19: Takacs Quartet
- February 18: Ana Moura
- February 17: The Assad Brothers
- February 12: Kirill Gerstein
- February 12: David Holt
- February 11: Eco Ensemble
- February 5: Kronos Quartet & Alim Qasimov Ensemble
- January 29: Alfredo Rodriguez
- January 27: Europa Galante
- January 21: Eco Ensemble
- January 20-22: Peking Acrobats
- January 14: Susan Graham
- December 10: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
- December 4: Takacs Quartet
- December 2 & 3: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
- November 25-17: Tomas Kubinek
- November 20: Eric Owens
- November 19: Roz Chast
- November 19: Compania Flamenca Jose Porcel
- November 18: Trey McIntyre Project
- November 17-20: Gate Theater of Dublin
- November 13: Abraham, Inc.
- November 6: Takacs Quartet
- November 2: Lang Lang
- Cal Performances November & December Calendar of Events
- October 30: Philippe Jaroussky
- October 29: Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette
- October 26-29: Desdemona
- October 21: The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
- *UPDATED*October 14-16: Mariinsky Orchestra
- October 11: Yefim Bronfman
- October 2: Calder Quartet
- October 2: Khmer Arts Ensemble
- *UPDATED*September 25: Fall Free For All
- September 21: Herbie Hancock
- September 16-18: Mark Morris Dance Group
- August 10: Added Events/Single Ticket Press Release
- August 4: Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp 2011
- Single Ticket/Added Events Press Release
- Cal Performances September & October Calendar of Events
- Cal Performances Announces 2011/12 Season
- Cal Performances 2011/12 Season Calendar
- May 31 – June 4 – The Royal Danish Ballet
- May 4 – 14 – Druid
- May 1 & 3 – Les Violons du Roy
- April 23 – Kurt Elling
- April 19 – Afro Cuban All Stars
- April 11 – ADDED EVENT: Sarah Silverman
- April 6 – Silk Road Ensemble
- April 3 – Jessica Rivera & MEME
- Cal Performances April – June 2011 Calendar of Events
- March 29 – April 3 – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- March 26 & 27 – The Tallis Scholars
- March 24-27 – Castleton Festival Opera
- March 20 – Joyce Yang
- March 18 & 19 – Nederlands Dans Theater
- March 13 – Jonas Kaufmann
- March 13 – Les Percussions de Strasbourg
- March 11 – Branford Marsalis & Terence Blanchard
- March 6 – Bale Folclorico da Bahia
- March 6 – Sharoun Ensemble Berlin
- March 4 – Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin
- March 3-4 – Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- February 25-27 – Vienna Philharmonic
- February 20 – Paul Lewis
- February 12 & 13 – The Zukerman ChamberPlayers
- February 9 & 10 – Eonnagata
- February 3 & 4 – Kodo
- Cal Performances February – March 2011 Calendar of Events
- January 26 – Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- January 23 – Wallace Shawn
- January 22 – Joshua Redman
- January 21 – Tango Buenos Aires
- December 12 – Nicolas Hodges
- December 11 – John McLaughlin & 4th Dimension
- December 5 – Pomegranates & Figs
- December 5 – Takacs Quartet
- December 4 – Christian Tetzlaff
- November 26-28 – Mummenschanz
- November 21 – Will Shortz
- November 20 – Bryn Terfel
- November 13 & 14 – Zenshinza Theatre Company
- November 7 – Ensemble Zellig
- November 5 – Buika
- Cal Performances November 2010 – January 2011 Calendar of Events
- October 31 – Alfred Brendel
- October 31 – Kremerata Baltica and Gidon Kremer
- October 29 & October 30 – Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- October 26 – October 30 – Beowulf
- October 24 – Jeremy Denk
- October 22 – Gamelan Cudamani
- October 15 – Jerusalem Quartet
- October 14 – Alex Ross
- October 10 – David Finckel & Wu Han
- October 7 – October 10 – Circus Oz
- September 30 – October 3 – Mark Morris Dance Group
- September 26 – Cal Performances’ Open House: Fall Free For All
- September 24 – Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company
- Cal Performances Announces Single Tickets and Added Events
- Cal Performances September & October Calendar of Events
- Cal Performances Announces 2010/11 Season
- Cal Performances 2010/11 Season Calendar
- Cal Performances Receives Mellon Grant
- Cal Performances Announces 2009/10 Season
- Cal Performances 2009/10 Season Calendar
- May 7 & 8: Laurie Anderson
- May 2: Ballet Folklorico “Quetzalli” de Veracruz
- May 1: Concerto Koln
- April 24: Pat Metheny
- April 23: Arlo Guthrie
- April 22: Sweet Honey In The Rock
- April 20: Baaba Maal
- April 11: Saimir Pirgu Cancellation
- March 28: Julia Fischer Cancellation
- March 26 & 27: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- March 21: Ian Bostridge
- March 20: Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra
- March 19: Altan
- March 17: Gilberto Gil
- March 16: Hesperion XXI
- March 9-14: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- March 6 & 7: Dan Zanes & Friends
- February 28: Swedish Radio Choir
- February 23: Lisa Delan
- February 26 & 27: Lyon Opera Ballet Cancellation
- February 21: Joshua Bell
- February 19: Russian National Orchestra
- February 14: Takacs Quartet
- Cal Performances March-May Calendar of Events
- February 13: Masters of Persian Music
- January 23: Europa Galante
- January 23 & 24: Peking Acrobats
- January 10: Garrick Ohlsson
- December 13: Kronos Quartet
- December 11-20: Mark Morris’s The Hard Nut
- December 6: Renee Fleming
- December 5: Ira Glass
- December 4: Tallis Scholars
- November 22: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra & Yuja Wang
