San Francisco, USA – Stern Grove Festival announced its 67th Season of 10 admission-free concerts that will take place every Sunday at 2:00 p.m. from June 13 through August 15, 2004 at San Francisco’s Sigmund Stern Grove (19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard).
This year, the festival continues to make good on a promise made to the entire Bay Area community in 1938–to present a selection of the world’s best performing arts each summer, completely admission-free.
There will be a world-premiere recomposition of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue;” the Regina Carter Quintet with the innovative Tin Hat Trio; Mexican-American singer Lila Downs; Algerian singer Souad Massi; Senegal’s Youssou N’Dour and highlife sensations West African Highlife Band; Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu; Gamelan Sekar Jaya with performers from Bali; world-beat producers Ex-Centric Sound System and Mercan Dede; the San Francisco Symphony; blues with the John Hammond Trio and eclectic Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise; the Long Beach Opera Company; and the San Francisco Ballet.
The Festival also presents innovative outreach and education programs for kids, pre-concert artist talks, historic walking tours, and other activities at the 33-acre Sigmund Stern Grove.Schedule:
* Sunday, June 13: The Regina Carter Quintet and Tin Hat Trio
* Sunday, June 20: San Francisco Symphony with Edwin Outwater conducting
works by Stravinsky, Dvorak, and Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov
* Sunday, June 27: Long Beach Opera with conductor Andreas Mitisek, performing Astor Piazzolla’s tango operita “Maria de Buenos Aires”
* Sunday, July 4: Anthony Brown’s Asian American Orchestra and Melody of China, performing a world premiere recomposition of Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”
* Sunday, July 11: Mexican-American singer Lila Downs and Algerian singer Souad Massi
* Sunday, July 18: Electrifying Senegalese vocalist Youssou N’ Dour and The Super Etoile de Dakar and local favorite West African Highlife Band
* Sunday, July 25: Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu and local ensemble Gamelan Sekar Jaya with performers from Bali
* Sunday, August 1: World-beat producers Mercan Dede and Ex-Centric Sound System
* Sunday, August 8: San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson, Artistic Director
* Sunday, August 15: Blues sensations the John Hammond Trio and Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise
Admission is free. No tickets or reservations are required.
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.
