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Rebecca Wishnia

Rebecca Wishnia recently earned her master’s degree in violin from UC Santa Cruz, where she studied with Roy Malan. A passionate chamber musician, she has performed in a variety of ensembles around the Bay Area, in addition to studying and teaching chamber repertoire at festivals each summer.

Articles by this Author

Modern Classical Review
February 13, 2018
Composer Ashley Fure Explores the Collision of Traditional Instruments and Electronics
BY Rebecca Wishnia

A thought-provoking concert at Mills College presents startling ways of making sounds and music.

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Recital Review
January 29, 2018
Timo Andres Constructs a Beautiful Path
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The pianist cleverly interweaves new compositions with Janáček’s On an Overgrown Path.

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Chamber Music Review
January 22, 2018
A Musical Fête for Libby Larsen Missing a Main Course
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Fine performances fail to lift the music above the pleasantly familiar.

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Opera Review
November 7, 2017
Tenor Joe Dan Harper Steals the Spotlight in LCCE’s Death and a Knight
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Great performances mark Left Coast Chamber Ensemble’s ambitious program of two new Kurt Rhode operas.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
October 23, 2017
Lutosławski Concerto Flourishes Under Urbański’s Baton
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The S.F. Symphony gave a stellar account of a 20th-century masterwork, and Joshua Roman carried Dvorak’s Cello Concerto.

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Chamber Music Review
October 16, 2017
Katinka Kleijn and Samuel Adams Reveal Nuanced, Nearly New Works
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The cellist and performer/composer collaborate in a fresh, wide-ranging program.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
October 9, 2017
Krzysztof Urbański Shines, Augustin Hadelich Soars
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The young violinist plays a thrilling Mendelssohn concerto in perfect synch with the S.F. Symphony

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Festival Review
September 12, 2017
SFEMF Channels Currents of Electronica From the Beautiful to the Baffling
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Aficionados celebrate an eclectic range of new (and even old) electronic music at the 18th annual festival.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
June 25, 2017
Pulling Out the Stops for the Modern Age at S.F. Symphony
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Sometimes concert extras don’t add that much.

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Modern Classical Review
June 19, 2017
At Ojai North, A History Opera Gets Bogged Down in Details
BY Rebecca Wishnia

George Lewis’s Afterword, an opera has an original premise, and some beautiful music, but there’s one big fly in the ointment.

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Chamber Music Review
June 13, 2017
Switchboard Festival Channels Musical Currents
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Strong new music performed by Splinter Reeds, Kronos Quartet, and Ramon & Jessica’s sextet highlight a solid program.

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Chamber Music Review
May 28, 2017
Remembering Not To Forget
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Catherine Cook and the Music of Remembrance Ensemble deliver powerful music inspired by Holocaust horrors.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
May 19, 2017
A New Century Survey, With Some Substance
BY Rebecca Wishnia

In one of her final concerts with the ensemble, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg leads a program of NCCO-commissioned works, including a standout composition by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
May 12, 2017
Ensemble Mise-En Assembles New Sextets
BY Rebecca Wishnia

It’s an unusual mix of instruments, but Ensemble Mise-En makes it work.

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Recital Review
May 4, 2017
Inbal Segev Offers Four Great Reasons to Program More Music by Women Composers
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The solo cellist presented strong works by Augusta Thomas Read, Missy Mazzoli, Anna Clyne, and Gity Razaz.

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Chamber Music Review
April 27, 2017
Best New (Old) Group: Quatuor Danel
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The long-running European ensemble is a new sensation here, and for good reason.

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Chamber Music Review
April 24, 2017
SFCMP Offers a Mellow Centennial for Lou Harrison
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Despite four delightful, beautifully performed works, the program left the listener wanting more.

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Chamber Music Review
April 18, 2017
Adès’s Quartets Stack Up Well in Calder Quartet’s Performance
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Arcadiana and The Four Quarters hold their own in the ultimate comparison — with Beethoven.

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Chamber Music Review
April 18, 2017
Prescription Drug Nation Is Just What the Doctor Ordered
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Composer Aaron Gervais pairs intriguing guitar music with expressive dancers to explore a culture steeped in pharmaceuticals.

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Chamber Music Review
April 13, 2017
The Nordic Affect Entrances With Unusual, Contemporary Sounds
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The Icelandic quartet plays brand-new music on Baroque-period instruments.

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