- November 21: Taylor Eigsti & Julian Lage Duo
- November 19: Mariza
- Cal Performances January & February 2010 Calendar of Events
- November 18-22: Druid Ireland
- November 15: Nuccia Focile & David Lomeli
- November 12: Youssou N’Dour Cancellation
- November 8: Brentano String Quartet
- November 4-8: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Love’s Labour’s Lost
- November 1: Louis Lortie
- October 30: Alfred Brendel
- October 28: Garrison Keillor
- October 24 & 25: The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
- October 24 & 25: Davitt Moroney
- October 18: Michael Schade
- October 17: Wayne Shorter Quartet
- October 11: Takacs Quartet
- September 30: Michael Pollan
- September 27: Christine Brewer
- September 26 & 27: A House in Bali
- September 22: Wynton Marsalis & The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
- September 17, 19 & 20: Mark Morris Dance Group
- Cal Performances November & December 2009 Calendar of Events
- Cal Performances September & October 2009 Calendar of Events
- Betty J. Connors Dies
- Matías Tarnopolsky Named Director of Cal Performances
- July 30, 2009: Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp 2009 at Cal Performances
- June 9-13, 2009: Ex Machina-Robert Lepage’s The Blue Dragon
- June 4-7, 2009: Bolshoi Ballet’s La Bayadere
- May 29-31, 2009: Mark Morris Dance Group – L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
- May 9, 2009: Cal Performances Presents Robert Cole
- May 3, 2009: Cypress String Quartet
- May 1-3, 2009: Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg
- April 26, 2009: David Sedaris
- April 26, 2009: Australian Chamber Orchestra
- April 25, 2009: Dianne Reeves
- April 24, 2009: Krystian Zimerman
- April 22, 2009: Quatuor Mosaiques
- April 19, 2009: Angelika Kirchschlager
- April 5, 2009: American String Quartet
- April 4, 2009: David Rakoff
- April 3, 2009: Habib Koite & Bamada
- March 29, 2009: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
- March 28, 2009: Tallis Scholars
- March 28, 2009: Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu
- March 21, 2009: Chick Corea
- Cal Performances May & June 2009 Calendar of Events
- March 19, 2009: Murray Perahia
- March 17, 2009: Simon Shaheen
- March 14, 2009: Keith Jarrett Trio
- March 13, 2009: Brentano String Quartet
- March 12, 2009: Ladysmith Black Mombazo
- March 8, 2009: Takacs Quartet
- March 3-8, 2009: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- March 1, 2009: Nicole Cabell
- February 25, 2009: Afro-Cuban All Stars
- February 22, 2009: Cecilia Bartoli
- February 19 & 20, 2009: Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me
- February 15, 2009 & March 8, 2009: Takacs Quartet
- Cal Performances March & April Calendar of Events
- February 14, 2009: Julia Fischer & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- February 8, 2009: Danielle de Niese
- February 5-8, 2009: Circus Oz
- February 1, 2009: Kronos Quartet
- January 30 & 31, 2009: Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre
- January 25, 2009: Sarah Cahill
- ADDED EVENT: March 14, 2009-Keith Jarrett Trio
- January 17 & 18, 2009: National Acrobats of China
- January 15, 2009: Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour
- Salvatore Licitra Cancellation
- December 21, 2008: Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano
- December 20, 2008: Pomegranates & Figs: A Feast of Jewish Music
- December 11 – 14, 2008: Three Decembers
- ADDED EVENT: David Sedaris, April 26, 2009
- December 5 & 6, 2008: Ballet Flamenco Jose Porcel
- November 28-30, 2008: The Golden Dragon Acrobats
- November 23 & 24, 2008: Kafka Fragments
- January & February 2009 Calendar of Events
- November 11, 2008: Vadim Repin and Nikolai Lugansky
- November 14, 2008: Merce Cunningham in Berkeley Inspires Panorama: A Multimedia Happening
- November 7 & 8, 14 & 15, 2008: Merce Cunningham Dance Company
- November 2, 2008: Conrad Tao
- November 1, 2008: Milton Nascimento & The Jobim Trio
- October 26, 2008: Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra with Leon Botstein and Robert McDuffie
- October 24 & 25, 2008: Laurie Anderson
- October 19, 2008: Piotr Anderszewski
- October 14 – 19, 2008: Kirov Ballet
- October 9 & 10, 2008: Cesaria Evora
- October 8 – 12, 2008: Druid
- October 7, 2008: Seymour Hersh
- October 5, 2008: Richard Goode
- October 1, 2008: Alexander McCall Smith
- September 25-28, 2008: Mark Morris Dance Group: Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare
- September 21, 2008: Rudolf Buchbinder
- September 6, 2008: Angela Gheorghiu with San Francisco Opera Orchestra
- September & October 2008 Calendar of Events
- Single Ticket Sales and Haruki Murakami Added Event
- 2008/09 Season Calendar
- 2008/09 Season Season Announcement
- Cal Performances Presents “…ism” by AileyCamp July 31, 2008
- UPDATED: KDFC Radio Favorite From The Top Comes to Zellerbach Hall May 29, 2008
- Nuccia Focile Returns to Cal Performances May 31, 2008
- Cal Performances Presents Robert Lepage’s The Anderson Project May 28-June 1, 2008
- Audra McDonald Returns to Cal Performances June 1, 2008
- Paul Lewis Debuts at Cal Performances May 3, 2008
- Cal Performances and San Francisco Opera Present The Little Prince
- Cal Performances Receives $800,000 Kresge Foundation Grant
- Bryn Terfel Returns to Cal Performances April 17, 2008
- Kate Royal Comes to Cal Performances April 13, 2008
- Sweet Honey in the Rock Returns to Cal Performances April 5, 2008
- Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin Returns to Cal Performances April 12, 2008
- Arlo Guthrie Returns to Cal Performances April 10, 2008
- Swedish Chamber Orchestra at Cal Performances April 6, 2008
- Cal Performances Presents Sonny Rollins April 3, 2008
- Europa Galante at Cal Performances April 4, 2008
- Tchaikovsky Perm Ballet & Orchestra at Cal Performances March 28-30, 2008
- 2008 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition Calendar of Events
- Cal Performances Presents the 2008 Berkeley Festival & Exhibition of Early Music June 3-8, 2008
- Cal Performances Presents Rudolf Buchbinder March 22 and 23, 2008
- The Wonderous Feats of the Peking Acrobats Return to Cal Performances March 21-23, 2008
- Peru Negro Returns to Cal Performances March 20, 2008
- Cal Performances Presents the Return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater March 5-9, 2008
- Boundary-Breaking Soprano Dawn Upshaw Returns to Cal Performances March 1, 2008
- Award-Winning Saxophonist Joshua Redman Returns to Cal Performances February 28, 2008
- Avery Fisher Prize Winner Volinist Joshua Bell Performs at Cal Performances February 24, 2008
- The American Life Host Ira Glass and Contributor David Rakoff Come to Cal Performances February 23, 2008
- Jordi Savall Returns to Cal Performances with Hesperion XXI and La Capella Reial de Catalunya February 16, 2008
- Tokyo String Quartet Returns to Cal Performances February 17, 2008
- Cal Performances Presents the West Coast Debut of The State Ballet of Georgia February 14-17, 2008
- Garrison Keillor Brings His Keen Observations on Life to Zellerbach Hall February 12, 2008
- Moiseyev Dance Company Returns to Cal Performances February 8-10, 2008
- Cal Performances March – June Calendar of Events
- Guitar Virtuosos Sergio and Odair Assad Come to Cal Performances February 7, 2008
- Trumpeter Hugh Masekela Brings His Chissa All-Stars to Zellerbach Hall February 6, 2008
- The Incomparable Richard Goode Performs Sunday, February 3 at Cal Performances
- Pianist Christopher Taylor Performs at Cal Performances January 27, 2008
- Cal Performances Presents Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis January 26, 2008
- Israeli-American Violinist Gil Shaham Returns Sunday, January 20, 2008
- Countertenor David Daniels Makes His Recital Debut at Cal Performances January 13, 2008
- The Monterey Jazz Festival at Cal Performances January 12, 2008
- Polish Baritone Mariusz Kwiecien Comes to Cal Performances December 9, 2007
- The Consummate Artistry of the Takacs Quartet Returns December 2, 2007 & March 16, 2008
- The Tallis Scholars, England’s Masters of Renaissance Polyphony, Return to Cal Performances November 30 & December 1, 2007
- Celebrated Author Azar Nafisi Speaks at Zellerbach Hall December 5, 2007
- The Brilliant and Zany Circus Oz Leaps into Zellerbach Hall November 29 – December 2, 2007
- Cal Performances Added Event: Radio Favorite From The Top Comes to Zellerbach Hall May 29, 2008
- Grammy Award-Winner Dan Zanes Returns to Cal Performances With His Friends November 24 & 25, 2007
- Composer Jorge Liderman Celebrates His 50th Birthday at Cal Performances November 18, 2007
- Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal Returns to Cal Performances November 16-18, 2007
- New Yorker Music Critic and Author Alex Ross Comes to Cal Performances October 18, 2007
- Cal Performances January & February 2008 Calendar of Events
- The Zehetmair Quartet Comes to Cal Performances November 11, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents American Ballet Theatre in Works by Twyla Tharp, Jerome Robbins, Stanton Welch and George Balanchine November 7-11, 2007
- Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky Makes His Cal Performances Debut November 4, 2007
- Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra come to Cal Performances November 3, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents Miami City Ballet Friday-Sunday, October 26-28, 2007
- The Russian Patriarchate Choir Comes to Cal Performances October 26, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents the American Premiere of Guangzhou Ballet’s Mei Lanfang October 19 – 21, 2007
- The Joffrey Ballet Kicks Off Cal Performances’ Monthlong Tribute to Twyla Tharp, October 4-6, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents a Monthlong Tribute to the Genius of Twyla Tharp, October 4 – November 11, 2007
- Russian Mezzo-Soprano Olga Borodina Makes Her Cal Performances Debut September 20, 2007
- Jazz Pianist, Vocalist and Songwriter Patricia Barber Comes to Cal Performances September 29, 2007
- Global Drum Project Comes to Cal Performances September 28, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents the West Coast Premiere of Mark Morris’s Mozart Dances September 20 – 23, 2007
- Cal Performances November & December 2007 Calendar of Events
- Cal Performances September & October 2007 Calendar of Events
- Cal Performances Announces the Cancellation of Tenor Rolando Villazon’s Performance on Thursday, September 27, 2007
- Robert Cole, Director of Cal Performances, to Step Down at the Close of the 2008-09 Season
- Cal Performances 2007/08 Season Calendar
- Cal Performances Announces the 2007/08 Season
- Cal Performances Presents AileyCamp 2007 Final Performance August 2, 2007
- Two Icons of the Dance World Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan Comes to Cal Performances May 5 & 6, 2007
- Jordi Savall Returns to Cal Performances for Two Concerts May 4 & 5, 2007
- Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano at Cal Performances May 3, 2007
- Enigmatologist Will Shortz Comes to Cal Performances May 7, 2007
- Sitar Master Ravi Shankar and His Daughter Anoushka Shankar Returns to Cal Performances April 29, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents Theatre in Song: Music by Jake Heggie and Ricky Ian Gordon April 29, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents the Third Biennial Berkeley Edge Fest June 7 – 10, 2007
- Fearless and Passion, Sweet Honey in the Rock Returns to Cal Performances April 28, 2007
- Salif Keita, The Golden Voice of Africa, Returns to Cal Performances April 25, 2007
- Netherlands Bach Society Performs Bach’s Mass in B Minor April 21, 2007
- Cape Verde’s Newest Voice, Lura, Comes to Cal Performances April 20, 2007
- Kronos Quartet Returns to Cal Performances April 15, 2007
- Stage, Screen and Television Star Michael McKean Comes to Cal Performances April 15, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents Violinist Sarah Chang April 7, 2007
- Soprano Measha Brueggergosman Makes Her Bay Area Recital Debut April 1, 2007
- Highland, Heath & Holler Brings the Rich Folk Music of Southern Appalachia to Cal Performances April 1, 2007
- Chile’s Inti-Illimani Returns to Cal Performances March 31, 2007
- Two Icons of Contemporary Jazz, Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau Come to Cal Performances March 28, 2007
- King of Brazilian Pop Music, Gilberto Gil Makes His Cal Performances Debut March 25, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents the Return of Shen Wei Dance Arts March 23 & 24, 2007
- Yo-Yo Ma Leads the Return of The Silk Road Ensemble March 16 & 17, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents the Work of Conlon Nancarrow, Performed by Alarm Will Sound March 11, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents the World Premiere of Boris Eifman’s Ballet The Seagull March 7 – 11
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns to Cal Performances February 28 – March 4, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras’s Sabores February 24 & 25, 2007
- Choreographer William Forsythe Brings His New Ensemble February 22 & 23, 2007
- Virtuoso Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder Returns to Cal Performances February 25 & March 4, 2007
- Jazz Greats Chick Corea and Gary Burton Comes to Cal Performances February 17, 2007
- Soprano Dawn Upshaw Returns to Cal Performances February 11, 2007
- Cal Performances March – May 2007 Calendar of Events
- Spanish Harlem Orchestra Swings Into Zellerbach Hall on February 10, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents Two Spcial Broadcasts of Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me February 8 & 9
- The Power and Beauty of Kodo Returns to Cal Performances February 2-4, 2007
- The King of Flamenco/Jazz Guitar Paco De Lucia Comes to Cal Performances January 31 & February 1, 2007
- Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman Returns to Cal Performances January 30, 2007
- Lorin Maazel Conducts Symphonica Toscanini at Cal Performances on January 28, 2007
- Bobby McFerrin Returns to Cal Performances with Voicestra January 24, 2007
- The Boundary-Breaking Trisha Brown Dance Company Returns to Cal Performances January 26 and 27, 2007
- The Peking Acrobats Return to Cal Performances January 20 and 21, 2007
- Cal Performances Presents Chekhov International Theatre Festival’s Production of Twelfth Night December 7 – 10, 2006
- Eva Yerbabuena Returns to Cal Performances December 8 and 9, 2006
- Soprano Viktoria Yastrebova Replaces Ekaterina Semenchuk on the November 5 Recital
- The Candian Brass Comes to Cal Performances December 5, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents the Takacs Quartet December 5, 2006 & March 25, 2007
- The Tallis Scholars Return to Cal Performances December 1, 2006
- Cal Performances Announces the Cancellation Of Sergey Khachatryan & Update to Yefim Bronfman, Gil Shaham and Truls Mork Performance
- Cal Performances Announces David Sedaris’s Added Event
- Cal Performances Presents Violinist Gidon Kremer November 16, 2006
- Ratan Thiyam’s Chorus Repertory Theatre Comes to Cal Performances November 10 & 11, 2006
- Cal Performances Installs the First Meyer Sound Constellation System in Zellerbach Hall
- Cal Performances January and February Calendar of Events
- Cal Performances’ Composer Portrait Series Presents John Zorn November 12, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents The Last Performance From Musica Antiqua Koln November 8, 2006
- Artists of the Mariinsky Academy Returns To Cal Performances November 5, 2006
- In A Double-Billed Evening, Jason Moran Trio & Vijay Iyer Quartet Shares the Stage At Cal Performances November 4, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents the Return of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot Performed By The Gate Theatre of Dublin November 1 – 5, 2006
- Pianist Yefim Bronfman, Violinist Gil Shaham and Cellist Truls Mork come to Cal Performances November 1, 2006
- Lyon Opera Returns To Cal Performances October 27 & 28, 2006
- Vivacious Violinist Andrew Manze Leads The English Concert To Cal Performances October 29, 2006
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Featuring Emanuel Ax, Comes to Cal Performances October 22, 2006
- Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Returns To Cal Performances October 20 & 21, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents Acoustic Africa, Featuring Habib Koite & Bamada, Vusi Mahlasela and Dobet Gnahore October 18, 2006
- Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Returns to Cal Performances October 16, 2006
- Funnywoman Paula Poundstone Makes Her Cal Performances Debut October 15, 2006
- Violinist Maxim Vengerov Returns to Cal Performances October 8, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents the American Premiere of Purcell’s King Arthur September 30 – October 7, 2006
- Mexican Tenor Rolando Villazon Makes His Cal Performances Debut September 24, 2006
- Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company Brings Filipino Culture to Zellerbach Hall September 23, 2006
- Tap Master Savion Glover Comes to Cal Performances September 22, 2006
- Soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Mezzo-Soprano Frederica von Stade Comes to Cal Performances September 21, 2006
- Soprano Nuccia Focile Makes Her Cal Performances’ Recital Debut September 17, 2006
- Cal Performances Receives the Kresge Grant Challenge Towards the Centennial Campaign
- Cal Performances 2006/07 Season Calendar: November & December
- Cal Performances Presents the American Premiere of The Peony Pavilion from the Suzhou Kun Opera Theatre of Jiangsu (Chinese Press Release) September 15-17, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents the American Premiere of The Peony Pavilion from the Suzhou Kun Opera Theatre of Jiangsu September 15-17, 2006
- Cal Performances Announces Single Ticket Sales and Added Events
- Cal Performances Presents Ailey Camp Performance August 3, 2006
- Cal Performances 2006/07 Season Calendar: September & October
- Cal Performances 2006/07 Season Calendar
- Cal Performances Announces the 2006/07 Season
- Cal Performances Presents Ailey Camp Performance August 3, 2006
- Cal Performances Announces Details to The Berkeley Festival & Exhibition June 4 – 11, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents The United States Premiere of Rick Miller’s Bigger Than Jesus June 20 – 24, 2006
- Jerusalem Quartet Comes to Cal Performances May 7, 2006
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Brings Its Contemporary Dance Artistry to Cal Performances May 5 & 6, 2006
- Ballet Folklorico “Quetzalli” de Vercruz Returns to Cal Performances with Festive Colors and Traditional Music April 30, 2006
- Zakir Hussain Comes to Cal Performances with Masters of Percussion April 29, 2006
- Pianist Krystian Zimerman Returns to Cal Performances April 23, 2006
- Cal Performances’ Presents The New York Times Associate Editor Frank Rich April 10, 2006
- Brentano String Quartet Returns to Cal Performances With Violinist Hsin-Yun Huang April 2, 2006
- Cal Performances’ Added Event: Hell’s Kitchen Dance Featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov June 15 – 18, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents Tchaikovsky Perm Ballet & Orchestra April 6-9, 2006
- Cal Performances Announces the Cancellation of Pianist Murray Perahia and Tenor Matthew Polenzani
- Jazz Latin Master Eddie Palmieri and His Septet Comes to Cal Performances April 1, 2006
- South African Musical Ambassador Ladysmith Black Mambazo Returns to Cal Performances March 30, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents Contemporary Hawaiian Dance Group, Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, March 18, 2006
- Jazz Master Pianists Dave Brubeck Quartet & Ramsey Lewis Trio Comes to Cal Performances March 15, 2006
- Berkeley Festival & Exhibition Returns to Cal Performances June 4 – 11, 2006
- Berkeley Festival & Exhibition Calendar of Events
- Chanteuse Cesaria Evora Returns to Cal Performances for Two Evenings, March 24 & 25, 2006
- Bach Collegium Japan Returns to Cal Performances March 18, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents the Masters of Persian Music March 12, 2006
- In a Double-Billed Program, Cal Performances Presents Maria Del Mar Bonet & Monica Salmaso March 11, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents Boccatango March 8 & 9, 2006
- Composer Portrait: John Adams, featuring Alarm Will Sound March 5, 2006
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns to Cal Performances For a Full Week of Premieres February 28 – March 5, 2006
- The Incomparable Sweet Honey in the Rock Returns to Cal Performances February 24, 2006
- Rising Star Jonathan Biss Makes His Cal Performances Recital Debut February 19, 2006
- Cal Performances Presents Madrid’s Acclaimed Noche Flamenca February 18 & 19, 2006
- Percussive Powerhouse Peru Negro Makes Its Cal Performances Debut February 17, 2006
- Chamber Orchestra Les Violons Du Roy is Joined by Czech Mezzo-Soprano Magdalena Kozena in Concert February 12, 2006
- UC Improvisors Mark Dresser, Myra Felford, Bob Ostertag, & David Wessel Showcases an Evening of Contemporary Music February 11, 2006
- Jazz Great Chick Corea Comes to Cal Performances February 11, 2006
- Irish Fiddler Eileen Ivers & Her Band Immigrant Soul are Joined by Turkish Multi-Instrumentalist Burhan Ocal at Cal Performances February 10, 2006
- John Cleese Debuts His Humorous Solo Performance at Cal Performances February 8 & 9, 2006
- Imago Theatre Returns to Cal Performances February 4, 2006
- Composer Portrait: Magnus Lindberg, Featuring the International Contemporary Ensemble January 29, 2006
