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SF Performances Presents: Conrad Tao | Piano
Groupmuse Night Out

SF Performances Presents: Conrad Tao | Piano

Herbst Theatre

Fri, October 17, at 7:30 PM, PDT
(Ticket sales close Oct 16, 2:00 PM PDT)
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    This is a Groupmuse Night Out

    Explore the wider world of music outside Groupmuse with exclusive discounts to local concerts.

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    SF P.

    Groupmuse ticket buyers will have their tickets EMAILED to them and will check into the venue using their smartphone or a printed copy.

    There is NO WILL CALL for this show.
    Seating is assigned.

    🎹✨ Mark your calendar for Friday, October 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM — Conrad Tao returns to Herbst Theatre for a solo recital you won’t forget.

    Tao, celebrated as “the kind of musician who is shaping the future of classical music” by New York Magazine and as possessing “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” by The New York Times, brings an electrifying program rooted in his fascination with Rachmaninoff’s relationship to popular music.

    His recital ranges across genres and eras — expect to hear works by Rachmaninoff, but also selections by Billy Strayhorn, Stephen Sondheim, Robert Schumann, Irving Berlin, and Harold Arlen.

    Tao’s inventive programming bridges the romantic, the theatrical, and the American songbook, inviting you to hear familiar musical worlds through a new, boundary-stretching lens.

    ✨ Thanks to Groupmuse’s Nights Out program, discounted tickets are available — your chance to be at the forefront of innovation in piano performance. Don’t miss it: reserve your seat now and experience Conrad Tao’s unforgettable musical journey in person!

    Children 10 and over are welcomed.

    What's the music?

    Conrad Tao Piano

    RACHMANINOFF |
    Prelude in C Major, Opus 32 No. 1
    Prelude in A flat Major, Opus 23 No. 8
    Prelude in G Major, Opus 32 No. 5

    STRAYHORN | Take the A Train

    SONDHEIM | In Buddy’s Eyes (from Follies)

    SCHUMANN | Auf einer Burg (from Liederkreis, Opus 39)

    RACHMANINOFF | Étude-tableau in A Minor, Opus 39 No. 2

    BERLIN | All By Myself

    TAO/RACHMANINOFF | Improvisation on Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Var. 15

    ARLEN / TATUM | Over the Rainbow, 1953 recording (transcribed by Conrad Tao)

    RACHMANINOFF | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Var. 18

    STRAYHORN | Lush Life

    RACHMANINOFF | Daisies

    STRAYHORN | Day Dream

    RACHMANINOFF | Etude-Tableau in C Minor, Opus 33 No. 3

    RACHMANINOFF |
    Symphonic Dances, Opus 45 (arr. Inon Barnatan)
    Non allegro
    Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
    Lento assai; Allegro vivace; Lento assai. Come prima

    Location

    401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

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    Ulkar A. Groupmuse Superhost