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Jeff Kaliss

Jeff Kaliss has featured and reviewed classical, jazz, rock, and world musics and other entertainment for the San Francisco Chronicle and a host of other regional, national, international, and web-based publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and is the author of I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone (Backbeat Books) and numerous textbook and encyclopedia entries, album liner notes, and festival program notes.

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Artist Spotlight
New Century Welcomes Mandolin Mates
February 24, 2012
New Century Welcomes Mandolin Mates
BY Jeff Kaliss

Three centuries of mandolin music are embraced by performers Mike Marshall and Catarina Lichtenberg in their conversation with SFCV and their upcoming concerts around the Bay.

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Feature Article
The Wide World of Ali Akbar Khan
February 21, 2012
The Wide World of Ali Akbar Khan
BY Jeff Kaliss

A world-renowned college of Indian music in the North Bay continues to share the treasures of North Indian classical music.

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Kids & Families Feature
Kids Around the Bay
February 9, 2012
Kids Around the Bay
BY Jeff Kaliss
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Kids & Families Feature
Kids Around the Bay
February 2, 2012
Kids Around the Bay
BY Jeff Kaliss
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Artist Spotlight
Kronos and Qasimov Explore Central Asia
January 29, 2012
Kronos and Qasimov Explore Central Asia
BY Jeff Kaliss

Fresh from a European tour, the Kronos Quartet hosts a pair of Bay Area presentations of the tantalizing music of Azerbaijan, along with fascinating new additions to their repertoire.

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Upcoming Concert
Jindong Cai: Celebrating the Arts of Asia
January 27, 2012
Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival
Jindong Cai: Celebrating the Arts of Asia
BY Jeff Kaliss

The revered arts and culture of several Asian countries are celebrated in a festival at Stanford, now in its eighth year.

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Kids & Families Feature
Kids Around the Bay
January 26, 2012
Kids Around the Bay
BY Jeff Kaliss
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Kids & Families Feature
Kids Around the Bay
January 19, 2012
Kids Around the Bay
BY Jeff Kaliss
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Artist Spotlight
Triple Threat Pinchas Zukerman: Musical Meteor
January 10, 2012
Triple Threat Pinchas Zukerman: Musical Meteor
BY Jeff Kaliss

Keeping busy as violinist, violist, conductor, and teacher, 63-year-old Pinchas Zukerman has plenty to say about what he’s learned ... and what’s to come.

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Overcoming Obstacles – How to Nudge Children When They are Resistant
January 6, 2012
Overcoming Obstacles – How to Nudge Children When They are Resistant
BY Jeff Kaliss
Praise, not punishment...
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Upcoming Concert
Bay Area Youth Orchestras Come Together
January 5, 2012
Bay Area Youth Orchestras Come Together
BY Jeff Kaliss

The third annual Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival is coming to Davies Symphony Hall.

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Artist Spotlight
Daniel Pollack: From Russia With Love
December 14, 2011
Daniel Pollack: From Russia With Love
BY Jeff Kaliss

Daniel Pollack has fulfilled endless requests to return to perform in Russia, where he and Van Cliburn triumphed in the first-ever Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, 53 years ago.

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Upcoming Concert
Aaron Neville
December 7, 2011
SFJAZZ
Aaron Neville
BY Jeff Kaliss

Although he’s recorded the Christmas repertoire before, most of us haven’t had the chance to witness him delivering it live, and it’ll be bound to raise goose bumps, regardless of the weather.

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Artist Spotlight
Joan to the World: Baez Joins OEBS Holiday Fete
December 6, 2011
Joan to the World: Baez Joins OEBS Holiday Fete
BY Jeff Kaliss

The siren songstress of '60s social causes, home for the holidays in Woodside, joins Maestro Michael Morgan for the Oakland East Bay Symphony's annual celebration.

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Kids & Families Feature
Bronstein: A Harmonious Mom-and-Pop Store
November 30, 2011
Bronstein: A Harmonious Mom-and-Pop Store
BY Jeff Kaliss

Founded in 1946 with the motto “Everything in Music,” the Bronstein store in South San Francisco continues to provide instruments, accessories, lessons, and repairs with skill and charm hard to find in modern times.

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Upcoming Concert
Denise Perrier
November 3, 2011
SFJAZZ
Denise Perrier
BY Jeff Kaliss

Perrier will join host vocalist Pamela Rose in serving up a musical offering to what she calls the “Wild Women of Song,” among them Alberta Hunter and Peggy Lee. It’ll be a warm and delicious run-up to Thanksgiving.

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Artist Spotlight
Hilary Hahn: Jumping Into Commissions and the Internet
October 17, 2011
Hilary Hahn: Jumping Into Commissions and the Internet
BY Jeff Kaliss

The fearless violinist broadens her reach, commissioning new works and keeping up a lively Web presence.

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Artist Spotlight
McCoy Tyner: To Make a Piano Sing
October 7, 2011
McCoy Tyner: To Make a Piano Sing
BY Jeff Kaliss

Legendary pianist McCoy Tyner expounds on his six decades of music-making, and swinging alongside other jazz greats.

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Festival Review
October 2, 2011
American Roots Music for the Masses
BY Jeff Kaliss

Bluegrass, banjos, and country-and-western play to happy multitudes in Golden Gate Park.

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Artist Spotlight
Warren Hellman Plants Bluegrass (and much more) in Golden Gate Park
September 28, 2011
Warren Hellman Plants Bluegrass (and much more) in Golden Gate Park
BY Jeff Kaliss

The founder (and funder) of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival talks about the banjo, his financial career, and musicians he loves to pluck strings alongside.

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