2026 Summer Series: Groove Café

John Psathas’ Island Songs bring sun, surf, and a dash of Kiwi cool – no sunscreen required. Then you’re kept guessing with Eliodoro Sollima’s Tre movimenti, leaping from atonal intrigue to melodic surprises faster than you can say “cin cin”. Vivian Fung’s Ominous Machine whirs, glitches, and grooves like your favourite gadget on a caffeine rush. And it all ends with Nikolai Kapustin’s Divertissement, the ultimate musical cocktail: equal parts classical poise and jazz swagger, shaken (not stirred) into four sparkling movements. 

This concert features guest pianist Stephen De Pledge 

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2026 Summer Series: Groove Café

John Psathas’ Island Songs bring sun, surf, and a dash of Kiwi cool – no sunscreen required. Then you’re kept guessing with Eliodoro Sollima’s Tre movimenti, leaping from atonal intrigue to melodic surprises faster than you can say “cin cin”. Vivian Fung’s Ominous Machine whirs, glitches, and grooves like your favourite gadget on a caffeine rush. And it all ends with Nikolai Kapustin’s Divertissement, the ultimate musical cocktail: equal parts classical poise and jazz swagger, shaken (not stirred) into four sparkling movements. 

This concert features guest pianist Stephen De Pledge 

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Program
Li Huanzhi, Spring Festival Overture
Vivian Fung, Pizzicato
Zhao Jiping, Concerto No. 2
Chen Gexin, Gōngxǐ Gōngxǐ (恭喜恭喜)
Huang Ruo, Folk Songs
Grieg, Piano Concerto A Minor, Op.16–Mvt. I
Alison Yun Fei Jiang, The Mountain Paths of Shu are Treacherous! (Shǔ Dào Nán / 蜀道难) (World Première)
Liu Tieshan (刘铁山) & Mao Yuan (茅沅), Dance of Yao People

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2026 Summer Series: Groove Café

John Psathas’ Island Songs bring sun, surf, and a dash of Kiwi cool – no sunscreen required. Then you’re kept guessing with Eliodoro Sollima’s Tre movimenti, leaping from atonal intrigue to melodic surprises faster than you can say “cin cin”. Vivian Fung’s Ominous Machine whirs, glitches, and grooves like your favourite gadget on a caffeine rush. And it all ends with Nikolai Kapustin’s Divertissement, the ultimate musical cocktail: equal parts classical poise and jazz swagger, shaken (not stirred) into four sparkling movements. 

This concert features guest pianist Stephen De Pledge 

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2026 Summer Series: Groove Café

John Psathas’ Island Songs bring sun, surf, and a dash of Kiwi cool – no sunscreen required. Then you’re kept guessing with Eliodoro Sollima’s Tre movimenti, leaping from atonal intrigue to melodic surprises faster than you can say “cin cin”. Vivian Fung’s Ominous Machine whirs, glitches, and grooves like your favourite gadget on a caffeine rush. And it all ends with Nikolai Kapustin’s Divertissement, the ultimate musical cocktail: equal parts classical poise and jazz swagger, shaken (not stirred) into four sparkling movements. 

This concert features guest pianist Stephen De Pledge 

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Artistic Director Kristin Lee teams up with our three-time GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble-in-residence, Sandbox Percussion, for a groundbreaking performance featuring three new premieres. This cutting-edge program showcases the dynamic blending of violin and percussion quartet- an unforgettable experience that pushes the boundaries of chamber music.

Program:

Joan Tower To Sing or to Dance (Seattle Premiere) ECM co-commission
Gabriella Smith FIVE (World Premiere)
Vivian Fung Goddess//Insect (World Premiere) ECM co-commission

Kristin Lee, violin | Sandbox Percussion, Ensemble in Residence: Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney, percussion

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Conductor: Earl Lee
Soloist: Kerson Leong

Vivian Fung: Aqua
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Sibelius’s Violin Concerto occupies rare territory—technically demanding, deeply expressive, and long admired by audiences. Kerson Leong returns to pour his talent into this haunting and expansive work. Vivian Fung’s Aqua brings a vivid, contemporary voice to the program, evoking shifting textures and fluid motion inspired by the natural world. The program closes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, a deeply introspective work spanning a range of emotions, from quiet melancholy to vibrant, almost frenetic intensity.

