In Stanford Live’s first show with an audience since March 2020, Stanford Jazz Workshop’s Joshua Redman, Joel Ross, and Zach Moses Ostroff were joined by tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain on the Frost stage. Photo by Joel Simon
Kronos Quartet, Meklit, and Bay Area spoken word artists––Anouk Yeh, Cecelia "Cece" Jordan, Jarvis Subia, Zouhair Mussa, and Darnell "DeeSoul" Carson––reunited for a live version of Stanford Live’s short film Kronos Quartet: Testimony. Photo by Harrison Truong
Oakland-based Fantastic Negrito kicked off the series of Frost shows co-presented with SFJAZZ, bringing energy to the stage and crowd on the lawn. Photo by Peter Prato Photography
The audience couldn’t help standing up and dancing with the LA-based Las Cafeteras on stage performing their remix roots music combining Afro-Mexican beats and rhythms. Photo by Michael Spencer
The San Francisco Symphony returned to Frost Amphitheater for the first time since the venue opened in 2019, this time under the baton of new music director Esa-Pekka Salonen for a pair of performances on July 10 and 17. Photo by Joel Simon
A collaboration between two longtime friends Robert Glasper and Terrace Martin, Dinner Party fuses old-school hip-hop, soul, and modern jazz. The supergroup welcomed trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah to the stage for their performance at Frost. Photo by Monica Semergiu Photography
Mariachi Nueva Generación backed influential singer of regional Mexican music Graciela Beltrán and the rising star and Grammy-nominated Lupita Infante in a festival style line-up of mariachi music. Photo by Michael Spencer
Swing dancing broke out in the audience during the performance of Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers. Photo by Monica Semergiu Photography
Produced by Heena Patel and MELA Arts Connect, My Bollywood Jukebox wove personal narrative, dance, and vocal performances with a set of songs that transported through time, from classics during the black and white era of Bollywood film to the blockbusters of today. Photo by Allie Foraker
The all-star ensemble SFJAZZ Collective celebrated the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis' In a Silent Way and Sly & The Family Stone's Stand! by revisiting the groundbreaking albums. Photo by Michael Spencer
Backed by the Bay Area’s Marcus Shelby Quintet, vocalist Tiffany Austin opened before Grammy-winning jazz artist Gregory Porter took the stage at Frost in his return visit to Stanford. Photo by Michael Spencer
In a new partnership between Stanford Live and the San Francisco Ballet, the Ballet’s return to the stage for the first time since before the pandemic also marked their first performance in the historic Frost Amphitheater. Photo by Erik Tomasson
The long awaited Goat Rodeo reunion made a stop at Frost with Not Our First Goat Rodeo, featuring Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and guest vocalist Aoife O’Donovan performing before a sold-out crowd. Photo by Monica Semergiu Photography
Co-commissioned by Stanford Live and co-produced by Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and the American Modern Opera Company, Matthew Aucoin’s The No One’s Rose had its world premiere at Bing Concert Hall in August, the first performance with an audience in the hall since it closed in March 2020. Photo by Michael Spencer
Browse a selection of photos from Stanford Live's summer return to live performances at Frost Amphitheater.