Sarah Cahill

Pianist Sarah Cahill is a key figure in the San Francisco Bay Area's avant-garde scene and has worked closely with composer Terry Riley for many years. She is also a radio show host, writer, and educator. Cahill was born in 1960 in Washington, D.C. Her family moved to Berkeley, California, when she was six, as her father, James Cahill, took a post as professor of Chinese art history at the University of California. Sarah took up the piano at six, and by 12, she was performing concertos with Bay Area orchestras. At 16, she traveled to Switzerland for a performance at the Somme...