Concerts History 1998-2004
2003 CONCERT HISTORY
AROUND TOWN CONCERTS
2/17/03 Jumping Buddha Ensemble at Copia (Chinese ensemble)
3/20/03 Asian Art Museum Grand Opening Gala (8 Asian ensembles)
4/11/03 Yair Dalal & The Al Ol Ensemble Concert (Israeli ensemble)
4/30/03 Lecture Series: Partow Housmandrad (Persian music lecture)
5/17/03 Jumping Buddha Ensemble Demo at AAM (Chinese ensemble)
5/18/03 Jumping Buddha Ensemble Demo at AAM (Chinese ensemble)
5/19/03 Alice Fong Yu Yourth Orchestra/Percussion (Chinese youth ensemble)
5/24/03 - 11/01/03 (Saturdays) Cantonese Opera Band: Night Market (Chinese Cantonese ensemble)
5/28/03 Lecture Series: Kutay Derin Kugay (Central Asian Music lecture)
6/19/03 Jumping Buddha Ensemble Concert at AAM (Chinese ensemble)
6/21/03 Mirage & Echo of Mongolia Concert AAM (Mongolian ensemble)
6/22/03 Mirage & Echo of Mongolia Concert AAM (Mongolian ensemble)
6/26/03 Ustad Mohammed Reza Lotfi Concert (Persian)
7/18/03 Jumping Buddha Ensemble at Castro Theatre (Chinese ensemble)
WORLD MUSIC IN-SCHOOLS
9/2003 - 6/2004 (Mondays & Thursdays) Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (Chinese Youth ensemble)
2002 CONCERT HISTORY
AROUND TOWN CONCERTS
2/15/02 Alice Fong Yu Youth Orchestra/ Percussion (Chinese Youth ensemble)
2/28/02 Alice Fong Yu Youth Orchestra/ Percussion (Chinese Youth ensemble)
3/22/02 SF Public Library Series: Chinese Music I (Chinese ensemble)
4/17/02 Jumping Buddha Ensemble "Strings" Concert (Chinese ensemble)
4/27/02 Encounter Asian Through the Silk Road (7 Asian Ethnic ensembles)
6/1/02 Ostad Hossein Alizadeh & Madjid Khaladj (Persian Classical music)
5/25/02 - 10/26/02 (Saturdays) Cantonese Opera Band: Night Market (Chinese Cantonese ensemble)
8/31/02 SF Public Library Series: Chinese Music II (Chinese ensemble)
11/2/02 Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (Chinese Youth ensemble)
WORLD MUSIC IN-SCHOOLS
9/2002 - 6/2003 (Thursdays) Alamo Elementary School (Chinese Youth ensemble)
9/2002 - 6/2003 (Mondays & Thursdays) Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (Chinese Youth ensemble)
2001 CONCERT HISTORY
AROUND TOWN CONCERTS
2/11/01 Alice Fong Yu Youth Orchestra/Percussion (Chinese Youth Ensemble)
5/26/01 Cantonese Opera Band: Night Market (Chinese Cantonese Ensemble)
6/3/01 Alice Fong Yu Youth Orchestra/ Percussion (Chinese Youth Ensemble)
6/3/01 - 10/13/01 (Saturdays) Cantonese Opera Band: Night Market (Chinese Cantonese Ensemble)
6/10/01 Ustad Mohammed Reza Lofti, Houman Pourmehdi (Persian)
10/6/01 Birol Topaloglu US Tour, Skirball Cultural Center (Turkish Laz music)
10/20/01 Birol Topaloglu US Tour, St. John's Presbyterian (Turkish Laz music)
10/27/01 Birol Topaloglu US Tour, City Cultural Center (Turkish Laz music)
10/27/03 Birol Topaloglu US Tour, Washington Sq. Church (Turkish Laz music)
11/3/01 Birol Topaloglu US Tour (Turkish Laz music)
11/8/01 Birol Topaloglu US Tour (Turkish Laz music)
