Jin Xing Dance Theatre with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Symphonic Chorus »April 26 & 27, 2008 / Saturday 8:00 pm / Sunday 2:30 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“probably the world’s best dancer” —Die Zeit

Evelyn Glennie, percussion, and Fred Frith, guitar »April 23, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“Evelyn Glennie is simply a phenomenon of a performer” —New York Times

Juilliard String Quartet »April 9, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“They show a shared understanding of the music they play; every bow stroke adds to its meaning and its integrity.” —Chicago Tribune

St. Lawrence String Quartet with Stephen Prutsman, piano »April 6, 2008 / Sunday / 2:30 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“The St. Lawrence has brought a new vitality to Stanford and fostered a deep passion for chamber music, performing new works with the same excitement and vitality they bring to traditional repertoire.” —Jonathan Berger

Rob Kapilow, What Makes It Great? »April 2, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Robert Kapilow is awfully good at what he does. We need him” —Boston Globe

Uri Caine, piano »March 19, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“ferociously versatile...at home in jazz but fluent in many musical languages and capable of juxtaposing them in virtuoso collage” —New York Times

Blind Boys of Alabama »March 15, 2008 / Saturday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“They’re in their 70s, but the Blind Boys of Alabama have never been hipper...There’s uplifting hip-hop, traditional gospel, blues harmonica, and contagious up-tempo joy.” —Parade

Elisa Monte Dance Company »March 14, 2008 / Friday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“...superb dancers whose legs shoot high and whose bodies arch until you think they might crack...” —Deborah Jowitt, Village Voice

*** Cancelled *** Rosanne Cash, Black Cadillac:The Performance »March 12, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“...high-mountain balladry, brassy R&B, near-metallic blues rock—Rosanne sings of coming through loss with a poise and confessional will that are utterly country and absolutely in the family tradition.” —Rolling Stone

The Stravinsky Project:The Elaborated Stravinsky »March 8 & 9, 2008 / Saturday 8:00 pm / Sunday 2:30 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Celebrating the 125th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's birth, Stanford presents a multi-day exploration of works by one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.

The Stravinsky Project: Stravinsky’s Grand Works in Intimate Form »March 7, 2008 / Friday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Celebrating the 125th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky's birth, Stanford presents a multi-day exploration of works by one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.

Meridian Arts Ensemble »February 24, 2008 / Sunday / 2:30 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“They played. They screamed. They vocalized. They entertained.” —Plain Dealer

Turtle Island Quartet »February 16, 2008 / Saturday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“A unified voice that truly breaks new ground—authentic and passionate...” —Yo-Yo Ma

Academy of Ancient Music with Richard Egarr, harpsichord »February 13, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“The playing, from the Academy of Ancient Music, was ravishing” —The Guardian (UK)

Jubilant Sykes, baritone »February 9, 2008 / Saturday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Jubilant Sykes’ voice is extraordinary. He isn’t merely an outstanding singer, his voice is art at its highest expression” —Atlanta Journal Constitution

Emerson String Quartet »February 6, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Technically resourceful, musically insightful, cohesive, full of character, and always interesting.” —New York Times

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, trumpet »January 27, 2008 / Sunday / 2:30 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“A heady mélange of soulful lyricism, brash dissonance, festive rhythms and unbridled swing” —The Washington Post

Merce Cunningham Dance Company »January 25 & 26, 2008 / Friday & Saturday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“My work—or at least what I attempt to do—is to take each person for what they are” —Merce Cunningham

Christopher O’Riley, piano »January 23, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Has found a tantalizing way to bridge pop and classical” —Chicago Tribune

Kronos Quartet »January 18, 2008 / Friday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“Space is surely the realm of dreams and imagination and a fertile feeding ground for poets and musicians” —Terry Riley, composer

Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd, Still Life with Commentator »January 16 & 17, 2008 / Wednesday & Thursday / 8:00 pm / Pigott Theater
“...with its uneasy resonances, holds up a fun-house mirror to our culture of information overload...the results are not just galling, but also often gripping.” —New York Times

St. Lawrence String Quartet with Todd Palmer, clarinet »January 13, 2008 / Sunday / 2:30 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“...they play music completely openly— without a skin layer to protect them.” —Osvaldo Golijov, composer

Pacifica Quartet »January 9, 2008 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Exuberance bounded by a natural feeling for classical architecture...clean vibrancy of tone working hand-in-hand with interpretive warmth and immediacy.” —Washington Post

A Chanticleer Christmas »December 11 & 12, 2007 / Tuesday & Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Church
“...breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, variety of color, and swagger of style.” —Boston Globe

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin & Anne-Marie McDermott, piano »December 9, 2007 / Sunday / 2:30 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“She (Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg) will make you hang breathlessly breathlessly on every note” —Los Angeles Times

Robert Moses’ Kin »December 8, 2007 / Saturday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“My work expresses my concern with the honor, dignity, truth, and potential of real people.” —Robert Moses

Alarm Will Sound »November 30, 2007 / Friday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“...equal parts exuberance, nonchalance and virtuosity...crisp and exhilarating” —Financial Times (UK)

Idan Raichel Project »November 4, 2007 / Sunday / 2:30 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“Though Israel has been marred by conflict...one man has found reason to sing...The result is an enchanting new fusion with ancient roots.” —Epoch Times

Rob Kapilow, What Makes It Great? »November 2, 2007 / Friday / 8:00 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“If you think you don’t like classical music, you haven’t met Robert Kapilow” —Kansas City Star

L.A. Theatre Works »October 27 & 28, 2007 / Saturday 8:00 pm / Sunday 2:30 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“These are troubled times. There is no greater safety valve for discontent and cynicism about the affairs of government than freedom of expression in any form.” —Federal Judge Murray Gurfein on the publishing of the Pentagon Papers

Dianne Reeves with
Esperanza Spalding, bass »October 19, 2007 / Friday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“Reeves draws out a melody and transforms the scene into a moody affair that warms the heart.” —Jim Santella, All About Jazz

Noche Flamenca »October 17, 2007 / Wednesday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“...raw spontaneous invention...unfurling totally in the moment, uncontrived, and unfettered.” —Boston Globe

St. Lawrence String Quartet »October 14, 2007 / Sunday / 2:30 pm / Dinkelspiel Auditorium
“Fearless musicians whose spontaneity stretches past conventional interpretation and probes the music’s imaginative limits.” —Washington Post

Philip Glass, Book of Longing »October 9, 2007 / Tuesday / 8:00 pm / Memorial Auditorium
“An audacious work with a massive magnetic pull” —Chicago Sun-Times