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The Open String presents: Zoë Keating, Gilles Colliard, Amos Yang & Guests

Join us for a unique benefit concert hosted by The Open String. This musical evening with investigative cellist and one-woman orchestra Zoë Keating, Swiss virtuoso violinist Gilles Colliard, and SF symphony cellist Amos Yang + guests will span sublime classical and modern compositions specifically for stringed instruments. Musicians will be performing on The Guadagnini Quartet, a special set of instruments by master violinmaker Robert Brewer Young.

100% of the proceeds will serve to fund The Open String’s Annual Grant Program, which supports children in need by supplying four youth education programs in the Bay Area with musical instruments.

VIP ticket holders can attend a special reception hosted by The Open String’s directors and affiliated artists. Aperitifs and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

6:30 Special Reception for VIP ticket holders
7:30 Doors open for general public
8:00 Concert begins (duration: 1h30)

 

Artists

Zoë Keating

Cellist and composer Zoë Keating is a one-woman orchestra. She uses a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Zoë is known for both her use of technology – which she uses to sample her cello onstage – and …

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Gilles Colliard

Soloist, composer, conductor and teacher, Gilles Colliard is a complete musician. Born in Geneva in 1967, Gilles Colliard studied violin at the Music Conservatory where he obtained a first prize of virtuosity in the class of Jean-Pierre Wallez, after which he studied with Tibor Varga. Since the age of 15 …

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Amos Yang

Amos Yang joined the SFS in 2007 as Assistant Principal Cello. He was previously a member of the Seattle Symphony. Born and raised in San Francisco, he was a member of the SFS Youth Orchestra and San Francisco Boys Choir and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the …

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