Larry Vuckovich presents an interesting and diverse program of American Standard Classics (Gershwin, Ellington, Porter), Jazz styles of various eras, World Music – Balkan/Gypsy – Roma, Latin/Brazilian/Tango Jazz & Classical Music influences. Pianist Larry Vuckovich came to San Francisco in 1951 as a teenager from Montenegro – former Yugoslavia. He was fortunate to experience the heyday of jazz of which the '50s decade had some of the richest and most diverse developments happening. He heard such great big bands as…

A wide ranging program of World Music including selections from Middle East/Balkan ethnic Gypsy – Roma, Tango Jazz & Classical Music influences, Hard Bop & more. Pianist Larry Vuckovich returns to Forest Hill Christian Church, this time in a duo setting with his long-time musical partner, master violinist, Eric Golub. Larry and Eric go back to 1980 when they first recorded the pioneering, landmark LP, “Blue Balkan.” This album is recognized as the first release which fused Balkan ethnic music…

Patrick Galvin, violin Britton Day, piano Jeux, Sonatine for Violin and Piano Jacques Ibert Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 45, in Cminor Edvard Grieg Violin Sonata in A Major Cesar Franck

Andronica Trio Lucia Petito- Violin Elyse Ader - Viola Natalie Raney- Cello String Trio in c minor op.9 no.3 - L. v. Beethoven Variations on a Bavarian Folk song for Trio TrV 109 - R. Strauss String Trio - Jean Francaix

Students of Adrian Borcea, Alexi Vuckovich, and Eri Ishigaki

Lecture-concert on how J.S. Bach employed the practice of inter-instrumental arranging and the cross-fertilization of instrumental idioms. The talk will touch upon musicological issues that have resulted from a culture of rich exchange among vocal, keyboard, plucked and bowed string, and wind styles. Please join Lars Rosager, and partake in a lecture on, as well as discussion and performance of, Bach's timeless music. Aspects of theory and composition from the high baroque, as well as cultural implications of various instrument…

Duet Intimacy/Improvisational Dialogue – featuring Noel Jewkes on multi-reeds and Larry Vuckovich on piano, playing rare movie themes, including film noir, plus classic and contemporary jazz. The repertoire will also include originals, Balkan-Middle Eastern selections as well as rare standards and jazz tango. Presenting classic rare standards, contemporary jazz, Latin – Brazilian, Middle-Eastern l Gypsy – Roma / Flamenco originals, plus bebop masters' compositions of Ellington / Strayhorn, blues and free improvisation. The multi-reed master, Noel Jewkes will be performing…

Duet Intimacy/Improvisational Dialogue – featuring bassist/mandolinist Michael Zisman and Larry Vuckovich on piano, performing jazz classics, world music, & contemporary jazz. The repertoire will also include originals, Balkan-Middle Eastern selections as well as rare standards and jazz tango. Bassist Michael Zisman has spent 20 years on the New York jazz scene performing with the greats such as Phil Woods, George Coleman, Cecil Payne, Eric Alexander & more. Mike is also an outstanding mandolinist playing swinging jazz on that instrument as…

1) Isabel Jotterand J. S. Bach partita No. 1 2) Colin Brady Beethoven Sonata op. 110 3) Naomi Stine Schubert Sonata op. 143 Allegro Giusto 4) Joaquin Gallegos Mussorgsky Movements from Pictures at an Exhibition 5) Eri Hoshina Chopin Ballade No. 3

An intimate musical duet with vocalist Jackie Ryan and Larry Vuckovich @ Forest Hill Concerts. Jackie Ryan and Larry Vuckovich display a close musical/creative rapport, which goes back over 20 years. Their repertoire is most diverse featuring jazz classics, rare standards, South American boleros, Brazilian, blues & more. Piano and voice duets are similar in concept to violin and piano presentations. This is a powerful format where the strength of the music comes through without the need of a rhythm…

Razvan Georgescu, baritone Adrian Borcea, piano RAZVAN GEORGESCU, bass-baritone, has performed major roles with the Romanian National Opera, San Francisco Lyric Opera, Brasov Opera, Opera Constanta and countless performances with National Philharmonics and National Radio Orchestra in Bucharest, Romania. His operatic repertoire includes Don Bartholo, Don Magnifico, Dandini (Rossini), Figaro, and the Count Almaviva Leporello (Mozart), Rigoletto, Rodrigo, and Renato (Verdi), Don Pasquale, Dulcamara (Donizetti). Mr. Georgescu’s concert repertoire includes works by Bach, Verdi, Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Beethoven, Salieri, Britten,…

An Evening with Mozart From the Voices of Hope Concert Series by Phénix Opera Company and the ALS Hope Foundation

Nigel Armstrong, violin Jessica Chang, viola Angela Lee, cello Elizabeth Dorman, piano

The All-Star Bay Area Latin/Jazz Quartet is comprised of JOHN SANTOS, LARRY VUCKOVICH, JEFF CHAMBERS plus the multilingual vocalist JACKIE RYAN. Collectively these three Jazz/Latin veterans have played with the likes of Cal Trader, Tito Puente, Pete Escovedo, Bobby Hutcherson, McCoy Tyner, Paquito D’Rivera, Jose Mangual, and more. One of their specialties is transforming the timeless, beautiful melodies from the Great American Songbook to jazz rhythms and flavors including boleros, cha-chas, mambos, and sambas. The sound of this trio is…