February

Danish String Quartet

Sun, Feb 2, 3pm, Hertz Hall

There is nothing these marvelous players can’t do—complex contemporary works, ethereal soundscapes, sparkling Baroque arrangements, even earthy folk song. Featuring music by Haydn, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and Caroline Shaw.
Major Support: The Bernard Osher Foundation
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Eco Ensemble
Best of Berkeley

David Milnes, director
Sat, Feb 1, 8pm, Hertz Hall

The UC Berkeley Music Department’s ensemble in residence devotes its winter concert to works by alumni of the university’s prestigious composition program, praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a constant source of challenging and arresting new compositions.”
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Samara Joy

Wed, Feb 5, 7:30pm, Zellerbach Hall

Still at the beginning of what is already a stellar career, the wildly talented vocalist Samara Joy boasts three Grammys to her name, her music steeped in tradition while deeply of the present moment. Welcome this rising star of jazz in her Berkeley debut!
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Twyla Tharp Dance
Diamond Jubilee
Featuring Third Coast Percussion

Fri–Sat, Feb 7–8, 8pm
Sun, Feb 9, 3pm, Zellerbach Hall

The American dance titan celebrates 60 years of strikingly original, thoroughly accessible, and utterly uncategorizable works with a new collaboration with Philip Glass, whose score is performed live by the Grammy-winning ensemble Third Coast Percussion; plus a revival of Tharp’s 1998 triumph Diabelli.
Patron Sponsors: Toni Ratner Miller and Joyce Ratner (2/7), Rockridge Market Hall (2/8)
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Wu Han, piano
Arnaud Sussmann, violin
David Finckel, cello

Sun, Feb 9, 3pm, Hertz Hall

The perennial Cal Performances favorites expand their acclaimed duo to include longtime collaborator, violinist Arnaud Sussman, for a special recital of piano trio masterworks by Haydn, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn.
Patron Sponsors: Daniel Johnson and Herman Winkel
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Takács Quartet

Sun, Feb 16, 3pm, Hertz Hall

The ensemble’s second concert this season features an epic work from Beethoven’s “heroic” middle period; Haydn’s string quartet Op. 54, No. 2; and Britten’s rarely performed second quartet.
Patron Sponsors: Françoise Stone
Major Support: Taube Philanthropies
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BAY AREA PREMIERE

Batsheva Dance Company
MOMO

Sat, Feb 22, 8pm
Sun, Feb 23, 3pm, Zellerbach Hall

Among the world’s most exciting makers of contemporary dance, Ohad Naharin brings his powerhouse company to Berkeley for the Bay Area premiere of a daring recent work.
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This Land is Our Land
Featuring Martha Redbone Roots Project and American Patchwork Quartet

Fri, Feb 28, 8pm, Zellerbach Hall

Roots music singer and songwriter Martha Redbone draws on her Cherokee/Choctaw and African American heritage to craft uplifting songs that celebrate the human spirit, infused with the folk and blues sounds of her childhood in Appalachia. She joins with American Patchwork Quartet in a new collaboration that explores the United States’ rich cultural tapestry. BUY TICKETS

An Illuminations: "Fractured History" event.

Hagen Quartet

Sun, Feb 23, 3pm, Hertz Hall

With a reputation for exceptional refinement and ensemble cohesion over its celebrated 40-year history, the European quartet makes its much-anticipated Berkeley debut with a formidable program of works by Haydn and Robert Schumann.
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