2025-26 Season
We are thrilled to announce our 2025-26 season. Please enjoy highlights below.
The opportunity to come together and enjoy exceptional live performances at Stanford is made possible by the commitment of our members. Please join us today as a key supporter of the performing arts community.
Experience the Unforgettable Firsts!
Stanford Live Debuts
Rosanne Cash
October 2025
Rosanne Cash has broadened country music by emphasizing its folk, rock, and blues influences. Rolling Stone called her “one of the most ambitious and literary songwriters of her generation,” and she has won multiple Grammy Awards in the Country, Americana, and American Roots categories.
Presented in association with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass.
Hayato Sumino
October 2025
Pianist Hayato Sumino forged his own path with a YouTube channel under the name “Cateen,” which has gained more than 1.3 million followers and 180 million views. Now a Sony Classical recording artist and an Artist Ambassador for Apple Music Classical, he has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and toured worldwide.
Piano series generously supported by Trine Sorensen and Michael Jacobson.
Dökk by fuse*
December 2025
Dökk is a journey through the subconscious mind, where reality is represented by worlds and universes that take form and dissolve within the mind, as it constantly seeks a balance between light and darkness. Experience an unparalleled live media performance that deeply connects a performer with an incredible digital landscape.
Presented with the support of the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
Always a Crowd Pleaser!
Fan Favorites
Rob Kapilow: What Makes It Great?
November 2025 & February 2026
For over 30 years, Rob Kapilow has brought the joy and wonder of music—and unraveled some of its mysteries—to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. With his unique ability to create an “aha” moment for his audiences and collaborators, whatever their level of sophistication, Kapilow brings music into people’s lives: opening new ears to musical experiences and helping people to listen actively rather than just hear.
Pink Martini’s Holiday Spectacular
December 2025
Pink Martini is celebrating its third decade crossing genres of classical, jazz, and old-fashioned pop. Founded in Portland, Oregon, this “little orchestra” has sold more than three million albums and performed its multilingual repertoire throughout the world.
Generously sponsored by David Wollenberg and The Wollenberg Foundation.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale
December 2025, February 2026, & March 2026
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale presents audiences throughout the world with performances that capture the spirit, style, and distinctive sound of early music history. Recognized as “America’s leading historically informed ensemble” by The New York Times, the ensemble performs on period-specific instruments, presenting repertoire ranging from early Baroque to late Romantic, as well as new works and major operatic productions.
Timeless Talent!
Familiar Faces
Sandra Bernhard
October 2025
A pioneer of the one-woman show, Sandra Bernhard brings a completely unique and raucous mix of cabaret, stand-up, rock and roll, and social commentary. Since gaining attention in the late ’70s, she has appeared on The Richard Pryor Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Roseanne, and most recently American Horror Story and the Emmy Award-winning Pose.
Morgan Freeman Presents: Symphonic Blues
November 2025
Take a journey through the soul-stirring history of the Delta Blues, narrated live by none other than Morgan Freeman. Featuring performances by respected blues and orchestral musicians, this genre-bending project brings to life the Delta Blues story, from its origins along the Mississippi to its profound influence on global music and culture.
Renée Elise Goldsberry
May 2026
Tony and Grammy Award-winner Renée Elise Goldsberry gained stardom as part of the original Broadway cast of Hamilton. Now Renée and her complement of backup singers will have the audience on its feet, stomping and clapping to a high-energy, nondenominational spiritual journey reminiscent of a good old-fashioned revival.
This coming season, we celebrate the lasting legacy of Ravel.
The music of Maurice Ravel is unmistakable for its whimsical spirit, vivid colors, and extraordinary craftsmanship. Born 150 years ago, he began his career as a renegade against the French musical establishment, failing to win the essential Prix de Rome five times in a scandal called l’affaire Ravel. Some of his works are associated with musical Impressionism, a term borrowed from late 19th-century painting, but others are sharper-edged—as much influenced by Spanish dance and American blues and jazz. During the First World War, he served as a soldier in the French Army, after which he gave up Roaring Twenties Paris for a more solitary life in a small town. In 1928, he was enticed to tour the United States, meeting George Gershwin in New York, hiking the Grand Canyon, and conducting in San Francisco. Having lived across the turn of the 20th century, Ravel looked back bitterly at a decadent aristocratic age, and created new musical styles reflecting the vibrancy and tumult of our modern world.
*Wallpaper to the corridor of Ravel's residence, Le Belvédère, in Montfort-l'Amaury, France. Special thanks to the city of Montfort-l'Amaury for graciously allowing us to use this image.
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