The last works of Luigi Nono and Franz Schubert, performed back to back, reveal a sense of deep beauty, profound unease, and a sensitivity to the close connection between happiness and sorrow on the threshold of life and death.
Left Coast musicians join with amateur players to create two improvisatory works which explore the spatial dimension of music within Maybeck’s innovative architecture.
A lost highway, witches, folk songs… Volti joins Left Coast for an eclectic, beautiful, and sometimes unsettling sonic journey. New works from LJ White and Todd Kitchen, exploring instability and dreams, contrast with the humor of Laurie San Martin’s Witches and Benjamin Britten’s tender folk song arrangements.
Space travel meets Art in a program which is interpreted in live painting by artist Adrian Arias.
In Schubert’s last song cycle, the wanderer and his landscape become one in this journey into the depths of the human soul. Emotions from tenderness to despair come together in a cathartic winter journey.
In Schubert’s last song cycle, the wanderer and his landscape become one in this journey into the depths of the human soul. Emotions from tenderness to despair come together in a cathartic winter journey.
Space travel meets Art in a program which is interpreted in live painting by artist Adrian Arias.
A lost highway, witches, folk songs… Volti joins Left Coast for an eclectic, beautiful, and sometimes unsettling sonic journey. New works from LJ White and Todd Kitchen, exploring instability and dreams, contrast with the humor of Laurie San Martin’s Witches and Benjamin Britten’s tender folk song arrangements.
The last works of Luigi Nono and Franz Schubert, performed back to back, reveal a sense of deep beauty, profound unease, and a sensitivity to the close connection between happiness and sorrow on the threshold of life and death.
The contrasting timbres of the violin, clarinet, and piano bring to life a vibrant variety of musical imaginations in this program of rhythmic vitality and melodic invention.
The contrasting timbres of the violin, clarinet, and piano bring to life a vibrant variety of musical imaginations in this program of rhythmic vitality and melodic invention.
Nikki will perform Pierrot Lunaire alongside haunting and nostalgic works by Maria Schneider and Tomàs Peire-Serrate on November 2 and 3. In this interview, she discusses the psychology of performance, the technical side of sprechgesang (speak-singing), and what makes Pierrot Lunaire relevant today.
Learn more about Left Coast’s 2024-25 Season! The season features fall and spring concerts, as well as Left Coast’s first ever weekend festival.
Get to know our new Artistic Director, Matilda Hofman, in this interview exploring everything from Matilda’s experiences in Left Coast to some of her favorite pastimes.
Find out about our organization, vision, our work, and the results of our decades of music making.
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Read the full interview with Volti SF’s Executive Director, Giacomo DiGrigoli. Left Coast Chamber Ensemble will collaborate with Volti SF during On the Threshold of Dreamland, part of Left Coast’s Winter Wandering Festival.