- In a Double-Billed Program, Cal Performances Presents Brad Mehldau Trio & Bill Frisell Quintet January 22, 2006
- Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company Returns to Cal Performances January 20 & 21, 2006
- March – May 2006 Calendar of Events
- Jordi Savall Returns with Hespérion XXI & La Capella Reial de Catalunya March 9 & 11, 2006
- Mark Morris Dance Group’s The Hard Nut Returns to Cal Performances for the Hoilday Season December 9 – 18, 2005
- Rising Stars of St. Peterburg’s Mariinsky Academy Make Their Debut on the Stage of Zellerbach Hall December 4, 2005
- The Tallis Scholars Returns to Cal Performances December 3, 2005
- Soprano Deborah Voigt Comes to Zellerbach Hall November 20, 2005
- Ethics Writer Randy Cohen Makes His Cal Performances Debut November 19, 2005
- Peruvian Native Singer, Tania Libertad, Comes to Cal Performances November 17, 2005
- Baritone Jonathan Lemalu Returns to Cal Performances November 13, 2005
- Ira Glass and Chris Ware Visit Zallerbach Hall November 12, 2005
- Borodin Quartet Comes to Cal Performances November 12, 2005
- Youssou N’Dour Comes to Zellerbach Hall November 11, 2005
- Cal Performances January & February Calendar of Events
- Propeller Makes Its West Coast Debut at Cal Performances, November 9-13, 2005
- Cal Performances Presents Composer Portrait: Gyorgy Ligeti November 6, 2005
- Beijing People’s Art Theatre Debuts The Teahouse at Cal Performances November 5 & 6, 2005
- Folk Legend Arlo Guthrie Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Alice’s Restaurant October 30, 2005
- Violinist Extraordinaire Hilary Hahn Returns to Zellerbach Hall October 29, 2005
- Piccolo Teatro di Milano Brings commedia dell’arte Masterpiece to Zellerbach Playhouse October 26-30, 2005
- Sequentia Debuts at Cal Performances October 23, 2005
- Andras Schiff Makes a Rare Appearance at Cal Performances October 23, 2005
- Mariza Comes to Cal Performances October 21, 2005
- Anne Sofie von Otter Returns to Cal Performances October 19, 2005
- Christopher Maltman Visits Cal Performances October 16, 2005
- Bulgarian Be-Bop Debuts at Cal Performances October 14, 2005
- The Kirov Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Returns to Cal Performances on October 12 – 16
- Takacs Quartet Returns to Cal Performances on October 9, 2005 & March 12, 2006
- Cal Performances Centennial Season Opens With New Seats
- Mark Morris Dance Group Returns to Cal Performances, Sept 22-24 & Sept 29-Oct1
- Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder Returns to Cal Performances, September 18 & 25, 2005
- National Ballet of China Debuts Raise the Red Lantern at Cal Performances, September 16 – 18, 2005
- November & December Calendar of Events
- Master Recordist Horacio Franco Visits Cal Performances, September 14, 2005
- Taiwanese Folk Music Icon Sheng Xiang & Band Debut at Cal Performances, September 9, 2005
- Cal Performances Announces Single Ticket Sales and Added Events
- Cal Performances 05/06 Centennial Season Calendar: September & December
- Cal Performances 05/06 Centennial Season Calendar
- Cal Performances Announces 05/06 Centennial Season
- Visionary Robert Lepage Returns to Cal Performances With The Busker’s Opera
- The Grand Kabuki Theater of Japan visits Cal Performances
- Cal Performances Announces 05/06 Centennial Season
- Cal Performances presents Eifman Ballet
- Jazz Poet, Kurt Elling, comes to Cal Performances
- A Legend in the Making, Audra McDonald returns to Cal Performances
- Cal Performances Presents the West Coast Debut of Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin
- Gypsy Crossings, Featuring Guitar Virtuoso Bireli Lagrene and the Incomparable Roma Band Taraf De Haidouks
- Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Leaps into Zellerbach Hall
- The Dazzling Kronos Quartet returns to Cal Performances
- Music and Dance from Cambodia Come Alive in Seasons of Migration: An odyssey of transformation
- Cal Performances Presents the Second Biennial Berkeley Edge Fest: A Festival of Contemporary Performance
- Peter Cincotti Brings the Golden Age of Jazz Vocals to a New Generation
- Ford Five Hundred Tuscan Sun Festival Tour Brings the Beauty and Spirit of Tuscany to Zellerbach Hall
- The Overwhelming Stylishness…Supreme Virtuosity of Il Giardino Armonico
- Jazz Great Wayne Shorter And His Acoustic Quartet at Cal Performances
- The Silken and Sultry Susan Graham
- Famed Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Performs an All-Russian Program
- Grammy Award-Winning Ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock
- Balinese National Treasure Cudamani, An Offering of Music and Dance
- Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman in Rare Duo Piano Recital
- Christian McBride Band Raises the Roof at Cal Performances March 25
- Miro Quartet with Special Guest Pianist Pei-Yao Wang
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns to Cal Performances
- May & June 2005 Calendar of Events
- Jazz Legends Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette Together
- The Rising Stars of Musicians from Marlboro
- Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Pianist Anne-Marie McDermott in Recital
- Masters of Persian Classical Music
- The Iconoclastic String Quartet Ethel
- The 35th Anniversary Celebration of the Legendary Trisha Brown Dance Company
- The Contemporary Artistry of Bugallo-Williams Piano Duo
- NPR’s Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!
