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.

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Michael Zwiebach - June 6, 2013

June 8, Saturday, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley 11:00 a.m.: Singer/Songwriter José-Luis Orozco.

Michael Zwiebach - June 6, 2013

Mark Adamo has been extraordinarily successful at writing operas. Adamo takes time with lyrical moments, and he is a superb librettist. The reasons for this became clear as he talked to SFCV about his most recent operatic creation.

Michael Zwiebach - June 6, 2013
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann

The birthday cake on June 8 is for Robert Schu

Michael Zwiebach - June 6, 2013

From Hans Christian Andersen to the Grimm brothers, 19th-century Europeans were vastly interested in fairytales. For this playlist we turn to pieces that are directly inspired by folk tales.

Michael Zwiebach - June 3, 2013

The latest concert of the young, well-received duo ZOFO features music from several space-age composers and, of course, excursions to Gustav Holst’s The Planets

Michael Zwiebach - June 3, 2013

Hats off to Susan McMane, who will be taking her Young Women’s Choral Projects charges through a sampling of music, including Galuppi’s marvelous Dixit Dominus.

Michael Zwiebach - May 30, 2013

What's the word on the festival street this weekend? Jazz on the Hill in San Mateo and, yum, Berkeley's Chocolate and Chalk Art Festival.

Michael Zwiebach - May 30, 2013

David Korins is very attuned to creating an “environment” for The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, which is what he describes so interestingly here.

Michael Zwiebach - May 30, 2013

Edward Elgar was the leading English composer at the beginning of the 20th century. It only seems fitting to honor him, not only in his birthday week, but in a time of so much Pomp and Circumstance.

Michael Zwiebach - May 30, 2013

Igor Stravinsky’s famous score for the ballet The Rite of Spring is 100 years old this month, and everyone is celebrating. For this playlist we turn to Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes.