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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

Chamber Music Review
April 4, 2017
Violinist Alina Ibragimova and Pianist Cédric Tiberghien Captivate at Herbst
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Both polished performers shone, but not always at the same time.

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Festival Review
March 21, 2017
The Dizzying World of György Ligeti
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Bard Music West — an alluring conglomeration of tastes from the life of György Ligeti.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
March 14, 2017
S.F. Symphony Premiere of Hindemith Is a Balancing Act
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Marek Janowski brought strongly individual ideas to Hindemith’s Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Fourth Symphony.

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Chamber Music Review
March 7, 2017
Music Hot Off the Press
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The student-run Hot Air Festival at S.F. Conservatory is always fresh, with a few highlights for new music fans.

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Opera Review
March 1, 2017
West Edge’s Snapshot II Takes Wide-Angle View of New Opera
BY Rebecca Wishnia

A program of contemporary excerpts reveals both rough edges and refined ideas.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
February 28, 2017
Sorrow and Strength in John Adams’s Scheherazade.2
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Violinist Leila Josefowicz is masterful in one of the composer’s finest scores.

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Chamber Music Review
February 7, 2017
Kronos Keeps It Fresh
BY Rebecca Wishnia

The Kronos Quartet prepares us for the future of music with “Here and Now.”

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Chamber Music Review
January 31, 2017
Reich Is Ripe at 80
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Ensemble Signal shines in a program of recent Steve Reich works that demand precision and verve.

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Opera Review
January 24, 2017
Local Composers Caught in the Act at West Edge Opera’s Snapshot
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Stephen Eddins’s adaptation of a Eudora Welty story is the highlight of a strong program of works in progress.

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Modern Classical Review
January 24, 2017
Latest SoundBox Lets Audience Fill in the Blanks
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Excerpts proved the rule at the latest set, hosted by composer Mason Bates and conductor Edwin Outwater.

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Feature Article
Inside Track: Indexical Taps a Youthful Audience in Santa Cruz
January 4, 2017
Inside Track: Indexical Taps a Youthful Audience in Santa Cruz
BY Rebecca Wishnia

From “unmixed pop” to the latest electronica experiments, a new music presenter is bringing in the millennial music lover.

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Modern Classical Review
November 15, 2016
Luciano Chessa Makes Waves With Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze!
BY Rebecca Wishnia

With help from The Living Earth Show, the composer delivers an eerie, waterborne work inspired by Moby Dick.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
November 2, 2016
Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic Electrify Andrew Norman’s Play
BY Rebecca Wishnia

A dazzling composition inspired by video-game conventions is the highlight of a perfect Halloween program.

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Chamber Music Review
October 27, 2016
Musical Belle Lettrists Collide in “A Close Correspondence”
BY Rebecca Wishnia

New music aces Volti and Left Coast Ensemble team up for a program based on personal letters.

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Chamber Music Review
October 18, 2016
The Takács Quartet Takes on the Beethoven Cycle
BY Rebecca Wishnia

In their first concert in the series, the venerable ensemble delivered a mixed performance that ranged from murky to transcendent.

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Chamber Music Review
October 11, 2016
Imagination Abounds at S.F. Contemporary Music Players’ Season Opener
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Unusual instrumental techniques highlight gorgeous soundscapes in a varied program of new music.

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Modern Classical Review
September 26, 2016
Steven Schick Builds a Theater of Sound with his Fabulous Machine
BY Rebecca Wishnia

In the guise of a wildly imaginative inventor, Schick works magic with his musical contraptions.

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Chamber Music Review
September 19, 2016
New Century Chamber Orchestra Finds Gold in Their Silver Season Opener
BY Rebecca Wishnia

With pianist Inon Barnatan, the orchestra was in tip-top form covering Mozart and Philip Glass.

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Festival Review
September 13, 2016
Making Possible the Impossible at S.F. Electronic Music Festival
BY Rebecca Wishnia

Sometimes a walk on the wild side leads to new perspectives.

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Chamber Music Review
August 20, 2016
Anonymous Stories Star in David Lang’s the day
BY Rebecca Wishnia

After playing second fiddle to text on Lang’s new piece, cellist Maya Beiser shines on his earlier world to come.

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