- Rising Star Cellist Daniel Müller-Schott
- Spain’s Celebrated Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras
- Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker & Roy Hargrove
- Takács Quartet Inaugurates Beethoven String Quartet Cycle
- Undisputed Japanese Drumming Masters Kodo
- Beloved South African Singers Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Vusi Mahlasela
- Jazz Great Paquito d’Rivera and Guitar Virtuosos The Assads January 27
- March & April 2005 Calendar of Events
- Barbarito Torres CANCELLED
- Cirque Éloize’s Splashy New Production Rain
- The Peking Acrobats at Zellerbach Hall January 21 & 22
- Soprano Renée Fleming, One of the Great Voices of Our Time
- Renowned Pianist Richard Goode
- Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax in an all Beethoven Program – SOLD OUT
- Dan Zanes & Friends Return to Cal Performances
- Arlo Guthrie & The Klezmatics Perform the Spiritual Music of Woody Guthrie
- January & February 2005 Calendar of Events
- Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk in her Bay Area Debut
- Whirling Dervishes of Damascus, Al-Kindî Ensemble and Sheikh Hamza Shakkûr Perform Sacred Music
- Tallis Scholars at Cal Performances December 3
- Cal Performances Names New General Manager and Director of Development
- American Premiere of Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! at Cal Performances November 26
- World-Class Tenor Michael Schade With Pianist Malcolm Martineau November 14
- Piano Prodigy Lang Lang November 13
- The Bolshoi Ballet and Orchestra November 3-7; Season Benefit Gala November 3
- The Royal Court Theatre’s Production of Sarah Kane’s Final Play 4.48 Psychosis
- Laurie Anderson in New Solo Work November 11 & 12
- David Sedaris Sold-out Engagement November 9
- Mark Morris Dance Group Returns to Cal Performances with a World Premiere
- November & December 2004 Calendar of Events
- The Brentano String Quartet in a Program of Mozart, Schubert and Davidovsky
- Award-winning Economist and Author Paul Krugman Opens 2004/05 Strictly Speaking Series
- Branford Marsalis Quartet, Pianist Joey Calderazzo and the Miguel Zenón Quartet One Night Only
- Virtuoso Pianist Rudolf Buchbinder in Recital
- October World Stage Events include Brazil’s Balé Folclórico da Bahia; Israeli Songstress Chava Alberstein; and Music, Dance and Rituals of Kerala, India
- James Kudelka’s National Ballet of Canada at Cal Performances
- Le Concert Spirituel Cancelled
- Salzburg Chamber Soloists Open Cal Performances’ 2004/05 Chamber Music Series
- Shen Wei Dance Arts Makes Its Bay Area Debut
- Cal Performances Adds 7 Events Including Matthew Bourne’s Play Without Words and Grand Kabuki Theatre of Japan; Single Ticket Sales Begin Saturday, August 22
- Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig Cancelled
- The Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company at Zellerbach Hall for One Performance Only
- Reigakusha, Japan’s Leading Gagaku Orchestra, Performing “Reigaku and Gagaku: A Living Tradition” with a Sightlines Lecture/Demonstration Preceding the Concert
- Bobby McFerrin Opens Cal Performances 2004/05 Season
- September & October 2004 Calendar of Events
- AileyCamp’s Grand Finale Performance “What a Day!”
