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

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NCCO Showcases Bolcom

Michael Zwiebach - November 3, 2009
The upcoming New Century Chamber Orchestra concerts will introduce the music of this year’s “featured composer,” William Bolcom. A major name in American music, Bolcom is one of the old guard whose compositions, from the rags like Graceful Ghost and Galloping Ghost to the Songs of Innocence and Experience, have become staples in the American music repertory.
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Festival of Remembrance: Una Celebracion

Michael Zwiebach - October 28, 2009
Trio Nuevo Amanecer

Santa Rosa Symphony presents a concert of music from famous Mexican composers, appropriate for a Day of the Dead celebration.

Redwood Symphony's Family Halloween

Michael Zwiebach - October 28, 2009
There isn't much of a scare factor in the Redwood Symphony's annual Halloween concert. It's a family-friendly event that features a “tour of the orchestra,” with all the instruments demonstrated.
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BooM BooM Baroque

Michael Zwiebach - October 28, 2009
Nicholas McGegan

Who says the great masters don't get out anymore?

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UC Berkeley Building Up Bloch

Michael Zwiebach - October 28, 2009
There are a lot of composer anniversaries out there, and the lesser ones tend to be ignored. In 2009, the 50th anniversary of Ernest Bloch's death took a back seat to other commemorations, and the UC Berkeley Symphony is doing its part to take up the slack.
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Philharmonia Baroque’s Panoply of Purcell

Michael Zwiebach - October 20, 2009
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra fans won’t be surprised that star opera mezzo-soprano Susan Graham is headlining the group’s coming performances of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas.

Natasha Paremski at the Peninsula Symphony

Michael Zwiebach - October 13, 2009
Natasha Paremski, a fine pianist who captivated audiences in her debut recital here a year and a half ago, returns to the Bay Area to play Rachmaninov's beloved Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Peninsula Symphony. Mitchell Sardou-Klein's hardworking group are also presenting Shostakovich's whimsical Symphony No. 9 and Wagner's Overture to Rienzi.

Disney Classics at the San Francisco Symphony

Michael Zwiebach - October 13, 2009
The San Francisco Symphony has an unabashedly populist side that is refreshing and possibly also remunerative — not a small consideration for an expensive institution. Celebrating the opening of the Walt Disney Family Museum with music from classic Disney films will make a pops concert of great variety, however.

Itzhak Perlman and the San Francisco Symphony

Michael Zwiebach - October 7, 2009
You may not have heard Edward Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for String Orchestra, Op. 47, which opens Itzhak Perlman's concert with the San Francisco Symphony next week. But its neo-Baroque form and polyphonic wizardry make an interesting counterpoint with the following work on the program, Bach's Violin Concerto No. 2.

Earplay

Michael Zwiebach - October 7, 2009

It's not hard to imagine a small organization like Earplay having a "now what?" moment in the wake of the economic devastation that dried up foundation grants, donations, and other sources of arts funding. But the determined new-music group came up with a winner of a fundraiser.