11/16/01 Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (Chinese Youth ensemble)
WORLD MUSIC IN-SCHOOLS
9/2001 - 6/2002 (Thursdays) Alamo Elementary School (Chinese Youth ensemble)
9/2001 - 6/2002 (Mondays & Thursdays) Alice Fong Yu Elementary School (Chinese Youth ensemble)
2000 CONCERT HISTORY
WORLD MUSIC AT CLARION CONCERTS
1/7/00 Alan Kushan (Persian santur)
1/14/00 Deepak Ram (Indian bansuri)
1/21/00 Genghis Blues Festival (Paul Pena)
1/28/00 Azerbaijani Masters Ensemble (Azeri garmon)
2/4/00 Jody's Heaven (Celtic)
2/11/00 John Santos (Afro-Cuban percussion)
2/18/00 Danny Heines/ Deepak Ram (World fusion)
2/25/00 DJ Sep & Pistl Pete (Dub)
3/3/00 Kent & Maxym (Didjeridu trance)
3/10/00 Amazigh Music Group (Algerian)
3/17/00 Cantonese Opera Group (Southern Chinese ensemble)
3/24/00 Bill Evans (American banjo)
4/7/00 Skip Henderson (Maritime music)
4/14/00 World Music Open Mic (Hosted by Fred Fung)
4/21/00 Alan Kushan (Persian santur)
4/28/00 Anoush Ellas (Greek)
5/5/00 Brian Theriault & Friends (Celtic)
5/12/00 Georges Lammam Ensemble (Arabic)
5/19/00 Peter Whitehead (Experimental)
6/2/00 Chirgilchin (Tuvan)
6/16/00 Chirgilchin (Tuvan)
6/23/00 Mindia Devi (Indian jazz fusion)
6/30/00 Tom Ross (World jazz fusion)
7/7/00 Gathering of Ancestors (Azerbaijani)
7/14/00 Chingiz Sadykhov (Greek)
7/21/00 Fotia (Didjeridu)
7/28/00 Stephen Kent (Indian sitar & vocals)
8/4/00 Rag Mala w/ Habib Khan (Israeli)
8/25/00 Shabbat Evening w/ Nitza (Indian percussion)
8/27/00 Tabla Rasa (North & South Indian)
9/2/00 Sacred Drums of India (Indian)
9/1/00 Belly Dance Group (Turkish)
9/3/00 Sivan Perver (Kurdish)
9/8/00 Mandarin Trio (Chinese)
9/15/00 Irina Mikhailova (Russian)
9/22/00 Hands On'Semble (Percussion)
10/6/00 Zhang Xiao Feng (Chinese erhu)
10/13/00 Riley Lee (Japanese shakahachi)
10/20/00 Muhammad Saed Nejad (Persian ney)
10/27/00 Dan Joseph Duo (Dulcimer & saxophone)
11/3/00 Vivianna Guzman (World flutes)
11/10/00 ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (Pena/ Ondar/ Alileche)
11/17/00 Habib Khan (Indian sitar)
12/1/00 David Trasoff (Indian sarod)
12/3/00 Ali Akbar Moradi (Kurdish tanbur)
12/8/00 Rebbesoul (Jewish)
12/15/00 Kent & Gordon (Didjeridu & percussion)
1999 CONCERT HISTORY
WORLD MUSIC AT CLARION CONCERTS
1/8/99 Daniel Berkman (African kora)
1/15/99 Techung (Tibetan singer)
1/22/99 Ashgar Azarvand (Iranian santur)
1/29/99 Viviana Guzman (World flutes)
2/5/99 Bill Evans (American bluegrass)
2/12/99 Experimental Instruments I (Instrument makers)
2/19/99 Jumping Buddha Ensemble (Chinese ensemble)
2/26/99 Kala Iyer (Southern Indian singer)
3/5/99 Darvish (Sufi inspired)
3/12/99 Experimental Instruments II (Instrument makers)
3/19/99 Stephen Kent (Didjeridu)
4/9/99 Mindia Devi (Indian bansuri)
4/16/99 Danny Heines (World New Age)
4/23/99 Alan Kushan (Iranian santur solo)
4/30/99 Wang Fei (Chinese gu qin solo)
5/7/99 Paul Pena (Tuvan Blues)
5/14/99 Brian Theriault (Group Celtic)