- Mikhail Baryshnikov in Rezo Gabriadze’s New Play
- William Forsythe’s Ballett Frankfurt Begins Final U.S. Tour
- Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI Return to Cal Performances
- MEDIA ALERT: CUBANISMO CANCELLED – RICARDO LEMVO & MAKINA LOCA ADDED
- Cal Performances and Another Planet Entertainment Announce Contract Agreement for the Historic Greek Theater
- Indian Tabla Virtuoso Zakir Hussain and the Masters of Percussion
- Grammy Award-winning Joe Lovano Nonet One Night Only
- Musicians from Marlboro Return to Cal Performances
- Shoghaken Ensemble Performing Traditional Armenian Music
- Piano Virtuoso Alfred Brendel in a Program Featuring Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven
- May, June & July Calendar of Events
- Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author of “The Hours”
- Senegalese Superstar Baaba Maal and His Band Return to Cal Performances
- The Spirit of Fes Festival Comes to Zellerbach Hall in First American Tour
- Nederlands Dans Theater I, The Hague’s Maverick Modern Dance Company
- Newport Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Tour Swings Through Berkeley
- Rising Star Tenor Salvatore Licitra Returns to Cal Performances
- Netherlands Bach Society Makes Its California Debut
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Returns
- Ballet Flamenco Eva Yerbabuena – Spanish Translation
- Ballet Flamenco Eva Yerbabuena
- MEDIA ALERT: PACO DE LUCIA POSTPONED
- Art Spiegelman to Deliver Evolution of Comics
- Grammy Award-winning Pianist Yefim Bronfman
- Violinist Hilary Hahn Makes Her Cal Performances Recital Debut
- Renowned Mezzo-Soprano Cecilia Bartoli in Recital
- March-April Calendar of Events
- Venice Baroque Orchestra In Handel’s Rarely-Performed Opera Siroe
- Gypsy Spirit, Journey of the Roma
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company Returns to Cal Performances
- Dance Theatre of Harlem Celebrates Its 35th Season
- Virtuoso de la Guitarra en Flamenco/Jazz Paco de Lucia
- Flamenco/Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Paco de Lucia
- Baritone Jonathan Lemalu Makes His American Recital Debut
- The Voice of Nordic Silver, Anne Sofie von Otter
- Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique & the Monteverdi Choir, Led by Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- ADDED: The Russian National Orchestra
- ADDED: Rezo Gabriadze’s The Doctor and the Patient: The Forbidden Christmas Starring Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Violin Virtuoso Itzhak Perlman With Pianist Janet Guggenheim
- Aclamado Tenor Peruano Juan Diego Florez
- Peruvian Tenor Juan Diego Florez Performs in Recital One Night Only
- Mark Morris’ Hilarious Holiday Hit, The Hard Nut, Returns!
- January / February 2004 Calendar of Events
- Sweet Honey in the Rock Celebrates 30 Years Together With a Special Program
- Dan Zanes & Friends Rock the Whole Family Thanksgiving Weekend
- St. Petersburg String Quartet Added, November 15, 03.04
- MEDIA ALERT: ZEHETMAIR QUARTET CONCERT CANCELED
- The Leading Exponents of Renaissance Sacred Music, The Tallis Scholars, Return
- Musica Antiqua Köln Returns, Led by Conductor and Violinist Reinhard Goebel
- Centuries Old St. Petersburg Academic State Capella
- Cal Performances Recognized for Model Arts Education Programs
- Alice Sebold, Author of “The Lovely Bones”
- The Suzanne Farrell Ballet Makes Its Bay Area Debut
- The Distinguished Zehetmair Quartet
- Virtuoso Pianist Emanuel Ax
- Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre Returns With Three West Coast Premieres
- Mercedes Sosa Cancels Her North American Tour Due to Illness
- Jazz Statesman Wynton Marsalis Brings the Wynton Marsalis Quintet
- Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Performs Its Signature Work, Moon Water
- United Commercial Bank Awards Cal Performances Sponsorship for Presentation of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
- Cesaria Evora Opens the Second Celebracion de las Culturas de Iberoamerica Season
- Al Franken Inaugurates Cal Performances’ Strictly Speaking Series
- Germany’s Outstanding Young Musicions of the Landesjugendorchester Rheinland-Pfalz
- The Prague Chamber Orchestra & Eroica Trio Perform Beethoven’s Triple Concerto
- The Academy of Ancient Music Returns, Led by Harpsichordist Richard Egarr
- Cal Performances Adds Seven Events to the 03.04/04 Season
- November/December 03.04 Calendar of Events
- The Kirov Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Begin Their North American Tour at Cal Performances
- AT&T Awards Cal Performances Sponsorhip for the Kirov Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre
- Tenor Sax Titan Michael Brecker and Trumpet Virtuoso Roy Hargrove Return
- United Commercial Bank Awards Cal Performances Sponsorship for Presentation of Taiwan’s U Theatre
- Taiwan’s U Theatre makes its West Coast Debut with The Sound of Ocean
- Cal Performances Announces Suspension of the Berkeley Festival and Exhibition in 2004
- The Takacs Quartet Returns with Clarinetist Richard Stolzman
- Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Hearst Greek Theatre, the National Theatre of Greece performs Medea
- 03.04/04 Season K-12 Education Programs at Cal Performances
- Guitarist John McLaughlin and Tabla Master Zakir Hussain Bring Remember Shakti
- Sitar Legend Ravi Shankar Appears with his Daugher, Sitarist Anoushka Shankar
- Christopher O’Riley’s Radiohead
- Mark Morris Dance Group returns with L’Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato Repertory
- Single Tickets for Cal Performances’ 03.04/04 Season on Sale August 2!
- AileyCamp 03.04 Final Performance, ReVision, July 31 in Zellerbach Hall
- Christopher O’Riley’s Radiohead, ADDED!
- Mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, ADDED!
- September/October 03.04 Calendar of Events