Features

Richard S. Ginell - November 28, 2023

The statewide experiment was a reason to visit three cities and experience the exciting music offered by their orchestras.

SFCV Editors - November 28, 2023

The musical world is teeming with concerts and ideas to help shake off the end-of-year darkness.

SFCV Editors and Janos Gereben - November 28, 2023

The musical world is teeming with concerts and ideas to help shake off the end-of-year darkness.

Andrew Gilbert - November 20, 2023

Glem has reunited with his longtime friend Gustavo Dudamel for a concerto that highlights Venezuela’s national instrument.

Victoria Looseleaf - November 15, 2023

If architecture helps define a city, then the bold, beautiful Frank Gehry-designed venue is a landmark for an arts-rich metropolis.

Jeffrey Day - November 7, 2023

Many prominent U.S. musicians have been drafted into the effort to improve their country’s image abroad, including the “dean of American composers.”

Tom Jacobs - October 30, 2023

The ambitious experiment led by the SF Symphony, LA Phil, and San Diego Symphony will highlight the work of more than 140 composers.

Aimée Ts'ao - October 24, 2023

Having performed Mowgli onstage as a boy, Khan is now revisiting the story in Jungle Book reimagined.

Emery Kerekes - October 17, 2023

With an enterprising Baroque band and a cast and crew of mostly locals, a major opera director sets up a local festival in a community hall.

Marissa Skudlarek - October 10, 2023

Did Stephen Sondheim’s celebrated portrait of creative obsession spark ideas for composer Mason Bates and librettist Mark Campbell?