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Giacomo Fiore

Giacomo Fiore is an Italian-born guitarist and musicologist specializing in U.S. Experimentalism and intonation. He teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory, USF, and UCSC.

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Modern Classical Review
May 20, 2019
Three Titans of New Music Make Sparks Fly at the Chapel
BY Giacomo Fiore

Terry Riley, Laurie Anderson, and John Zorn improvise their way to new musical horizons.

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Festival Review
January 11, 2019
Two Artists: One Mind
BY Giacomo Fiore

Electronic explorer Pamela Z melds musical minds with dancer Christine Bonasea in a spontaneous, tour-de-force collaboration.

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Modern Classical Review
January 8, 2019
Sonic Magic at the S.F. Tape Music Festival
BY Giacomo Fiore

Fifty years of cutting-edge audio art stimulates the ears and imagination.

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Upcoming Concert
A Relentless Spirit of Inquiry and Innovation Sparks Thingamajigs
April 16, 2018
Thingamajigs
A Relentless Spirit of Inquiry and Innovation Sparks Thingamajigs
BY Giacomo Fiore

The new-music festival celebrates 20 years with their usual range of unusual music and fresh ideas.

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Chamber Music Review
November 3, 2017
The Big Thrills in This Dracula Are Live on Stage With Kronos and Glass
BY Giacomo Fiore

Tod Browning’s classic film is more camp than creepy, but Philip Glass’s score still engages the imagination.

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Chamber Music Review
October 11, 2017
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Revives a Minor Master
BY Giacomo Fiore

Mieczyslaw Weinberg is having a moment of rediscovery. Is his music worth it?

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Modern Classical Review
January 10, 2017
Pauline Oliveros Tape Music Retrospective Shows Her Unfettered Imagination
BY Giacomo Fiore

Rare musical treasures from one of the Bay Area’s most influential composers.

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Chamber Music Review
December 20, 2016
Lisa Moore and Kate Stenberg Soar — Alone and Together
BY Giacomo Fiore

The piano and violin duet explores a satisfying range of contemporary pieces.

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Chamber Music Review
December 13, 2016
A Solid SoundBox Retrospective Hints at Lou Harrison’s World of Ideas
BY Giacomo Fiore

A lovingly curated evening of great music provides just a few snapshots of the composer’s kaleidoscopic career.

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Chamber Music Review
September 13, 2016
S.F. Symphony Celebrates Steve Reich in Style with Clapping on Stage and Off
BY Giacomo Fiore

A rousing retrospective ranges from minimalist to expansive, and celebrates both the somber and the spontaneous.

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Chamber Music Review
June 27, 2016
Dresher and Neuburg Thrill With Their Amalgam of Image and Sound
BY Giacomo Fiore

A collaborative song cycle explores the intersection of photography and music.

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Modern Classical Review
May 13, 2016
Ligeti Etudes Ignite Under Taka Kigawa’s Fingers
BY Giacomo Fiore

Pianist Taka Kigawa brought energy and immediacy to Ligeti’s pianistic Everest.

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Chamber Music Review
March 16, 2016
Deep in the Groove with the Akoma Ensemble
BY Giacomo Fiore

Royal Hartigan guided the stellar combo in a vibrant program that spanned multiple musical traditions.

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Recital Review
March 10, 2016
Pianist Vicky Chow Explores the Hard Edge of Technology
BY Giacomo Fiore

In her San Francisco debut, Vicky Chow showcased works that confronted difficult issues of technology and politics.

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Recital Review
March 8, 2016
Listening In On Ambient Music’s “Beautiful Blandness”
BY Giacomo Fiore

Composer Catherine Lamb creates a composition/soundscape that is both suggestive and familiar.

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Modern Classical Review
February 5, 2016
Earplay Pays Tribute to Stefan Wolpe, Midcentury Modernist
BY Giacomo Fiore

The composer’s early piano sonata and an Andrew Imbrie’s Earplay Fantasy dominated the proceedings.

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Modern Classical Review
December 14, 2015
SoundBox Goes Underground with Cabaret-Inspired Season Opener
BY Giacomo Fiore

Singer Meow Meow headlined a night of provocative, outrageous music-making.

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Modern Classical Review
December 7, 2015
Del Sol Quartet Caps Terry Riley Celebration With Premiere
BY Giacomo Fiore

Still active at 80, Terry Riley’s music continues to engage us, as the Del Sol’s recent performance demonstrated.

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Modern Classical Review
November 10, 2015
Ensemble Intercontemporain Tackles ‘Difficult’ Music
BY Giacomo Fiore

The 31-member ensemble started its residency at UC Berkeley with a performance at Hertz Hall.

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Recital Review
September 21, 2015
Bill Frisell, Not-So-Unplugged at Grace Cathedral
BY Giacomo Fiore

It was unadulterated Bill Frisell, as the guitarist played solo with only his effects pedals as occasional accompaniment.

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