2025 cultural events

This page lists 22 cultural events I attended in 2025. Movies are listed on my films page, not here. The program index page displays thumbnails of all the printed program images. Cities are in California, except as noted.


I started keeping event data in the format used by this page in 2010, so data from 2010 to date is accurate. I started keeping appointment calendar data in .txt format in August 2005. I later extracted 2005-2009 event data ex post facto, so data for 2005 to 2009 is less complete and a bit less accurate. I have older pocket calendars and hard copies of event programs going back to 1963, but I have not yet scanned programs for years before 2010 or entered event data for most years before 2005.

See also: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1971 1981 1982 1983 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 All

Click on a heading below to sort the list accordingly. Click on a Program link to see the printed program for an event. Enter a search string (e.g., "Mahler", "Berkeley", "piano") below to filter the output.


Date Category Description Performers Venue City Works
01/09/25 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony James Gaffigan, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
Davies San Francisco Program Mazzoli: Sinfonia (for Orbiting Spheres)
Barber: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
01/12/25 @ 16:00 Recital Noe Music Aaron Diehl, piano Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco Program
01/16/25 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony David Robertson, conductor
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
Davies San Francisco Program Ives: The Unanswered Question
Adams: After the Fall
Orff:Carmina Burana
01/20/25 @ 19:30 Chamber Earplay Earplay Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco Program Bennett: twasome
Novak: entwining
Peterson: Labyrinth
Barwick: Letters from Planetary Probation
Haber: Estro peoetico-armonico II
01/31/25 @ 20:00 Indian PBO Sessions Arjun Verma, sitar Osher San Francisco Program Bach in Bengal
02/06/25 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony Paavo Järvi, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Davies San Francisco Program Mahler: Symphony No. 7
Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2
02/08/25 @ 20:00 Ballet Twyla Thrp Twyla Tharp Zellerbach Berkeley Program Diabelli
Slacktide
02/09/25 @ 16:00 Chamber Noe Music Reider/Glem/Hossn Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco Program
02/15/25 @ 13:00 Chamber Music of Peter Josheff Earplay Trio Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco Program Josheff: Works
02/15/25 @ 19:30 Concert SFCM Orchestra Edwin Outwater, conductor
Meow Meow, voice
Hume San Francisco Program Weber: Overture to Der Freischutz
Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis
Weill: Seven Deadly Sins
02/16/25 @ 15:00 Chamber S.F. Performances Kenney/Dalby/Costanza Presidio San Francisco Program
02/21/25 @ 19:30 Concert San Francisco Symphony Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Danill Trifonov, piano
Davies San Francisco Program Muzik: Strange Beasts
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps
02/22/25 @ 19:30 Concert S.F. Performances Amjad Ali Khan, sarod
Sharon Isbin, guitar
Herbst San Francisco Program
03/02/25 @ 11:00 Brunch West Edge Opera West Edge Opera Alumni House Berkeley Program
03/07/25 @ 19:30 Concert Philarmonia Baroque Peter Whelan, conductor/harpsichord Herbst San Francisco Program Händel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1
Händel: Alceste
03/15/25 @ 20:00 Concert The Great Yes, The Great No S.F. Performances Zellerbach Berkeley Program Kentridge: The Great Yes, The Great No
03/16/25 @ 16:00 Chamber Noe Music Horszowski Trio Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco Program Haydn: Trio in e
Schoenberg/Aizawa: Six Little Piano Pieces
Bolcom: Haydn Go Seek
Dvorak: Quintet
03/23/23 @ 15:00 Concert Mahler Chamber Orchestra Mitsuko Uchida, piano/director Zellerbach Berkeley Program Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
Janaček: Mládi
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21
03/24/23 @ 19:30 Chamber Earplay Earplay Noe Valley Ministry San Francisco Program Soper: Underneath
Mamlock: Rhapsody
Mumford: undiluted days
Henderson: Communion
Conklin: 40 Feels
03/27/23 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony Gil Shahan, violin
Juraj Valčuha, conductor
Davies San Francisco Program Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10
Brahms: Violin Concerto
04/10/25 @ 10:00 Rehearsal San Francisco Symphony Marin Alsop, conductor
FIX_ME, piano
Davies San Francisco Program FIX_ME
04/10/25 @ 19:30 Concert Philarmonia Baroque Avi Stein, conductor Herbst San Francisco Program FIX_ME