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  • Two dancers from The Australian Ballet's Oscar.

    The Australian Ballet: Oscar© by Christopher Wheeldon

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    The Australian Ballet returns to Berkeley with Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar, a visionary ballet inspired by the life, writing, and cultural legacy of Oscar Wilde. Developed by Wheeldon and composer Joby Talbot from an original idea with Alexander Wise, the work intertwines Wilde’s biography with characters and images from his stories to explore romance, sacrifice, and […]

  • The four members of Takacs Quartet -- three men and one woman -- pose together with their instruments against a light gray background with a circle inset of pianist Jeremy Denk.

    Takács Quartet with Jeremy Denk, piano

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    The Takács Quartet returns to Berkeley with its newest member, cellist Mihai Marica, and joins pianist Jeremy Denk for a program pairing Romantic intensity with vivid contemporary storytelling. Denk, a MacArthur Fellow and Avery Fisher Prize recipient, brings his virtuosity and interpretive depth to the Grammy-winning ensemble’s finely balanced chamber music.Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F […]

  • Photo of Michael Pollan, a white bald man in a blue button-down shirt and glasses, looking at the camera, with an circular inset photo of Christof Koch, a white man in a salmon-orange colored top looking at the camera

    Michael Pollan & Christof Koch: A Journey into Consciousness

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Author Michael Pollan and neuroscientist Christof Koch join moderator Shayla Love for a wide-ranging exploration of consciousness and psychedelics. Drawing on Pollan’s book A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness and Koch’s decades of research in neuroscience and consciousness science, the conversation approaches subjective experience through scientific, philosophical, literary, spiritual, and psychedelic perspectives.The speakers consider […]

  • Folk singer Judy Collins, an older woman with white hair and visible hand tattoos wearing a light purple top against a colorful backdrop, looks into the camera.

    Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes: The Farewell Tour

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Judy Collins returns to Berkeley for a retrospective farewell concert celebrating a six-decade career in American music. Accompanied by pianist Will Kjeer and guitarist Thad DeBrock, the singer, songwriter, activist, and gifted storyteller looks back on the songs, encounters, and audiences that have shaped her life on tour.A contemporary of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, […]

  • A man dressed in a mariachi outfit performs on stage, adorned with flowers and bathed in red light, celebrating the culture of Mariachi Herencia de México.

    Mariachi Herencia de México: La Nueva Generación Tour — Día de los Muertos

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Mariachi Herencia de México celebrates Día de los Muertos with a spirited program led by a new generation of mariachi artists. Founded by César Maldonado through the Mariachi Heritage Foundation’s work supporting mariachi education in Chicago public schools, the ensemble marks its first decade as a rising force in Latin music.The band grounds its performance […]

  • Composer Steve Reich, an older man with glasses and a baseball hat stands in front of a bookcase filled with books.

    Steve Reich at 90: A Birthday Celebration

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Conductor Brad Lubman leads more than 20 musicians in a celebration of composer Steve Reich’s 90th birthday. The Bang on a Can All-Stars join Ensemble Signal—both closely associated with Reich’s work—for a concentrated survey of music by one of the central figures in contemporary composition.The program features Electric Counterpoint, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet, and […]

  • Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha

    Angela Davis in Conversation with Poulomi Saha

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Activist, author, educator, and cultural icon Angela Davis reflects on more than 65 years of work across Black liberation, feminism, queer politics, and prison abolition. From the international campaign for her freedom in the 1970s to her teaching, organizing, public speaking, and 11 influential books, Davis has remained a major voice in movements for racial […]

  • Soprano Lise Davidsen, a white woman with long brown hair dressed in a white sweater and white fleece coat, looks toward the camera against a snowy background

    Lise Davidsen, soprano; James Baillieu, piano

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Soprano Lise Davidsen returns to Berkeley with pianist James Baillieu following a season that includes major appearances as Wagner’s Isolde. Renowned for the extraordinary power, color, and physical presence of her voice, Davidsen brings operatic scale and close attention to text into partnership with one of her generation’s leading song pianists.The program ranges from songs […]

  • A black and white portrait of Philip Glass, an older man in a dark shirt and vest wearing glasses looking directly into the camera.

    The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Ten pianists from across the musical world—including Timo Andres, Aaron Diehl, Daniela Liebman, and Jason Moran—come together for a marathon performance of Philip Glass’ complete Piano Etudes during the composer’s 90th-birthday year. Longtime Glass interpreters and special guests each bring a distinct perspective to this unusually personal body of work.Across 20 etudes, whirling arpeggios, abrupt […]

  • Jazz pianist Jason Moran, a black man in a black suit and bow tie, looks to the side and leans agaist an upright piano.

    Jason Moran and the Harlem Hellfighters: James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin

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    Pianist and composer Jason Moran’s multidisciplinary The Absence of Ruin examines the life and legacy of James Reese Europe, the underrecognized Black American composer and bandleader who arrived in France with the Harlem Hellfighters in 1918. The celebrated all-Black military unit helped break the stalemate on the Western Front, while Europe’s ensemble introduced a new […]

  • Three members -- two men and one woman -- of Cirque Kalabanté with bright orange transparent cloths over their heads and leaping into the air.

    Cirque Kalabanté: WOW (World of Words)

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Cirque Kalabanté’s WOW (World of Words) is a high-energy visual spectacle that brings traditional African movement and music into the Montreal circus tradition. Through explosive drumming, dance, and precision acrobatics, the production explores how knowledge passes between people, how cultures meet, and how shared respect can become a source of wonder.The troupe is led by […]

  • Mark Morris Dance Group: Holidayland

    Mark Morris Dance Group: Holidayland

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Holidayland is a celebratory, family-friendly work that brings to life the tale of a magic village that bursts into light, music, and dancing for one day each year.

  • The Hot Sardines: Holiday Stomp

    The Hot Sardines: Holiday Stomp

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    The Hot Sardines bring a raucous yuletide extravaganza with sassy, swinging holiday classics inspired by Christmas classics to Berkeley.

  • Mitsuko Uchida, piano

    Mitsuko Uchida, piano

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    At the height of her powers, Mitsuko Uchida performs a kaleidoscopic program of Haydn, Mozart, and Schubert for her Berkeley recital.

  • Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus

    Compagnie Hervé Koubi: Sol Invictus

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    For this Berkeley event, 17 dancers unite to defy gravity in Sol Invictus, a work that blends contemporary dance, hip hop, and martial arts.

  • Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

    Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Baroque tragedy takes center stage in Berkeley as mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d'Oro perform two early music masterpieces.

  • J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew's Passion

    J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir join forces to bring J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion to Berkeley in a special US performance.

  • An Evening with Audra McDonald

    An Evening with Audra McDonald

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    The record award-winning Audra McDonald returns to Berkeley with her signature mix of Broadway and the Great American Songbook.

  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

    Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    Elegance, strength, abstraction, and soulfulness—the Ailey dancers bring their spiritual core back to Zellerbach Hall!

  • Aga Khan Master Musicians

    Aga Khan Master Musicians

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    Zellerbach Hall 2499 Bancroft St., Berkeley, CA, United States

    The powerhouse collective of virtuosos from Central Asia, China, and the Middle East brings a program of new works to Berkeley.

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