All Events
February 2012
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.
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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.
Lecture/Demonstration
Jazz Talks @ the Cantor
Island Jazz series with Loren Schoenberg
Feb 16, Thursday | 12:00 pm | Cantor Arts Center
Lively discussion of Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz
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.
Master Class
Cuban Jazz Master Class
with Chucho Valdez
Feb 19, Sunday | 2:00 pm | Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center
Cuban jazz luminary Chucho Valdez coaches Stanford jazz musicians.
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.
March 2012
Angélique Kidjo
Mar 3, Saturday | 8:00 pm | Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Africa’s premier diva” (Time), Benin’s Kidjo combines unbridled joy with irresistible grooves.
Informance
American Contemporary Music Ensemble Informance
Mar 3, Saturday | 6:00 pm | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
An engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation.
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.
Performance
CCRMA Cabaret 2.0: Jaap Blonk
Mar 8, Thursday | 8:00 pm | CCRMA Stage
Dutch vocalist/improviser performs a set of solo music for voice and electronics
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.
April 2012
Informance
Etienne Charles Quintet with Loren Schoenberg Informance
Apr 3, Tuesday | 6:00 pm | Community School for Music and Arts, Mountain View
An engaging one-hour program of performance and conversation.
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.
Lecture/Demonstration
Jazz Talks @ the Cantor
Island Jazz series with Loren Schoenberg and Etienne Charles
Apr 4, Wednesday | 12:00 pm | Cantor Arts Center
Caribbean jazz past and present...
Free Concert
Josef Haydn: Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Apr 6, Friday | 5:00 pm | Memorial Church
Josef Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, for string quartet with readings.
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.
May 2012
Soul Project
David Zambrano
May 3, Thursday | Time TBA | Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
World-class dancers take to the galleries in this free event powered by the sounds of classic soul.
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.


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