5/21/99 Philip Gelb (Japanese Shakuhachi)
5/28/99 Gamelan Sekar Jaya (Indonesian)
6/4/99 Kala Iyer (Southern Indian singer)
6/11/99 Aldoush & Human Exchange (Iranian pop)
6/25/99 Irina Mikhailova (Russian)
7/2/99 Shoko Hikage (Japanese koto)
7/9/99 Echo & the Motherland (Vietnamese)
7/16/99 Li Xiang Ting (Chinese gu qin)
7/23/99 Daniel Berkman (African kora)
7/30/99 Stephen Kent (Didjeridu)
8/13/99 Carlos Perez (Cuban percussion)
8/20/99 Riley Lee (Japanese shakuhachi)
8/27/99 Yoshio Kurahashi (Japanese shakuhachi)
9/2/99 David Blanasi (Aboriginal didjeridu)
9/3/99 Necati Celik (Turkish oud)
9/24/99 Big Bones (Blues Harmonica)
10/1/99 Tabla Rasa (Indian percussion)
10/8/99 Danubius (Central European)
10/15/99 Pauline Oliveros (Accordion)
10/21/99 Ustad Sultan Khan (Indian sarangi)
10/22/99 COPUS (World trance poetry)
10/29/99 Closer To Carbon (World experimental)
11/5/99 Chan, Wong, Modirzadeh Trio (Jazz saxophone trio)
11/12/99 Ben Kunin & Kukoo (Indian sarod & tabla)
11/19/99 ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (6 Groups)
11/26/99 Chinese All-Star Band (Chinese band)
12/3/99 Stephen Kent (Didjeridu)
12/10/99 Habib Khan & Raven (Indian sitar/ poetry)
12/17/99 World Music Open Mic (Hosted by Fred Fung)
1998 CONCERT HISTORY
WORLD MUSIC AT CLARION CONCERTS
1/9/98 Jumping Buddha Ensemble (Chinese ensemble)
1/16/98 Tabla Rasa (Indian percussion)
1/30/98 Shubh Yatra (Indian sitar, sarod, tabla)
2/13/98 Palabuniyan Kulintang (Southern Filipino)
2/20/98 Stephen Kent (Didjeridu)
2/27/98 Jumping Buddha Ensemble (Chinese ensemble)
3/6/98 Latif Bolat (Turkish)
3/13/98 Marcus Poston & Marcus Shelby (Jazz/ spoken word)
4/3/98 Liu Wei Shan Chinese (Chinese gu zheng)
4/17/98 Alan Kushan (Persian santur solo)
4/24/98 Tabla Rasa (Indian percussion)
5/8/98 Ancient Future (World fusion)
5/15/98 Paul Pena (Tuvan blues)
5/22/98 Davka (Klezmer)
5/29/98 Bill Evans (American bluegrass)
6/5/98 Jumping Buddha Ensemble (Chinese ensemble)
6/12/98 Nigerian Brothers (West African)
6/26/98 Stephen Kent (Didjeridu)
7/10/98 Habib Khan (Indian sitar)
7/17/98 Palabuniyan Kulintang (Southern Filipino)
7/24/98 Thoth (Gypsy)
8/7/98 Melody of China (Chinese ensemble)
8/14/98 J. Yiparrka & M. Atkins (Aboriginal Australian)
8/28/98 Jumping Buddha Ensemble (Chinese ensemble)
9/4/98 Alan Kushan (Persian santur)
9/11/98 Tabla Rasa (Indian percussion)
9/18/98 Paul Pena (Tuvan blues)
9/25/98 Irina Mikhailova (Russian/ Eastern European)
10/2/98 Steve Oda (Indian sarod)
10/9/98 Marcus Shelby (Jazz)
10/16/98 Flor De Tango (Argentina tango)
10/23/98 Stephen Kent (Didjeridu)
11/6/98 3 Leg-Torso (Eastern European)
11/13/98 ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (6 Groups)
11/20/98 Jumping Buddha Ensemble (Chinese ensemble)
11/27/98 Erica Azim (African mbira)
12/4/98 Nigerian Brothers (West African)
12/11/98 Habib Khan (Indian sitar)
12/18/98 Chingiz Sadykhov (Azerbaijani piano)