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2026 Summer Series: Groove Café

John Psathas’ Island Songs bring sun, surf, and a dash of Kiwi cool – no sunscreen required. Then you’re kept guessing with Eliodoro Sollima’s Tre movimenti, leaping from atonal intrigue to melodic surprises faster than you can say “cin cin”. Vivian Fung’s Ominous Machine whirs, glitches, and grooves like your favourite gadget on a caffeine rush. And it all ends with Nikolai Kapustin’s Divertissement, the ultimate musical cocktail: equal parts classical poise and jazz swagger, shaken (not stirred) into four sparkling movements. 

This concert features guest pianist Stephen De Pledge 

Details and tickets>>>

Artistic Director Kristin Lee teams up with our three-time GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble-in-residence, Sandbox Percussion, for a groundbreaking performance featuring three new premieres. This cutting-edge program showcases the dynamic blending of violin and percussion quartet- an unforgettable experience that pushes the boundaries of chamber music.

Program:

Joan Tower To Sing or to Dance (Seattle Premiere) ECM co-commission
Gabriella Smith FIVE (World Premiere)
Vivian Fung Goddess//Insect (World Premiere) ECM co-commission

Kristin Lee, violin | Sandbox Percussion, Ensemble in Residence: Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney, percussion

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Canadian composer Vivian Fung’s bold and vibrant Parade and Kevin Chen’s take on Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 17, filled with wit, sparkling interplay, and serene beauty, complement Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7—a fiery, dramatic, and powerful masterpiece regarded as one of his greatest.

TSO RBC Resident Conductor
Kevin Chen, piano

Vivian Fung: Parade
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7

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Conductor: Earl Lee
Soloist: Kerson Leong

Vivian Fung: Aqua
Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6

Sibelius’s Violin Concerto occupies rare territory—technically demanding, deeply expressive, and long admired by audiences. Kerson Leong returns to pour his talent into this haunting and expansive work. Vivian Fung’s Aqua brings a vivid, contemporary voice to the program, evoking shifting textures and fluid motion inspired by the natural world. The program closes with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, a deeply introspective work spanning a range of emotions, from quiet melancholy to vibrant, almost frenetic intensity.

Details and tickets>>>

2026 Summer Series: Groove Café

John Psathas’ Island Songs bring sun, surf, and a dash of Kiwi cool – no sunscreen required. Then you’re kept guessing with Eliodoro Sollima’s Tre movimenti, leaping from atonal intrigue to melodic surprises faster than you can say “cin cin”. Vivian Fung’s Ominous Machine whirs, glitches, and grooves like your favourite gadget on a caffeine rush. And it all ends with Nikolai Kapustin’s Divertissement, the ultimate musical cocktail: equal parts classical poise and jazz swagger, shaken (not stirred) into four sparkling movements. 

This concert features guest pianist Stephen De Pledge 

Details and tickets>>>

Canadian composer Vivian Fung’s bold and vibrant Parade and Kevin Chen’s take on Mozart’s elegant Piano Concerto No. 17, filled with wit, sparkling interplay, and serene beauty, complement Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7—a fiery, dramatic, and powerful masterpiece regarded as one of his greatest.

TSO RBC Resident Conductor
Kevin Chen, piano

Vivian Fung: Parade
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453
Dvořák: Symphony No. 7

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A live performance of music and poetry by Del Sol Quartet and poet Genny Lim, co-author of ISLAND, the first book of Angel Island poetry. This performance will amplify the experience of the Chinese diaspora on Angel Island through excerpts of their new project "Facing the Moon." The 45- minute concert includes new poetry by Genny Lim & music by Vivian Fung, Meilina Tsui, Theresa Wong, and Chinary Ung.

There will be one performance at 12:00 in the Detention Barracks Museum. Please note that the start time of this performance is subject to change.

There will be shuttles from Ayala Cove to the Immigration Station at 10:30 and 11:30 for the concert.

The performance is included in your $5 admission to the Detention Barracks Museum. Sign up below to let us know you’re attending.

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Symphonic Dances

Program

Prayer, Vivian Fung
Symphonic Dances, Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Beethoven’s beloved “Pastorale” Symphony is filled with imaginative musical depictions of birdsong, a flowing stream, a thunderstorm, and other sounds of country life. Edmonton-born Vivian Fung’s Parade, inspired by watching her 6-year old son in a parade following pandemic lockdowns, is a “celebration of community that also explores the journey from solitude to togetherness.” Camille Saint-Saëns often said, “form is the essence of art,” a principle that is eloquently realized in his compact Cello Concerto No. 1, featuring Montreal-born Jean-Guihen Queyras in his long overdue ESO debut.

Program
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Fauré, Élégie for Cello
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1
Fung, Parade

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Beethoven’s beloved “Pastorale” Symphony is filled with imaginative musical depictions of birdsong, a flowing stream, a thunderstorm, and other sounds of country life. Edmonton-born Vivian Fung’s Parade, inspired by watching her 6-year old son in a parade following pandemic lockdowns, is a “celebration of community that also explores the journey from solitude to togetherness.” Camille Saint-Saëns often said, “form is the essence of art,” a principle that is eloquently realized in his compact Cello Concerto No. 1, featuring Montreal-born Jean-Guihen Queyras in his long overdue ESO debut.

Program
Beethoven, Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
Fauré, Élégie for Cello
Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto No. 1
Fung, Parade

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From Ruth Gipps to Vivian Fung

Program
Gipps, Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, and String Trio
Hindemith, Morgenmusik
Day, Ignition
Fung, Frenetic Memories for clarinet and string quartet

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Program
Ruth Crawford Seeger - Music for Small Orchestra (1926)
Seare Ahmad Farhat - Muzzahaimat (2023) - Bay Area premiere
Vivian Fung - Ominous (2024) - West Coast premiere
Steve Reich Jacob’s Ladder (2023) - West Coast pemiere

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Experience a bold new fusion of percussion and violin as Kristin Lee and Sandbox Percussion perform the DMV premiere of a new work by Vivian Fung, co-commissioned by Constellations.

Program:

Joan Tower To Sing or to Dance (Seattle Premiere) ECM co-commission
Gabriella Smith FIVE (World Premiere)
Vivian Fung New Work (World Premiere) ECM co-commission

Kristin Lee, violin | Sandbox Percussion, Ensemble in Residence: Jonny Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney, percussion

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Curated and conducted by Brian Current, this special concert honours the extraordinary legacy of Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–2025) with a performance of Introitus, her deeply spiritual concerto for piano and chamber orchestra. Also featured are two bold contemporary works: Black Ice by Rashaan Allwood, a visceral reflection on unseen danger and structural inequality, and Ominous by Vivian Fung, a tense, vibrant work that explores precariousness and urgency through vivid textures. Together, these pieces explore vulnerability, voice, and transcendence through three distinct and powerful lenses.

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Dvorak Symphony No. 7

Kalena Bovell, Guest Conductor
Aaron Smith, Percussion

Program

FUNG: Dust Devils
SÉJOURNÉ: Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (Aaron Smith, Percussion)
DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 7 in D minor

Experience an exciting blend of contemporary and classical music, with a program that truly has something to offer every orchestral music fan. This evening's concert opens with two LPO premieres- Vivian Fung’s energetic Dust Devils, a vivid and energetic work inspired by nature's forces, and Emmanuel Séjourné’s virtuosic marimba concerto, featuring the talents of LPO’s own principal percussionist Aaron Smith. We end the night with one of Dvořák’s grandest works, his moody and passionate Symphony No. 7.

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WOMEN CROSSING/ LIMINALITY
Friday, April 17, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Cha Chi Ming Hall, Bowes Center, SF Conservatory of Music, 200 Van Ness, SF and livestreamed on SFCM's Vimeo channel
FREE

• Pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m.

• The culmination of E4TT's two-year exploration of women's immigration and identity and our sixth collaboration with the SF Conservatory of Music Technology and Applied Composition (TAC) Department, featuring:

  • Commissions by Juhi Bansal, Vivian Fung, and Pamela Z

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Program

Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 50, No. 2
Fung: String Quartet No. 5"Spiraling"
Beethoven: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2

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Program

Vivian Fung: Quartet "Spiraling" - New York Premiere
Haydn: Quartet in C Major, Op. 50, No. 2 (1787)
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat, Op. 20 (1825)—with members of the Ulysses Quartet

Concert will also be livestreamed

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SONIC SPECTRUM IV

Kristin Lee, Violin
Sandbox Percussion (Jonathan Allen, Victor Caccese, Ian David Rosenbaum, Terry Sweeney)

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center - Rose Studio at CMS

Program
Vivian Fung, Goddess//Insect
Joan Tower, Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra
Harrison, Concerto for Violin with Percussion Orchestra

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Performance at the 2026 Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival

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