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Michael Zwiebach

Michael Zwiebach is the senior editor/ content manager for SFCV. He assigns all articles and content, manages the writing staff and does editing. A member of SFCV from the beginning, Michael holds a Ph.D. in music history from the University of California, Berkeley.

Articles by this Author

Feature Article
Recommended: Music We Think You Should Listen To
May 12, 2020
Recommended: Music We Think You Should Listen To
BY Michael Zwiebach

Fantastic performances from a week spent strolling the internet.

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Renée Fleming’s Latest Gig: Hosting a Music and Science Webinar
May 12, 2020
Renée Fleming’s Latest Gig: Hosting a Music and Science Webinar
BY Michael Zwiebach
Music and Mind Live builds on the star soprano’s longtime interests in practical implications of music-and-the-brain research.
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Santa Cruz Symphony Bends Its 2020–2021 Season in Order Not to Break It
May 5, 2020
Santa Cruz Symphony Bends Its 2020–2021 Season in Order Not to Break It
BY Michael Zwiebach
There will be concerts by Santa Cruz Symphony again, but the orchestra is hedging its bets as to when.
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California Symphony Plans Exciting Surprises for 2020–2021
April 24, 2020
California Symphony Plans Exciting Surprises for 2020–2021
BY Michael Zwiebach
In a finely balanced season, the orchestra will feature a few crowd-pleasers from unexpected sources.
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New Music Resounds Amid the Crisis
April 21, 2020
New Music Resounds Amid the Crisis
BY Michael Zwiebach
National Sawdust, Bang on a Can, and the Center for New Music are just three of the organizations stepping up their game despite financial duress.
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Avery Fisher Career Grants Showcase the Promise of Youth
April 14, 2020
Avery Fisher Career Grants Showcase the Promise of Youth
BY Michael Zwiebach
All three of the awardees have slipped through the Bay Area, and with luck will be back.
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Early Music/Baroque Review
April 7, 2020
American Bach Soloists Grant Us Much Needed Tranquility
BY Michael Zwiebach

Bach wrote a bunch of good tunes. Wouldn’t you like to hear some about now?

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CD Review
March 24, 2020
SF Symphony Illuminates Charles Ives
BY Michael Zwiebach

The orchestra under Michael Tilson Thomas lends a helping hand to anyone who’s ever been perplexed by Ives’s symphonies.

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2020 Cabrillo Festival Aims Directly at Contemporary Issues as Well as Music
March 17, 2020
2020 Cabrillo Festival Aims Directly at Contemporary Issues as Well as Music
BY Michael Zwiebach
If you find transcendence at the 2020 edition of this long-running new music festival, it will be earned.
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Feature Article
Facing Crisis, Opera San José Sets Up Relief Fund for Its Musicians
March 17, 2020
Facing Crisis, Opera San José Sets Up Relief Fund for Its Musicians
BY Michael Zwiebach

General Director Khori Dastoor knows firsthand the challenges of being an artist, and it has shaped her responses to the coronavirus shutdown.

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LA Opera Reports Findings on Domingo Harassment Scandal
March 10, 2020
LA Opera Reports Findings on Domingo Harassment Scandal
BY Michael Zwiebach
The opera company summarizes the results of the law firm hired to look into the sexual harassment allegations against Plácido Domingo.
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New Music Review
March 10, 2020
The Living Earth Show Revisits Echoes
BY Michael Zwiebach

The “spoken-word chamber opera” created with Kronos Quartet and Youth Speaks lays out a vision of San Francisco through poetry and personal narrative.

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Sheri Greenawald Announces Her Retirement as Head of Merola Opera Program
March 4, 2020
Sheri Greenawald Announces Her Retirement as Head of Merola Opera Program
BY Michael Zwiebach
The star soprano and beloved teacher leaves an extraordinary legacy, and hundreds of grateful students.
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Los Angeles Master Chorale Plans a Busy 2020–2021
February 25, 2020
Los Angeles Master Chorale Plans a Busy 2020–2021
BY Michael Zwiebach
In addition to its own season, LAMC will also be heard with the LA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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Van Nuys High School Students Premiere Their Own Oratorio
February 18, 2020
Van Nuys High School Students Premiere Their Own Oratorio
BY Michael Zwiebach
LA Master Chorale’s outreach project is teaching students to create new works in the classical form.
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LA Phil Overflows With Exciting Projects in 2020–2021
February 11, 2020
LA Phil Overflows With Exciting Projects in 2020–2021
BY Michael Zwiebach
Try to keep up, folks, this is a densely packed season.
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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
February 11, 2020
Berkeley Symphony Promotes Women’s Achievements in “You Have A Voice”
BY Michael Zwiebach

The SF Girls Chorus was on hand to embody that assertion.

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Opera Review
February 4, 2020
West Edge Opera’s Snapshot of the Future
BY Michael Zwiebach

Invigorating ideas of what opera might be were on display at the fourth WEO Snapshot Festival.

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Michael Morgan Set to Debut Across the Bay With SF Symphony
February 4, 2020
Michael Morgan Set to Debut Across the Bay With SF Symphony
BY Michael Zwiebach
Florence Price’s Symphony No. 3 will top the bill.
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LA Opera Ups the Ante With 2020–2021 Season
January 28, 2020
LA Opera Ups the Ante With 2020–2021 Season
BY Michael Zwiebach
All-new productions and its signature Off-Grand series continue to mark LA Opera’s ambitions.
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