Making her San Francisco recital debut, Gilmore Young Artist Janice Carissa plays with “the multicolored highlights of a mature pianist” — bringing Bach, Philip Glass, Rzewski, and Prokofiev's towering Eighth Sonata to Noe Music in a wide-ranging, carefully crafted afternoon.
Malian kora master Yacouba Sissoko, percussionist Idrissa Koné, and Grammy-winning cellist Mike Block — Silkroad Ensemble veteran and fearless cross-cultural collaborator — put West African tradition and American music into an irresistible, genre-defying conversation.
Gabriella Smith's Carrot Revolution, Schnittke's polystylistic Third Quartet, and Beethoven's Op. 130 with Grosse Fuge—featuring Alexi Kenney, Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, & Oliver Herbert, Co-Artistic Director Owen Dalby brings together a world-class quartet for an afternoon of chamber music at its most thrilling.
