Kronos Quartet
with Alim Qasimov Ensemble

Feb 12, Sunday  | 7:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

The ever-adventurous, Grammy-winning KQ meet the transcendent voice of Azerbaijan’s Alim Qasimov.

TAO: The Art of the Drum

Feb 14, Tuesday  | 8:00 pm | Memorial Auditorium

Taiko on the grand scale! World-renowned ensemble presents an explosive treat for the eyes and ears.

Stegner Fellows Shorts On Stage
Word For Word Performing Arts Company

Feb 17, Friday  | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

All-new fiction and poetry by Stanford’s Stegner Fellows, transformed through dramatic readings.

Chucho Valdés And His Afro-Cuban Messengers

Feb 19, Sunday  | 7:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Legendary Afro-Cuban jazz-piano virtuoso Valdés fronts his powerhouse, 2011 Grammy-winning ensemble.

Arneis String Quartet
with St. Lawrence String Quartet and (TBA), bass

Feb 25, Saturday  | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Up-and-coming Bostonian quartet Arneis join mentors the SLSQ for Golijov and more.

Colin Currie, percussion
with Stanford Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Çai, Conductor

Feb 29, Wednesday  | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Master percussionist Currie in solo works plus a commissioned concerto by Sally Beamish with Stanford Philharmonia.

Angélique Kidjo

Mar 3, Saturday  | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

“Africa’s premier diva” (Time), Benin’s Kidjo combines unbridled joy with irresistible grooves.

Daytime Event

Lionheart with American Contemporary Music Ensemble

Mar 4, Sunday  | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Lauded early music vocalists Lionheart + NYC mavericks ACME in works by Ingram Marshall (commission/premiere) and Phil Kline.

Daytime Event

Sundays with the St. Lawrence
St. Lawrence String Quartet

Mar 11, Sunday  | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

The SLSQ conclude their 2011–12 series with an all-Beethoven program.

Etienne Charles Quintet

Apr 4, Wednesday  | 8:00 pm | Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center

The pristine tone of Trinidadian trumpeter Charles leads a fresh new sound in Afro-Caribbean jazz.

Quatuor Mosaïques

Apr 14, Saturday  | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Acclaimed period-instrument quartet from Austria in a program of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Anonymous 4

Apr 18, Wednesday  | 8:00 pm | Memorial Church

A 25th-anniversary program of works from the beloved female vocal quartet.

Daytime Event

Keola Beamer & Raiatea Helm

May 6, Sunday  | 2:30 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Hawaiian slack key guitar master Beamer and singer Helm appear amid a day of Hawaiian cultural events at Stanford.