Anthony Roth CostanzoCountertenor Timo AndresPiano
PIVOT Festival: Philip Glass @ 90
Thursday, January 28, 2027 7:30pm
Herbst TheatreVenue Information
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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.
Night two of PIVOT sees the return of Anthony Roth Costanzo to SF Performances after his impressive 2024 recital debut. He is among the leading interpreters of Philip Glass’ vocal music, having taken the opera world by storm in the title role of Akhnaten at the Met. The Wall Street Journal celebrates his “hopes to do for opera what Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has done for the Broadway musical: make the art form newly relevant by giving it a 21st-century vibe.” He pairs up with pianist Timo Andres for this exploration of songs by Philip Glass.
Artist Information
Performer Biographies
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo began performing professionally at the age of 11 and has since appeared in opera, concert, recital, film, and on Broadway. In June 2024, he began his tenure as the General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia.
He has appeared with many of the world’s leading opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Opera National de Paris, English National Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Los Angeles Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Glyndebourne Opera Festival, Dallas Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Spoleto Festival USA, Glimmerglass Festival (where he served as the 2023 Artist in Residence), and Finnish National Opera.
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.