FOURTEENTH ANNUAL
LIEDERABEND SERIES 2025/26

Liederabend Legacy Season
Celebrating our founder’s 75th Birthday in 2026 — truly alive at 75!!
and the enduring legacy of LIEDER ALIVE! for 75 years and more…

Kindra Scharich, Jeffrey LaDeur, John Parr, Peter Grünberg, Esther Rayo, and Alina Ilchuk.

 

!!Three wonderful locations!!
Old First Concerts 1751 Sacramento Street (at Van Ness),
San Francisco – O1C [map] (Parking)

 

Music in Maybeck’s Masterpiece 2619 Dwight Way (at Bowditch),
Berkeley – MMM [map] (Parking)
St. Stephen’s Concerts, 3 Bayview Avenue,
Belvedere – SSB  [map] (Parking)

 

Tickets will be available for purchase two months (or more!) prior to each concert

 

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NEW SEASON SPECIAL OPENING
Honoring the life of renowned director, Michael Cavanaugh
 O1C – Sunday, September 14, 2025, 4pm
MMM – Sunday, September 21, 2025, 4pm
John Parr, piano; Peter Grünberg, piano

Guest Artists T.B.A. — Mozart, Brahms Hungarian Dances and much more…
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Sacred Joy celebration at St Stephen’s, Belvedere
SSB – Saturday, December 20, 2025, 4pm  
  Esther Rayo, soprano; Peter Grünberg, piano

A lush selection of sacred music
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75 Legacy Liederabend 75
 O1C – Sunday, January 25, 2026, 4pm
 
MMM – Sunday, February 1, 2026, 4pm
Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano; Jeffrey LaDeur, piano

Schumann and Brahms

 

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O1C – Sunday, February 16, 2026, 4pm

 

MMM – Sunday, February 23, 2026, 4pm

Alina Ilchuk, soprano; Peter Grünberg, piano
Early Chopin and other Polish Songs
LIEDER ALIVE! is fully committed to making its performances accessible and comfortable for all patrons.
Wheelchair seating with excellent acoustics and sight-lines available for every concert.
English translations provided for all programs.
For further Accessibility inquiries and VIP Service please call 415-561-0100
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This activity is funded in part by CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL, a state agency.
Funding is provided in part by a grant from THE ROSS MCKEE FOUNDATION.
Quinn Mason’s commission is funded in part by INTERMUSIC SF‘s Musical Grant Program.