Features

Victoria Looseleaf - June 20, 2023

The performances at Segerstrom Center for the Arts highlight the perseverance and determination of a people and their culture.

Andrew Gilbert - June 19, 2023

A jazz festival should honor the tradition and its contemporary practitioners by headlining them.

Emily Wilson - June 9, 2023

The artistic couple and their tempestuous love is the subject of Gabriela Lena Frank and Nilo Cruz’s new work, now at SF Opera.

Andrew Gilbert - June 6, 2023

The diverse summer lineup of music, theater, dance, and performance art will be based in the Mission District this year.

Jim Farber - June 6, 2023

The multitalented composer and performer is aiming at a festival that ignores musical boundaries and questions standard narratives.

Tom Jacobs - June 6, 2023

The university’s Brain and Creativity Institute and classical station KUSC collaborate on a concert and panel discussion. 

Molly Colin - May 31, 2023

Director Peter Sellars helms the concert version of the opera at the SF Symphony, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting.

Andrew Gilbert - May 23, 2023

The eminent guitarist pulls together his compadres for a retrospective at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage.

Tom Jacobs - May 19, 2023

Immune to rigid ideologies, Ligeti made music that was both tactile and intellectual, a postwar avant-gardist who still attracts audiences.

Iris Kwok - May 19, 2023

Retiring after 17 years at the Center, the executive and arts advocate had an enormous impact on the university and the region.