Ching-Ming Cheng Piano Recital

As a dedicated performer and educator, Dr. Ching-Ming Cheng has made many accomplishments throughout the world. She is an active pianist, collaborative performer and a committed teacher who has an enthusiastic heart for sharing her profession with others.

Program:
Joseph Haydn
Frédéric Chopin
Robert Schumann
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Alberto Ginastera

Ching-Ming Cheng at the Maybeck

Sunday, June 26 2016, 3:00pm

This concert is $10 General Admission

Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation here.

Sounds Of Love with Ellen Johnson & Jason Martineau

Ellen Johnson and Jason Martineau share a musical dance through songs they love, poetry and free improvisation. From a variety of musical genres they aspire to create a duo experience of creative nuance and connection using songs that speak of the many shades of love.

“Many musicians touch the heart or the mind or the soul, some reach out to more than one of these, only a few appeal to all. Ellen Johnson is clearly one of these select few." – Bruce Crowther, Jazz Journalist International/author of Singing Jazz

"When it comes to shaping wordless gems, Johnson packs as imaginative a wallop as the mighty (Bobby) McFerrin." – Christopher Louden, JazzTimes

Voted Best Female Singer and Best Vocal CD 2015 – 37th Annual Jazz Stations Awards

Ellen Johnson and Jason Martineau at the Maybeck

Saturday, June 25 2016, 3:00pm

This concert is $20 General Admission

Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation here.

Aether Piano Trio & Ensemble Bella Tempo Play Mendelssohn & Dohnányi - SOLD OUT

The Aether Piano Trio comprises Gayle Strang-violin, Angus Davol-'cello, and Bill Rudiak-piano. After performing the Mendelssohn C minor Trio, the members of the trio will be joined by Nico Sayavedra-viola, Alan Shonkoff-clarinet, and Bob Satterford-horn (Ensemble Bella Tempo) in a performance of Dohnányi's Sextet in C Major.

Program:
Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio in C minor, op. 66
Ernst von Dohnányi: Sextet in C Major for Violin, Viola, 'Cello, Clarinet, Horn & Piano, op. 37

Aether Piano Trio & Ensemble Bella Tempo at the Maybeck

Sunday, June 12 2016, 3:00pm

This concert is $10 Suggested Donation 

This concert is SOLD OUT.

Claudia Villela with Jaques Morelenbaum Soul of Brasil

Claudia and Jaques are friends in Rio de Janeiro since the 80's , when them used to spend hours improvising cello and voice... in this reencounter they will play beautiful songs from the classic Brazilian repertoire and original compositions, all with total spontaneity and a deep reverence to the best Brasil has to offer and dream.

Claudia Villela with Jaques Morelenbaum at the Maybeck

Saturday, June 11 2016, 3:00pm

This concert is $30 General Admission

Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation here.

Tessa Seymour & Miles Graber perform works for cello and piano by Franck, Shostakovich, and Piazzolla

   

Program:
Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 - Shostakovich
Sonata in A Major- Franck
Le Grand Tango - Piazzola

Tessa Seymour & Miles Graber at the Maybeck

Sunday, June 05 2016, 1:00pm

This concert is $25 General Admission

Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation here.

Berkeley native Tessa Seymour was accepted to the Curtis Institute of Music at age 16, where she studied with Carter Brey, principal cello of the New York Philharmonic and Peter Wiley of the Guarneri Quartet.

The Sophia Ensemble Performs The Kreutzer Sonata

When Beethoven wrote the tempestuous Kreutzer violin sonata in 1803, he had no idea that it would take on a life of its own. Almost a century later, novelist Leo Tolstoy used the sonata as the setting for his short story of the same name. In Tolstoy's version, a suspicious husband encounters his wife performing the Kreutzer sonata with a handsome violinist. Enraged and inspired by the passion of the music that passes between them, he murders her in a jealous rage. Years later, the Czech composer Leoš Janáček spun the dramatic events of the short story into a string quartet, making his own mark on the Kreutzer Sonata.

Join the musicians of the Sophia Ensemble as they explore the themes that inspired three of the world's greatest artists. The Sophia Ensemble is comprised of UC Berkeley students who are also principal musicians from the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra. They take their name from Sophia Tolstaya, the wife of Leo Tolstoy.

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 9 in A minor, Op. 47 - "Kreutzer"
I. Adagio Sostenuto - Presto

Lucia Petito, violin
Billy Fang, piano

Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata"
I. Adagio – Con moto
II. Con moto
III. Con moto – Vivo – Andante
IV. Con moto – (Adagio) – Più mosso

Jason Wu and Beverly Fu, violin
Cindy Wang, viola
Kane Suga, cello

The Sophia Ensemble at the Maybeck

Saturday, June 04, 2016, 3:00pm

This concert is $10 Suggested Donation

Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation here.