2025 cultural events
This page lists 40 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
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| Date | Category | Description | Performers | Venue | City | Works | ||||
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| 02/08/25 @ 20:00 | Ballet | Twyla Tharp | Twyla Tharp | Zellerbach | Berkeley | Program | Diabelli Slacktide |
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| 04/11/25 @ 20:00 | Ballet | Cal Performances | Alvin Ailey | Zellerbach | Berkeley | Program | Grace Al-Andalius Blues Revelations |
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| 01/31/25 @ 20:00 | Indian | PBO Sessions | Arjun Verma, sitar | Osher | San Francisco | Program | Bach in Bengal | |||
| 08/02/25 @ 14:00 | Opera | Dolores | West Edge Opera | Scottish Rite | Oakland | Program | Benavides: Dolores | |||
| 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 |
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| 08/09/25 @ 14:00 | Opera | Wozzeck | West Edge Opera | Scottish Rite | Oakland | Program | Berg: Wozzeck | |||
| 08/16/25 @ 14:00 | Opera | David & Jonathan | West Edge Opera | Scottish Rite | Oakland | Program | Charpentier: David & Jonathan | |||
| 05/19/25 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Earplay | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Chen: Stomachs of Ravens Longoria: El bailongo Lin: Friction Sabey: Dream Suite for sextet |
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| 08/05/25 @ 12:30 | Chamber | Noontime Concerts | Jon Lee, piano | Old St. Mary's | San Francisco | Program | Fauré: Nocturne No. 13 Bach: Partita No. 4 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 18 |
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| 10/16/25 @ 19:30 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque | Václav Luks, conductor Maya Kherani, soprano |
Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Galuppi: Concerto a quatro No. 4 Marcello: Cantata Arianna abbandonata Händel: Cantata Armida abbandonata Durante: Concerto a quattro Vivaldi: In furore |
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| 10/09/25 @ 19:30 | Opera | Orfeo ed Euridice | Canadian Opera Company | Four Seasons Centre | Toronto ON | Program | Glück: Orfeo ed Euridice | |||
| 09/14/25 @ 16:00 | Recital | Noe Music | Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Meena Bashin, viola |
Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Glass: Etudes nos. 2, 6 Adams, Samuel Carl: Études Scriabin: Etude Chopin: Etudes Brahms: Sonata for viola and piano |
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| 03/07/25 @ 19:30 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque | Peter Whelan, conductor/harpsichord | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Händel: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1 Händel: Alceste |
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| 04/27/25 @ 15:00 | Opera | Giulio Cesare | English Concert Harry Bickett, director |
Zellerbach | Berkeley | Program | Händel: Giulio Cesare | |||
| 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 |
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| 09/17/25 @ 19:30 | Opera | Dead Man Walking | San Francisco Opera | Opera House | San Francisco | Program | Heggie: Dead Man Walking | |||
| 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 |
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| 02/15/25 @ 13:00 | Chamber | Music of Peter Josheff | Earplay Trio | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Josheff: Works | |||
| 03/15/25 @ 20:00 | Concert | The Great Yes, The Great No | Cal Performances | Zellerbach | Berkeley | Program | Kentridge: The Great Yes, The Great No | |||
| 06/12/25 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 | |||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 07/15/25 @ 12:30 | Chamber | Noontime Concerts | Redwood Virtuosi | Old St. Mary's | San Francisco | Program | Mozart: Divertimento K. 563 (selections) Dohnányi: Serenade for string trio |
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| 10/11/25 @ 19:30 | Concert | Toronto Symphony Orchestra | Earl Lee, conductor Jaemin Han, cello |
George Weston Hall | York ON | Program | Mozart: Overture from The Marriage of Figaro Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme Simon: Fate Now Conquers Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 |
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| 03/23/25 @ 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 04/10/25 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Marin Alsop, conductor Gabriela Montero, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Ortiz: Antrópolis Montero: Piano Concerto No. 1 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man Tower: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman Barber: Symphony No. 1 |
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| 05/04/25 @ 16:00 | Chamber | Noe Music | Catalyst Quartet Todd Palmer, clarinet |
Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Piazzolla: Suite del Angel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet Bruce: Gumboots |
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| 04/10/25 @ 19:30 | Concert | Philharmonia Baroque | Avi Stein, conductor | Herbst | San Francisco | Program | Rebel: Les caractères de la danse Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 Händel: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 No. 10 Rameau: Suite du théâtre |
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| 09/03/25 @ 13:30 | Theater | As You Like It | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Thomas | Ashland OR | Program | Shakespeare: As You Like It | |||
| 09/03/25 @ 20:00 | Theater | Julius Caesar | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Bowmer | Ashland OR | Program | Shakespeare: Julius Caesar | |||
| 09/04/25 @ 20:00 | Theater | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Allen | Ashland OR | Program | Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor | |||
| 03/27/25 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Gil Shahan, violin Juraj Valčuha, conductor |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 Brahms: Violin Concerto |
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| 09/18/25 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | James Gaffigan, conductor Hélène Grimaud, piano |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Simon: The Block Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F Gershwin: An American in Paris Ellington: Harlem |
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| 09/05/25 @ 13:30 | Theater | Quixote Nuovo | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Thomas | Ashland OR | Program | Solis: Quixote Nuevo | |||
| 03/24/25 @ 19:30 | Chamber | Earplay | Earplay | Noe Valley Ministry | San Francisco | Program | Soper: Underneath Mamlock: Rhapsody Mumford: undiluted days Henderson: Communion Conklin: 40 Feels |
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| 06/06/25 @ 19:30 | Concert | San Francisco Symphony | Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor | Davies | San Francisco | Program | Strauss: Don Juan Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 Smith: Rewilding Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks |
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| 05/15/25 @ 10:00 | Rehearsal | San Francisco Symphony | Dalia Stasevska, conductor Johannes Moser, cello |
Davies | San Francisco | Program | Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Thorvaldsdottir: Before we fall Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 |
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| 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 |
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| 09/04/25 @ 13:30 | Theater | The Importance of Being Earnest | Oregon Shakespeare Festival | Bowmer | Ashland OR | Program | Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest |
