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Welcome to the Press Room. Our 2012/13 Season Announcement and Calendar provide a complete look at the season; and individual press releases include information about specific programming and details of interest.
2012/13 Season Images and 2011/12 Season Images are available for downloading.
Questions? Contact Cal Performances' Public Relations at 510.642.9121.
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Press Room
Welcome to the Press Room. Our 2012/13 Season Announcement and Calendar provide a complete look at the season; and individual press releases include information about specific programming and details of interest.
2012/13 Season Images and 2011/12 Season Images are available for downloading.
Questions? Contact Cal Performances' Public Relations at 510.642.9121.
2011-12 Press Releases
- Cal Performances Announces First Stage for Families
- 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
- May 1: San Francisco Symphony
- 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 Orcheatra & 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 29: Andras Schiff
- 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 Quarete
- 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
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Press Release Archive
2010/11 Season- 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
- Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp 2010
- Cal Performances Announces 2010/11 Season
- Cal Performances 2010/11 Season Calendar
2009/10 Season- Cal Performances Receives Mellon Grant
- Betty J. Connors Dies
- Matías Tarnopolsky Named Director of Cal Performances
- 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
- July 30, 2009: Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp 2009 at Cal Performances
2008/09 Season- Betty J. Connors Dies
- Matías Tarnopolsky Named Director of Cal Performances
- Cal Performances Announces 2009/10 Season
- Cal Performances 2009/10 Season Calendar
- 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
- AileyCamp Performance July 31, 2008
- 2008/09 Season Calendar
- 2008/09 Season Season Announcement
2007/08 Season- Cal Performances Presents "...ism" by AileyCamp July 31, 2008
- UPDATED: KDFC Radio Favorite From The Top Comes to Zellerbach Hall May 29, 2008
- Cal Performances 2008/09 Season Calendar
- Cal performances Announces 2008/09 Season
- 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 [HTML]
- 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
2006/07 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
2005/06 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
2004/05 Season- Visionary Robert Lepage Returns to Cal Performances With The Busker's Opera
- The Grand Kabuki Theater of Japan visits Cal Performances
- Cal Performances 05/06 Centennial Season Calendar
- 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!"
- Russian National Orchestra Featuring Music of John Adams and Gordon Getty
2003/04 Season- 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 Perrformances
- 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
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