VIVA! & Gala 2009-2010
Get ready for another spectacular season of enlivening performances by VIVA! and Gala. From the dazzling Shaolin Warriors of China to the charismatic Berlin-based Max Raabe and Palast Orchester and from vanguard composer-improviser John Zorn and his New Masada Sextet to the Baroque and Renaissance music sung and acted by the Romeo and Juliet Choir of the Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm, VIVA! & Gala promises another entertaining and enlightening year.
Around Town Performances
The Narasirato Pan Pipers
CANCELLED
October 6, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Puerto Plata: Music of the Dominican Republic
October 6, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Shaolin Warriors of China
SOLD OUT
November 4, 7:30 p.m.
Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare

Shaolin Warriors of China
Garth Knox, viola and viola d’amore
with Lauren Radnofsky, cello
November 8, 7:30 p.m.
Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights, UCC
Flamenco! Juan Carmona Quintet
SOLD OUT
November 14, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Evan Ziporyn & Gamelan Galak Tika
January 8, 7:30 p.m.
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Masters of Persian Music
February 20, 7:30 p.m.
Hanna Theatre, PlayhouseSquare
Gartner Auditorium performances
The Cleveland Museum of Art’s
GARTNER AUDITORIUM REOPENING BASH
Max Raabe & Palast Orchester
February 28, 7:30 p.m.

Max Raabe
Tanya Tagaq: Inuit Throat Singing
March 10, 7:30 p.m.
Frederic Rzewski, piano
March 19, 7:30 p.m.
John Zorn
New Masada Sextet
March 26, 7:30 p.m.
Anssi Karttunen, cello
April 7, 7:30 p.m.
Romance de Tango
April 9, 7:30 p.m.
Romeo & Julia Kören
Royal Dramatic Theatre of Stockholm
April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Stephen Scott’s Bowed Piano Ensemble
April 22, 7:30 p.m.

Stephen Scott’s Bowed Piano Ensemble
These programs made possible in part by:
The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund
The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund
The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund
Additional support has been provided by:
The Musart Society
John P. Murphy Foundation