Tell es-Sakan

Join CMC composition faculty Davide Verotta, for Tell es-Sakan, a concert length protest, pacifist piece for String Quartet and percussion. 

Strident, strange and often violent but also full of exuberance and joy, Tell es-Sakan is a protest, pacifist, concert-length piece for string quartet and percussion. Intended as a ballet, motivated by the current  war in Gaza, and named after the oldest known settlement in the area. It follows on one side a couple that meets, falls in love, vows trust to each other, and on the other the War Machine, an ominous presence that eventually takes over in a fury of destruction. The piece comes from a place of sorrow but also yearning for a better human future.

Played by the Friction String Quartet, and Haruka Fuji and Anne Szabla, percussion.

Saturday, March 15 at 8pm
CMC Concert Hall

Tickets: $ 20 General / $15 Students & Seniors
Advance Tickets Available Here

Date / Time

Saturday, 
March 15, 2025
8:00 pm
 – 10:00 pm
Cost: $15–20

Type of Event

Performances

Location

CMC Concert Hall
544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110