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Dear Friends,
In the 37 concerts and recitals of our 2023–24 season, we bring back artists you love to hear and see, together with debuts of performers we are certain you will want to encounter again. The cherished and familiar stand beside the eagerly-anticipated and the new. Many works in the season are well-known and beloved, and some are likely being written as you read this.
We look forward to coming together for those extraordinary moments when history and the present touch us through live music. We know we will come away moved, and sometimes changed, by these collective experiences. It is our sincere hope that together we will create memories for the future, when we will look back and say, “I was there when…”
Some of this season’s concerts engage artists and audiences in active reflection and musical dialogue about the past, present, and future. Jonathan Biss performs three recitals in which contemporary composers exchange musical ideas in conversation with Schubert. Our PIVOT series is rooted in composer-performer Gabriel Kahane’s interest in creating concerts that address how audiences experience and engage with issues of our time. The Calder Quartet collaborates with award-winning dancer/choreographer and deaf activist Antoine Hunter, adding depth and dimension to the experience of chamber music.
Audiences of the past enthusiastically craved the fresh and new from composers and performers. These new and groundbreaking works have lived on to become favorites of the “standard” repertory. We invite you to return to beloved works from the past, and to open your hearts, ears, and minds to the cherished and significant music of the future, as they are performed together in the dynamic mix of the San Francisco Performances 2023–24 Season.
Warmly,
Melanie Smith
President
In the 37 concerts and recitals of our 2023–24 season, we bring back artists you love to hear and see, together with debuts of performers we are certain you will want to encounter again. The cherished and familiar stand beside the eagerly-anticipated and the new. Many works in the season are well-known and beloved, and some are likely being written as you read this.
We look forward to coming together for those extraordinary moments when history and the present touch us through live music. We know we will come away moved, and sometimes changed, by these collective experiences. It is our sincere hope that together we will create memories for the future, when we will look back and say, “I was there when…”
Some of this season’s concerts engage artists and audiences in active reflection and musical dialogue about the past, present, and future. Jonathan Biss performs three recitals in which contemporary composers exchange musical ideas in conversation with Schubert. Our PIVOT series is rooted in composer-performer Gabriel Kahane’s interest in creating concerts that address how audiences experience and engage with issues of our time. The Calder Quartet collaborates with award-winning dancer/choreographer and deaf activist Antoine Hunter, adding depth and dimension to the experience of chamber music.
Audiences of the past enthusiastically craved the fresh and new from composers and performers. These new and groundbreaking works have lived on to become favorites of the “standard” repertory. We invite you to return to beloved works from the past, and to open your hearts, ears, and minds to the cherished and significant music of the future, as they are performed together in the dynamic mix of the San Francisco Performances 2023–24 Season.
Warmly,
Melanie Smith
President
Series subscriptions and Make-Your-Own subscriptions can be purchased by mail, phone (415.677.0325) or online at sfperformances.org
