Music News

SFS Names Director of Artistic Planning

Janos Gereben - September 2, 2014

Nick Winter

Succeeding John Mangum, wh

Music of Note Across the Street From Davies Hall

Janos Gereben - September 2, 2014

Sarah Van Patten and Anthony Spaulding in Hans van Manen’s <em>Variations for Two Couples</em> to music by Britten, Rautavaara, Bach, Piazzolla Photo by Erik Tomasson.

Thoughts About SFS Programming

Janos Gereben - September 2, 2014

This was last year; much more from the composer in the Beethoven Marathon next summer — This was last year; much more from the composer in the Beethoven Marathon next s

Free Musical Prep for the S.F. Opera Season

Janos Gereben - September 2, 2014

Members of the San Francisco Opera Orchestra will give a free concert "An Overture to the 2014-15 Opera Season," the night before the opening of the SFO season with Bellini's Norma.

Merola Alumna Scores Well at Operalia

Janos Gereben - September 2, 2014

Soprano Amanda Woodbury and tenor Li Yi (Merola, 2012) both sang in Operalia 2014 Photo by Cara Owsley — Soprano Amanda Woodbury and tenor Li Yi (Merola, 2012) both sang in Oper

Ex-Merolina Majeski to Make a Grand Entrance at the Met

Janos Gereben - September 2, 2014

Amanda Majeski Photo by Dario Acosta — Amanda Majeski

Gems of Chinese Cinema at S.F. Symphony

Janos Gereben - September 2, 2014

Jet Lee in <em>Hero</em> — Jet Lee in Hero

One of the most amazing scenes in all cinema is a sword fight in the rain against the

Mario Opera: Take a Look

Janos Gereben - August 26, 2014

mario opera — Now an opera

Jonathan Mann, the musician who created the Mario Opera nearly a decade ago, has put the

Schroeder Hall Opens in Sonoma

Janos Gereben - August 26, 2014

Schroeder Hall's Brombaugh organ, with organist James David Christie

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Bolshoi Ballet HD Casts in Local Theaters

Janos Gereben - August 26, 2014

Yuri Grigorovich at the 2011 reopening of the Bolshoi Theater, with Dmitry Medvedev, who is either president or prime minister of Russia, depending on what Putin is not — Yu