Explore the stories and sounds of San Francisco’s Chinese community and the American experience.
Engaging artist conversations and performances by award-winning pipa virtuoso Shenshen Zhang and SF Symphony musicians bring this singular journey to life. Hosted/curated by Michael Morgan.
Heard in this program:
BRIGHT SHENG: Seasons (Qinghai) and The Little Cabbage (Hebei) from Seven Tunes Heard in China (new arrangement by Bright Sheng for pipa, violin, viola, and cello)
Shenshen Zhang, pipa
Jessie Fellows, violin
Yun Jie Liu, viola
Amos Yang, cello
Explore the freedom, movement, and profound expression of Jazz.
The heyday of San Francisco’s Fillmore District—known as the “Harlem of the West” in the 1940s and ’50s—was an important chapter both for Jazz and the Black American experience. Experience Jazz as a state of mind with host/curator M...
