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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.

Articles by this Author

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Moore’s <em>Girl of Diamond Mountain</em> Covers Rough Terrain
March 25, 2015
Berkeley Black Repertory Theater
Moore’s Girl of Diamond Mountain Covers Rough Terrain
BY Jeff Kaliss

The composer talks about his recent project as well as his experience as a black classical composer.

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Composer Rohde Wins Award, Prepares for <em>Death With Interruptions</em>
March 10, 2015
Composer Rohde Wins Award, Prepares for Death With Interruptions
BY Jeff Kaliss
With an opera a week away from its premiere, Kurt Rohde barely has time to acknowledge a prestigious award that's come his way.
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A Young Violinist’s New Old Guarneri
February 24, 2015
A Young Violinist’s New Old Guarneri
BY Jeff Kaliss
Ye-Eun Choi has everything going for her, and now she has a Guarneri violin on long-term loan.
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Mads Tolling: Violinist Going Back to His Roots
February 19, 2015
Oakland Symphony
Mads Tolling: Violinist Going Back to His Roots
BY Jeff Kaliss

The latest premiere at the Oakland-East Bay Symphony is a concerto from a well-known jazz and fusion violinist.

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Gerbode Foundation Chooses Choreography Grant Winners
February 17, 2015
Gerbode Foundation Chooses Choreography Grant Winners
BY Jeff Kaliss
CounterPulse, ODC, and AXIS Dance Company are among the companies that won grants to produce new work in 2016-17.
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Recital Review
February 15, 2015
Lisa Delan Recital a Pure Delight
BY Jeff Kaliss

In a recital that was almost a house concert, the music was well-served.

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Cal Performances Introduces RADICAL Program
February 11, 2015
Cal Performances Introduces RADICAL Program
BY Jeff Kaliss
Announcing a new program aimed at “millenials” to promote art through digital media.
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Artist Spotlight
Renaud Capuçon: On Partnerships and the Quest for Musical Perfection
February 9, 2015
Renaud Capuçon: On Partnerships and the Quest for Musical Perfection
BY Jeff Kaliss

Speaking to us from his home in Paris during a well-deserved break from the road, virtuoso violinist Renaud Capuçon discusses the women, repertoire, and violins in his life.

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Feature Article
<em>Dead Man Walking</em> Has Legs and a New Production
February 4, 2015
Dead Man Walking Has Legs and a New Production
BY Jeff Kaliss

Sister Helen Prejean, composer Jake Heggie, and Opera Parallele artistic director Nicole Paiement reflect on the creation and artistic success of the opera.

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Artist Spotlight
Paul Jacobs: An Organist Contemplating Music
January 22, 2015
Paul Jacobs: An Organist Contemplating Music
BY Jeff Kaliss

The celebrated organist talks about Messiaen’s Livre du Saint-Sacrament, which he performs this weekend, and about advocating for his instrument.

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Ali Akbar Khan Library To Open in Marin
January 12, 2015
Ali Akbar Khan Library To Open in Marin
BY Jeff Kaliss
The teaching of the great Indian classical musician has been preserved on tape and is now going to be available to the public.
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Emil Miland and Friends: A Cello Connection
January 7, 2015
Noe Valley Chamber Music
Emil Miland and Friends: A Cello Connection
BY Jeff Kaliss

A cellist heralds in the New Year with two concerts, both of them involving old acquaintances, as well as new music.

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CD Review
December 19, 2014
Branford Marsalis: Recording, Live at Grace Cathedral
BY Jeff Kaliss

Branford Marsalis as you’ve never heard him before, on solo saxophone, in a ranging program of styles, in the cavernous, holy confines of Grace Cathedral.

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Artist Spotlight
Neville Marriner: Knighted, Ninety, and Not Done Yet
December 13, 2014
Neville Marriner: Knighted, Ninety, and Not Done Yet
BY Jeff Kaliss

The celebrated conductor shares memories of the founding of his orchestra and the making of Amadeus.

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Opera as Serial Drama: Lisa Bielawaʼs <em>Vireo</em> Set For Premiere
December 9, 2014
Opera as Serial Drama: Lisa Bielawaʼs Vireo Set For Premiere
BY Jeff Kaliss
Lisa Bielawa's latest big idea is an opera conceived as separate productions of individual parts.
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Early Music/Baroque Review
November 24, 2014
East of the River: Instrumental in Early Music
BY Jeff Kaliss

Nina Stern and Daphna Mor brought both their virtuosity and their educational mission to the Bay Area in the company of their East of the River ensemble.

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<em>Curlew River</em> Streams Britten
November 7, 2014
Cal Performances
Curlew River Streams Britten
BY Jeff Kaliss

Curlew River arrives at Zellerbach Hall next weekend. The story of seeking and redemption, set to the music of Benjamin Britten, is also a story of fulfillment for visionary British director Netia Jones.

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Artist Spotlight
Stafford Agee: Horning In With the Rebirth Brass Band
November 3, 2014
Stafford Agee: Horning In With the Rebirth Brass Band
BY Jeff Kaliss

Traditional jazz still flourishes in New Orleans and elsewhere, kept alive by groups such as the Rebirth Brass Band.

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Artist Spotlight
Stéphane Denève: A Conductor to Curate Art for All
October 7, 2014
Stéphane Denève: A Conductor to Curate Art for All
BY Jeff Kaliss

The French-born conductor Stéphane Denève takes the S.F. Symphony on a lively international tour with works composed within a few years of each other.

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Chamber Music Review
September 21, 2014
All Abuzz: S.F. Friends of Chamber Music
BY Jeff Kaliss

At the SFFCM Music Day featuring several acts in the three performance areas bubbles with enthusiasm and portends good things to come.

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