Marianne Lipanovich

Marianne Lipanovich is a writer and editor based in Redwood City. A gardening expert, she is a lifelong music lover, having learned to read music before she learned to read.

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Marianne Lipanovich - January 18, 2010
Some classical musicians are stars within the genre. Others have become known outside the classical field. And then there’s Yo-Yo Ma.
Marianne Lipanovich - January 12, 2010
It’s play time for the Ives Quartet. This time, in the second of its three-concert series titled “The Nature of Playing,” the Ives will explore how to play well with others.

Not that that’s really a problem; ensemble playing is not exactly a sand box. “Playing,” in all senses of the word, is something the quartet already does well.

Marianne Lipanovich - December 14, 2009
It’s always a time to celebrate whenever the FOG Trio returns to the Bay Area.
Marianne Lipanovich - November 30, 2009
“Old-fashioned” Christmas music takes on a new meaning when the Philharmonia Baroque Chamber Players celebrate the holiday season at Kohl Mansion on Dec. 13. Like its parent group, the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, this chamber music quartet performs early music on period instruments.
Marianne Lipanovich - October 19, 2009
Certainly you’ve heard Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, both live and on recordings, over the years. But have you heard it played on a violin that inspired an Academy Award–winning movie?

That’s what’s in store at the Marin Symphony program coming up on Nov. 1 and 3.

Marianne Lipanovich - October 12, 2009
Gold Coast Chamber Players
Fantasy (or phantasie) and the unusual is the theme of the day when the Gold Coast Chamber Players perform at Noe Valley Chamber Music Se
Marianne Lipanovich - October 6, 2009

The founders of the summer music festival Music@Menlo are returning to the Peninsula this fall. Wu Han and David Finckel, along with Anthony McGill, are performing on Oct. 11 at the opening of the new Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, on the campus of Menlo-Atherton High School. It’s a state-of-the-art building, and, says Wu Han, “I can’t wait to play there.”

Marianne Lipanovich - September 28, 2009
Murray Perahia

Internationally renowned pianist Murray Perahia returns to San Francisco to open the 2009–2010 season of the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Per

Marianne Lipanovich - September 21, 2009
In its 11th season, the Ives Quartet once again is taking a fresh look at chamber music, with the result being a typically (for it) eclectic mix of pieces that relate to each other in surprising ways. “Putting the Pieces Together” is the first of its three-concert main-stage series.
Marianne Lipanovich - September 15, 2009
An evening of quality classical music might be closer to home than you realized. The Bay Area is blessed with a lively regional music scene. Two stellar orchestras that are part of this scene are opening their 2009-2010 seasons this month.