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Contemporary Music


artist code:SOPE

The Music of Steve Reich:
So Percussion

Saturday | January 9, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

It’s “So” Reich: World premiere of 2009 Pulitzer-winner’s Mallet Quartet and more—with guest appearance by the composer.

artist code:KRON

A CHINESE HOME
Kronos Quartet and Wu Man, pipa

Saturday | January 16, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium

West Coast premiere of collaborative composition A Chinese Home, plus Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera.

artist code:STL2

Sundays with the St. Lawrence:
St. Lawrence String Quartet with Michael Tree, viola

Sunday | January 31, 2010 | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Guarneri String Quartet founding violist Tree joins SLSQ in Mozart and Dvorak quintets—plus Viñao West Coast premiere.

artist code:CHAC

Tea with Chachaji: Making Books Sing

Sunday | February 28, 2010 | 11:00 am & 2:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Innovative children’s-theater company Making Books Sing brings modern literary favorite Chachaji’s Cup to life onstage.

artist code:CHAC


Tea with Chachaji: Making Books Sing

Sunday | February 28, 2010 | 11:00 am & 2:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

artist code:SERK


Peter Serkin, piano, and The Orion String Quartet

Wednesday | March 3, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Piano maestro Serkin joins the Orion in Brahms’ Piano Quintet—plus quartet performances of Beethoven, Bach, and more.

artist code:BLAN

A TALE OF GOD’S WILL (A REQUIEM FOR KATRINA):
Terence Blanchard Quintet and the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor

Saturday | March 6, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium

Jazz trumpeter/composer Blanchard joins SU’s orchestra in a powerful multimedia work in response to Hurricane Katrina.