Event

Clavichord Concert

Friday, May 18, 7 PM. Monica Chew, clavichord, (a 14th century keyboard instrument loved by Stevie Wonder), performs pieces by Jacquet de la Guerre (1687), Gesualdo (1605), C.P.E. Bach (1781), and Toru Takemitsu (1986). She plays a 2011 German copy of an 18th century Pennsylvania clavichord.

Monica Chew, pianist, after undergraduate studies the University of North Carolina in piano and mathematics received her Masters in piano performance at SF Conservatory and her doctorate in Computer Science at UC Berkeley. In recent years she has worked for Google and Mozilla while in piano performance she created Fugue This!, a fugue tour from Bach to Shostakovich, and Schumann Storytime looking at Clara, Robert with Johannes Brahms in the years 1853-54. She frequently partners with violinist Nathanael Bartley (Nato) as the Minsky Duo.

405 Shrader is located at 405 Shrader (at Oak just below GG Park). These Aperitif Concerts (complimentary aperitif) are about one hour in length.