Features

Jeremy Reynolds - July 30, 2018

The quest for a younger arts audience often involves these social clubs.

Paul Kotapish - July 23, 2018

Photographer Geoff Sheil shares some images from inside the expansive chamber-music program.

Allan Kozinn - July 20, 2018

In the latest recordings from Robert Honstein and Rob Schwimmer, the soloist is the whole story, while Simone Dinnerstein and A Far Cry take on Philip Glass's Piano Concerto No. 3.

Michael Zwiebach - July 17, 2018

The orchestra issues a live recording of Le temple de la gloire. The band mixes roots music with classical training.

Lou Fancher - July 10, 2018

New research shows how music helps Alzheimer’s patients and inspires us to cooperate.

Lou Fancher - July 2, 2018

The prolific composer talks about her creative life and her new opera about Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

Michael Zwiebach - June 26, 2018

Need a mood lift? Here's a look at a little genre that produced some of classical music's biggest hits.

Janos Gereben - June 26, 2018

The brass section gets a workout in Wagner's magnum opus, striking both joy and terror in the hearts of the players.

Andrew Gilbert - June 22, 2018

Seasoned pros and upcoming tyros offer some of the best jazz tickets in the Bay Area this summer.

Paul Kotapish - June 19, 2018

S.F. Opera builds a Wagnerian dragon for the 21st century.