J’Nai BridgesMezzo-Soprano Terrence WilsonPiano Catalyst Quartet
Thursday, March 19, 2026 7:30pm
Herbst TheatreVenue Information
$75/$65/$55
About This Performance
Double Grammy® winner J’Nai Bridges brings a refreshingly expansive knack for programming matched by technical gifts and “calmly commanding stage presence” (The New Yorker) for her return to San Francisco Performances. She is joined by pianist Terrence Wilson, “one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years” (Baltimore Sun), and SFP veterans the Catalyst Quartet, who perform “with the clarity and vigor of a great ensemble” (San Francisco Chronicle).
Program
Songs by SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, LIBBY LARSEN, ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK, and EDWARD ELGAR
Performance Sponsors
Silvie Jensen and David Masterson
Artist Information
Performer Biographies
Two time Grammy® Award-winning American mezzo-soprano, J’Nai Bridges known for her “plush-voiced mezzo-soprano” (The New York Times), and “calmly commanding stage presence” (The New Yorker) has been “marked out at and early stage as a singer headed for top flight” (Financial Times), gracing the world’s top opera and concert stages.
Acclaimed by the Baltimore Sun as “one of the biggest pianistic talents to have emerged in this country in the last 25 years” pianist Terrence Wilson has appeared as soloist with the symphony orchestras of Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Washington, DC (National Symphony), San Francisco, St. Louis, and with the orchestras of Cleveland, Minnesota, and Philadelphia and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
Hailed by The New York Times at its Carnegie Hall debut as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” the Grammy® Award-winning Catalyst Quartet was founded by the internationally acclaimed Sphinx Organization in 2010. The ensemble (Karla Donehew Perez, violin; Abi Fayette, violin; Paul Laraia, viola; and Karlos Rodriguez, cello) believes in the unity that can be achieved through music and imagine their programs and projects with this in mind, redefining and reimagining the classical music experience.