Event Title:

Organization:

  Music

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  11/14/2024

End Date:

  11/14/2024

Start Time:

  7:30 PM

End Time:

  9:30 PM

Event Info: 

  Pulitzer and Grammy(R)-winning composer-performer Caroline Shaw and acclaimed singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane collaborate on a program centering on new work, inspired by the magical realism of Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges' short story, The Library of Babel, bringing to the forefront their combined gifts as supreme musical storytellers of our time. Caroline Shaw moves among roles, genres, and mediums, imagining a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed, a world of "unbridled joy" (The New York Times). Gabriel Kahane is "one of the finest, most searching songwriters of the day" (The New Yorker).

Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She works often in collaboration with others as producer, composer, violinist, and vocalist. Caroline is the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music, several Grammy(R) awards, an honorary doctorate from Yale, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.

Gabriel Kahane is a musician and storyteller whose work increasingly exists at the intersection of art and social practice. Hailed as "one of the finest songwriters of the day" by The New Yorker, he is known to haunt basement rock clubs and august concert halls alike, where you'll likely find him in the green room, double-fisting coffee, and a book. He has released five albums as a singer-songwriter including his most recent LP, Magnificent Bird (Nonesuch Records), which received widespread critical acclaim.

The program will include:
KAHANE/SHAW: Hexagons

https://sfperformances.org/performances/2425/shaw-kahane.html

Location:

  Herbst Theatre

Room:

Address:

  401 Van Ness Avenue

Phone:

  415-392-2545

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA