Features

Molly Colin - April 4, 2023

Steven Isserlis describes his decades-long odyssey of traveling with his instrument. It’s not easy, even with a travel agent named Merlin on your side.

Tamzin Elliott - March 28, 2023

The USC Thornton grad is embracing multiple community roles and ignoring avant-garde hipness in favor of inclusive, polyglot music.

Emily Wilson - March 28, 2023

The Beyond Bollywood exhibition at the Asian Art Museum will stir emotions as well as tell stories.

Jeff Kaliss - March 21, 2023

Opened just five months ago, the “sacred space” for jazz has plugged a lot of gaps for S.F.-connected musicians.

Victoria Looseleaf - March 14, 2023

The new chamber opera about prophecy and instability is the climax of the artist’s yearlong residency at UC Berkeley.

Andrew Gilbert - March 13, 2023

The saxophonist/composer, a key figure in the Afrofuturist movement, celebrates 50 years of his band as he moves into new creative territory.

Lou Fancher - March 3, 2023

The conductorless chamber orchestra launches the Herbert Franklin Mells Project, performing scores that have gone unheard for almost 70 years.

Andrew Gilbert - March 3, 2023

Many of these artists have been getting the spotlight year-round from leading presenters, and rightly so.

Lisa Hirsch - February 27, 2023

Classical insiders, like conductor JoAnn Falletta, have major issues with the film’s veracity, but they’re still fascinated.

Victoria Looseleaf - February 21, 2023

The Soraya brings to fruition a trilogy of works celebrating native California trees that are now threatened by climate change.