Rebecca Wishnia

The polished ensemble’s signature blend brings out the best in quartets by Beethoven and his mentor.

The violinist gracefully masters Prokofiev’s challenging Violin Concerto No. 1.

Ensemble for These Times presents a marathon concert of contemporary art songs, some successful, some not.

Witold Lutosławski’s 50-year-old Cello Concerto has its first San Francisco performances.

Salonen’s approach was particularly apt on a new work from Anna Thorvaldsdottir.

Soloist Carey Bell is masterful in Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto.

Six genre-defying works reveal the composer’s restless intellect.

Brilliant performances often outshine the material in this program featuring three premieres.

Violinist Karen Gomyo gives a nuanced performance of a Shostakovich concerto.

Violinist Yu-Chien Tseng makes his local debut in a Barber concerto.