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• Posted SFist Interviews Composer William Bolcom to SFist
  Composer William Bolcom William Bolcom composed two third of the pieces in the program presented by the New Century Chamber Orchestra, in a run which opens tomorrow in Berkeley (and repeats Friday in Palo Alto, Saturday in San Francisco and Sunday in San Rafael). He is also penning a world premiere for another NCCO concert series next May. Bolcom won multiple Grammies, a Pulitzer, the National Medal of Arts and teaches composition at the...
• Posted SFist Interviews Joyce DiDonato to SFist
  Joyce DiDonato, picture: Shelia Rock Mezzo-soprano diva Joyce DiDonato last seduced us here as Octavian in Strauss's Rosenkavalier and is returning on Monday night for her first ever San Francisco Performances recital, with pianist John Churchwell. Joyce made headlines over the summer when she fell during a performance of the Barber of Seville at the Royal Opera House, broke her leg and kept on singing. She set such a courageous example that soprano Sondra...
• Commented on SFist Interviews Cellist Gautier Capuçon
  @Withak: I just learned yesterday that Capucon had canceled the performance due to a medical emergency. He's out for this run, unfortunately....
• Commented on Glen Park Rec Center Defaced With Hate Graffiti
  The same vandals defaced Rossi Park, at arguello near geary. Schlong and svatiskas, the roots of all evil....
• Posted SFist Interviews Cellist Gautier Capuçon to SFist
  Cellist Gautier Capucon [Update 11/13: Due to a medical emergency, Gautier Capuçon had to cancel some of the shows. Please double check the program with the SF Symphony] Gautier Capuçon makes his SF Symphony debut tomorrow. The French cellist will dazzle in Schumann's cello concerto, under the direction of famed Russian conductor Semyon Bychkov (the program also includes a curtain opener by Dutilleux, and Sibelius 5th symphony). It's his third time in San Francisco,...