Miró Quartet in Burlingame

Dazzle and polish at Kohl Mansion A number of inspiring quartets have stopped off in the Bay Area this season. The latest of these, the Miró Quartet, has crisscrossed the world for the past fifteen years from their home base in Austin, Texas to perform in prominent concert halls and festivals. These musicians also appreciate the lustrous sound of intimate halls and came to Burlingame’s Kohl Mansion on Sunday, March 9, for an absorbing evening of Haydn,...

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Julia Fischer joins SF Symphony in Prokofiev Violin Concerto

Russian hope and French denial with the San Francisco Symphony Dreams of hope and abstract love were on the menu at Davies Symphony Hall last Saturday, March 8, when Michael Tilson Thomas led the San Francisco Symphony in three works of disquieting originality. Famed German violinist Julia Fischer performed Prokofiev’s optimistic and difficult Violin Concerto No. 1, followed by Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique, a bizarre night-sweat of projection and...

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