Great Performers Series
Gautier Capuçon: Gaïa
November 16, 2025
Overview
Cellist Gautier Capuçon presents a recital program dedicated to and inspired by Earth. Featuring world premiere performances of comissioned works by 16 composers—including Bryce Dessner, Joe Hisaishi, Missy Mazzoli, Gabriela Montero, Nico Muhly, Max Richter, Ludovico Einaudi, and Ayanna Witter-Johnson—Gaïa pays tribute to Earth: its beauty, its fragility, its strength.This program is presented without intermission.
Please note that the concert start time has been changed to 7:00pm.
Artists
Gautier Capuçon
Cello
Quenton Blache
Cello
Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Cello and Vocals
Jérôme Ducros
Piano
Melissa Lam
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello
Timothy Huang
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello
Anthony Jung
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello
Ethan Lee
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello
Claire Topper
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello
Cara Wang
SFS Youth Orchestra Cello
Program
Max
Richter
Journey Sequence
Armand
Amar
Boreas
Jean-Benoît
Dunckel
Wake
Gabriela
Montero
Sur le lac du Bourget
Olivia
Belli
Tàmâr Metushelah
Missy
Mazzoli
The Usual Illusion
Joe
Hisaishi
Prélude pour violoncelle et piano
Ludovico
Einaudi
Air
Xavier
Foley
Ambition
Nico
Muhly
Side Piece
Bryce
Dessner
Towards the Light
Abel
Selaocoe
Toro Tsa Kwa
Michael
Canitrot
Never Say Never
Ayanna
Witter-Johnson
Forever Home
Quenton
Blache
Of Wind and Rain
Jasmine
Barnes
Life in Sunshine
Sponsors
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