There are a whole bunch of really interesting new music concerts coming up in the next couple of weeks here in the Bay Area:

Sat Jan 26: 4pm Pianist Christopher Taylor at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Simons Auditorium, Chern Hall, 17 Gauss Way (Grizzly Peak & Centennial, Berkeley)
Christopher Taylor talks with David Benson, author of Music: A Mathematical Offering and Robert Osserman, Special Projects Director, MSRI. Go to http://www.msri.org/ for information and directions. (More information).

Sat Jan 26: 8pm Helmut Lachenmann at Mills College Lisser Hall (Oakland)
William Winant, percussion; Graeme Jennings, violin; Erik Ulman, violin; Ellen Ruth Rose, viola; Joan Jeanrenaud, cello; Matt Ingalls, clarinet; Geoffrey Gartner, cello; Christopher Jones, piano
http://music.mills.edu/events

Sun Jan 27: 3p Christopher Taylor plays Messaien's monumental "Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesu"
www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/presents/season/2007/20th_century_and_beyond/ct.php

Sun Jan 27: 3pm San Francisco Chamber Orchestra - Mountain is Mountain, a World Premiere of a Concertino for Flute & String Orchestra by award-winning composer Yu-Hui Chang.
First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley  www.sfchamberorchestra.org

Tu Jan 29: 8pm Del Sol Quartet - Coming Together
a collaboration with clarinetist Jeff Anderle and master didjeridu player Stephen Kent, featuring the quartet and the two guest musicians assembled into duet, quintet, and sextet, performing works by Derek Bermel, Peter Sculthorpe, Osvaldo Golijov, and a work by Arturo Salinas in which the musicians experiment as percussionists. These works reflect diverse influences, including American jazz, Asian folk melodies, Klezmer music, and Mexican rhythms. Berkeley Chamber Performances, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA http://www.delsolquartet.com/concert.html

Sat Feb 2: 8pm Sarah Cahill performs works by Terry Riley, Stephen Blumberg, Kyle Gann, and others. The new Arts Festival location is at 2213 Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley. Details at www.berkeleyartsfestival.com.

Mon Feb 4: 8pm Luciano Chessa presents Chronicle Hotel
a recital that includes the premiere of his brand-new Chronicle Hotel and other compositions of his for piano and Vietnamese dan bau, as well as piano works by Giuseppe Chiari, Theresa Wong, Ramon Sender, Gregory Moore, Sylvano Bussotti, Mark Menzies, Benjamin Piekut, and others. San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102-6011 http://www.sfcm.edu/calendar/calendar.aspx?performanceID=1926

Mon Feb 4: 8pm SF Contemporary Music Players - Yerba Buena Center Forum - S.F.
Music by Steve Mackey, Morton Feldman, David Sheinfeld, Jorge Liderman  http://sfcmp.org 

Sat Feb 9: 8p: Bang on a Can / Don Byron and Iva Bittova
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=3149