Donato Cabrera

Youth Orchestra Festival Returns to Davies Symphony Hall For the first time since the pandemic, five Bay Area student ensembles are coming together in a bash thrown by the SF Symphony.

The EGOT Winner Behind Sondheim’s Signature Sound For Jonathan Tunick, an early love of “Tubby the Tuba” led to a career as an orchestrator. He talks about his Sondheim partnership, and creating a sound that “can hint at unspoken secrets.”

I spent some time earlier this week with my friend, Jeffrey Freyman, at Classical KDFC working on a very special project. Stay tuned (literally)!

Lots of fun last night with Tessa Lark and Las Vegas Philharmonic!

Born on this day in 1899, the great French composer, Francis Poulenc, wrote many masterpieces, including one of the greatest operatic finales ever, the final scene of Les Dialogues des Carmélites -

francis poulenc dialogue des carmelites finale salve regina La scène finale très impressionnante de l'opéra de Poulenc créé en 1957 sur un livret du compositeur inspiré de l’œuvre de l'écrivain Georges Bernanos. Les c...

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Remembering Asian American Advocate and Journalist Nguyễn Quí Đức | KQED The host of KQED’s weekly radio program ‘Pacific Time’ from 2000 to 2006 died in late November.

Willa Cather and Yehudi Menuhin: An Unlikely, Unwavering Friendship These two titans of 20th-century literature and music formed a profound, yearslong relationship across generations and backgrounds.

Thank you, East Bay Times!

“Composer-in-residence Viet Cuong capped his time with the California Symphony by introducing “Stargazer,” a dazzling new work for piano and orchestra that premiered at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek in May. Conducted by music director Cabrera, and featuring the excellent pianist Sarah Cahill, its first performance was just one of the organization’s many memorable moments this year." Thanks East Bay Times for featuring us in your "Best of Music 2023" article! 🥰🎶

Read the full article at: www.eastbaytimes.com/2024/01/02/best-of-music-2023-premieres-and-reborn-classics-thrilled-bay-area-classical-fans/

Kronos Quartet

Kronos’s David Harrington on 50 years of revolutionising the string quartet The group has commissioned more than a thousand works, turning a quintessentially classical form into vital modern music

The is excited to welcome back guest artist Tessa Lark for this Saturday’s Cabrera Conducts Bach, Mozart & Beethoven performance at The Smith Center. In 2020 she was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category. She also has a new string trio project with composer-bassist Edgar Meyer and Philharmonic Artist In Residence cellist Joshua Roman. Learn more at TessaLark.com.
Donato Cabrera

New Orleans jazz changed his life. Now he and his clarinet preserve music history. The clarinetist has written hundreds of songs and documents the music's history

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Dame Janet Baker – a great singer reflects on her career We revisit a podcast made in 2013, made to celebrate Dame Janet's 80th birthday, in which she talks about some of the milestones of her career

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A Pilgrimage to Verdi-land A critic whose love of the operas of Giuseppe Verdi goes back nearly 60 years traveled to northern Italy to visit the places that shaped the man and his music.

How Cancer Has Influenced, but Not Controlled, a Musician’s Work “The music stays as beautiful as it is,” said Andreas Staier, an eminent interpreter of early keyboard music who has a rare blood disease.

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‘Tis the season for reflection and list-making so we asked Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera to talk us through his top three most memorable sporting moments, and his top three California Symphony concert selections. 📣 Did yours make Donato’s list? 👀 Read on to find out at https://bit.ly/48vhLxK

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/26/arts/dance/dance-in-2023-the-cool-genre.html

What if Dance Could Save the World? Over the past year, dance has shown its broader worth, from stage to film, to music videos, TikTok tutorials to movement classes.

https://donatocabrera.medium.com/the-music-plays-on-bach-christmas-oratorio-c98fb611f9f6

The Music Plays On — Bach Christmas Oratorio Donato writes about Bach’s Christmas Oratorio

A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols Live | WFMT A beloved Christmas Eve tradition, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols sets a tone for Christmas Eve both contemplative and celebratory.

Resharing my blog series on the music of Christmas. https://donatocabrera.medium.com/the-music-plays-on-irving-berlin-white-christmas-33fc2a394755

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On behalf of California Symphony’s musicians, educators, staff, board, and volunteers, we wish you a wonderful holiday season, filled with friendship, joy, and fabulous music. We are so happy to count you among our family! ✨💝🎶

Resharing my blog series on the music of Christmas. https://donatocabrera.medium.com/the-music-plays-on-john-adams-el-ni%C3%B1o-fff36c6754c

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/23/arts/music/vienna-philharmonic-concertmaster.html

At the Vienna Philharmonic, She Helps the Music Flow Albena Danailova, a violinist who became the orchestra’s first female concertmaster, is a leader and intermediary who helps preserve a signature sound.