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Artist Spotlight
Jaime Martín Takes the Podium With the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
September 13, 2019
Jaime Martín Takes the Podium With the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
BY Victoria Looseleaf

The top-tier flutist talks about taking up the baton and the mutual trust he enjoys with the musicians at his new gig.

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Chamber Orchestra/Orchestra Review
September 17, 2019
California Symphony Opens With a Flourish
BY David Bratman

Mezzo Rachel Calloway brilliantly channels Frida Kahlo in a Gabriela Lena Frank song cycle.

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SF Opera Keeps the HMS <em>Indomitable</em> Shipshape
September 17, 2019
SF Opera Keeps the HMS Indomitable Shipshape
BY Janos Gereben
The massive man-of-war setting for Billy Budd has a story of its own.
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Feature Article
The Day After #MeToo at Monterey Jazz
September 20, 2019
The Day After #MeToo at Monterey Jazz
BY Andrew Gilbert

Women musicians are in forefront of this year’s lineup at the legendary festival.

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Upcoming Concert
Sister Power Drives the Ahn Trio
September 20, 2019
Four Seasons Arts
Sister Power Drives the Ahn Trio
BY Lou Fancher

The gifted Ahn siblings bring a genre-bending slate to the Four Season Arts season opener.

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Upcoming Concert
Jazz Violinist Mads Tolling Pays Tribute to Past Masters
    September 20, 2019
    Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley
    Jazz Violinist Mads Tolling Pays Tribute to Past Masters
    BY Lou Fancher

    The local favorite tours in support of a new CD inspired by the late Sven Asmussen and other string wizards.

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    Artist Spotlight
    Nicholas McGegan’s “Retirement” Would Exhaust a Gaggle of Young Conductors
    September 17, 2019
    Nicholas McGegan’s “Retirement” Would Exhaust a Gaggle of Young Conductors
    BY Janos Gereben

    PBO’s longtime leading light shares his boundless energy with other ensembles around the globe.

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    Upcoming Concert
    PUSH Dance Expands Festival, Crowned by Raissa Simpson’s <em>Mothership III</em>
    September 16, 2019
    PUSH Dance Company
    PUSH Dance Expands Festival, Crowned by Raissa Simpson’s Mothership III
    BY Lou Fancher

    The company’s artistic director completes her large-canvas, Afro-futurism trilogy, in a four-performance lineup.

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    <em>Pop-Up Magazine</em> and SF Opera Collaborate in Local Events
    September 16, 2019
    Pop-Up Magazine and SF Opera Collaborate in Local Events
    BY Janos Gereben
    Multimedia concerts with SFO divas celebrate escapes of all sorts on Sept. 20–21.
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    Presidio Theatre Reborn as a Major New Performance Venue
    September 19, 2019
    Presidio Theatre Reborn as a Major New Performance Venue
    BY Janos Gereben
    Take a look inside San Francisco’s newest theater space.
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    New Music Review
    September 13, 2019
    L.A. Signal Lab Premiere Raises Cosmic Questions
    BY Tamzin Elliott

    The new-music group debuts the 14-movement URSA: an interstellar cantata at Monk Space.

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    Three Transgender Opera Singers on Their Transition, Lives, and Careers
    September 17, 2019
    Three Transgender Opera Singers on Their Transition, Lives, and Careers
    BY Michael Zwiebach
    KQED reporter Chloe Veltman meets singers who have had gender reassignment surgery, and how they’re adapting their careers to their authentic selves.
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    Opera Review
    September 9, 2019
    SF Opera Delivers a Near-Perfect Production of Britten’s Billy Budd
    BY Nicholas Jones

    All the elements coalesce in this provocative interpretation of Melville’s dark novella.

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    Women Composers Seeing the Inside of a Few More Concert Halls This Season
    September 10, 2019
    Women Composers Seeing the Inside of a Few More Concert Halls This Season
    BY Michael Zwiebach
    Orchestras and opera houses are the most change-resistant classical organizations. So how’s that balance thing going in the Bay Area?
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