The City of San Antonio boasts an array of Texas’s most diverse artistic sensibilities, religious beliefs, and ethnicities. Anya Grokhovski, our Artistic Director, scours the planet to find musicians whose exceptional talent communicates the uniting spirit of all of our sensibilities, across the expanses of time and world geography. Enjoy the Season! Season 16 Performers Ukrainian soprano Uliana Alexyuk is a featured soloist at the Bolshoi Theater, where she has been singing since 2010. Her roles include Brigitta in Iolanta; First Lady in The Magic Flute; Adele in Die Fledermaus; Lyudmila in Ruslan and Lyudmila; Frasquita inCarmen;...
2012-13 Main Stage Concerts
Featuring world-famous musicians and performers! Presented on select Sundays at 3:00 PM at the 1,000-seat McAllister Auditorium on the campus of San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Free parking. Box Office opens 2:00 PM. Seating at 2:40 PM. Oct 7, 2012, “Fusion of the Worlds” Celtic Queen of Silk Road Project with Yo-Yo Ma Cristina Pato, on bagpipes, joined by duoJalal’s Kathryn Lockwood on viola and Yousif Sheronick on eastern percussions; a fascinating musical trip around the world. Dec 9, 2012, “Invocation” The Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quintet, RAAQ, featuring jazz guitarist Rez Abbasi and Dave Binney, Vijay Iyer,...
Rivard Report: Advancing the Arts in San Antonio Will Provide Value for the Next 300 Years
“Art is value, not value added.” I heard this poignant phrase on the cusp of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly in New York City, where diplomats, philanthropists, artists, and arts leaders from around the globe gathered at the Lincoln Center Global Exchange. They agreed: Art is a universal language that transcends politics, religion, socioeconomics, and ethnic boundaries. San Antonio is a city of complex histories reflected in its art and in the constitution of its people. We live in what I consider the “crossroads of the Americas,” the intersection of Interstate 10 from California to Florida and Interstate 35 from Mexico to Canada....