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From visits by prominent Chinese and Taiwanese artists to a new opera based on the children’s novel The Secret Garden to talks on understanding the family dog and feeding the world’s soon-to-be 9 billion mouths, UC Berkeley’s spring calendar boasts events to engage, entertain and explain.
Tag: Cal Performances
Cal Performances kicks off 2013-14 season
April 23, 2013:
Next week: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Handel and Haydn Society.
Cal Performances hits high notes in year’s top-10 event rankings
January 10, 2013:
Four Cal Performances events were named in the San Francisco Chronicle’s 2012 list of best classical-music events.
Venezuelan music superstar Gustavo Dudamel coaches Berkeley students
November 30, 2012:
As part of his Cal Performances-arranged visit to the Berkeley campus with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel coached the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra in an open rehearsal on Tuesday, Nov. 27.
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor and composer, moves in for the weekend
November 14, 2012:
Conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen, considered one of the world’s most brilliant musicians, spent four days at UC Berkeley in a Cal Performances Orchestral Residency that became a whirlwind of concerts and appearances featuring some of his own compositions, with performances by the Philharmonia Orchestra and student musicians.
This weekend, Cal Performances has something for everyone
November 2, 2012:
Early music to new music, Dan Savage to Dell ‘Arte.
Cal Performances’ Fall Free for All is Sunday, and you’re invited
September 28, 2012:
Cal Performances hosts its third Fall Free for All, an open house for the community, on Sunday, Sept. 30. Fill your day with free music and dance, offered on multiple campus stages and out-of-doors, no tickets required.
Fall 2012 coming attractions: Politics, rhinos and ‘the Ave’
August 28, 2012:
Hot topics and cultural lightning rods, Glass and Guthrie, sublimity and absurdity. It’s — what else? — the fall events season at UC Berkeley. Experts share their perspectives on topics ranging from health care to to the presidential election. A staging of the Philip Glass opera “Einstein on the Beach” and music from the Simon Bolivar youth ensemble are among the performing-arts treats.
Kids + Ailey + Cal Performances = magic
August 7, 2012:
Cal Performances’ AileyCamp at UC Berkeley brought 51 local youngsters to campus this summer for six weeks of intensive lessons in dance and life, culminating in a grand performance at Zellerbach Hall. Staffer Amy Cranch, a camp volunteer, narrates a first-person account of the campers’ grit, passion and skill, complete with slideshow.
Ojai North! kicks off Monday with free ‘Inuksuit’ at Faculty Glade
June 8, 2012:
Cal Performances’ Ojai North! series begins November 11 with a special event — Steven Schick conducting John Luther Adams’s expansive spatial work for 9 to 99 percussion and piccolo players — outside Hertz Hall.
Historic Greek Theatre safe, sound and superb after upgrades
May 24, 2012:
The 108-year-old Greek Theatre’s seismic rating has gone from “very poor” to “good” following six months of retrofit work and other upgrades.
Cal Performances announces 2012-13 season
April 24, 2012:
Matías Tarnopolsky’s third season as director of Cal Performances, announced Tuesday, will feature 113 artists and ensembles in music, dance and theater performances ranging from Bach to Ionesco, Swan Lake to Einstein on the Beach.
Desdemona takes the microphone: A conversation with Toni Morrison
November 17, 2011:
In conjunction with Cal Performances’ recent U.S. premiere of “Desdemona,” the Townsend Center for the Humanities brought together the project’s collaborators — director Peter Sellars, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré — in conversation with faculty members Abdul JanMohamed (English), Tamara Roberts (music); Darieck Scott (African American Studies). Video of the event is now available.
Cal Performances honors Earl Cheit, longtime trustee and friend of the arts
December 6, 2010:
For decades of service to Cal Performances and the arts, Professor Emeritus Earl Cheit took center stage at the end of Sunday’s Takacs Quartet concert in Hertz Hall. The arts organization honored Cheit, the founding chair of its Board of Trustees, with an award of distinction — and a performance of a Mozart quartet.
The Vienna Philharmonic, artistic residencies and partnerships, and new music highlight Cal Performances’ new season
May 4, 2010:
One hundred performances in 10 series with artists from 30 countries make up Cal Performances 2010-11 season. The line-up features familiar names and new artists.
