Timo AndresPiano
PIVOT Festival: Philip Glass @ 90
Wednesday, January 27, 2027 7:30pm
Herbst TheatreVenue Information
$75/$65/$55
About This Performance
Music of our time takes center stage as SF Performances’ PIVOT Festival celebrates 12 years of living creators and performers and their work that has defined an era and redefined styles and genres. The San Francisco Chronicle has called PIVOT “ingeniously planned” for its insightful and incisive dives into the music of right now, right here.
This season, we honor and celebrate Philip Glass as he turns 90, exploring his work and legacy in three programs featuring world class artists who are renowned interpreters of Glass’ work.
For the opening night of PIVOT, Timo Andres creates a reflective musical dialogue in which works by composers present and past that mirror and are mirrored by a selection of Philip Glass’ virtuosic, tour-de-force Etudes come together in a delightfully smart program.
Program
ANN SOUTHAM: Glass Houses No. 11
GLASS: Etude No. 6; Etude No. 13; Etude No. 14; Etude No. 17
JELLY ROLL MORTON: Freakish
ANDRES: Moving Etudes
SAMUEL CARL ADAMS: Impromptus II (after Schubert)
SCHUBERT: Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 in G-Flat Major
Performance Sponsors
Jeanne Newman
Artist Information
Performer Biography
Timo Andres (b. 1985, Palo Alto, CA) is a composer and pianist who grew up in rural Connecticut and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
In January 2025, Andres was awarded the biennial Elise L. Stoeger Prize from Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, in recognition of significant contributions to the field of chamber music. Shortly thereafter, Andres performed at Stanford Live with Conor Hanick, and at the Phillips Collection with Aaron Diehl; they perform their duo program at Carnegie Hall in 2026. Later this season Andres reunites with the Calder Quartet to perform his recent piano quintet The Great Span in New York City for the People’s Symphony.