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Enriching Exchange: San Francisco and Shanghai Conservatories Deepen Ties

Jesse Hamlin - January 26, 2010
Violinist Yin Bin Qian wanted to study abroad after graduating from the prestigious Shanghai Conservatory of Music, the oldest Western-oriented music school in China. He applied to graduate school at Yale, the Eastman School of Music, USC, and other American colleges.
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Thoughts on the Naughts

Michael Zwiebach - January 19, 2010
In our childhoods we all internalize the decimal system and its powers of 10. This is probably why we fetishize the ends of centuries and decades as important stock-taking moments. Not to be left out, SFCV will bring you a few end-of-decade musings over the next few months.
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Music News: January 19, 2010

Janos Gereben - January 19, 2010

Opera to Offer Domingo, Ring, Much More

Just back at work for the first time in the new year, San Francisco Opera General Director David Gockley has announced plans for the company's 2010-2011 season, its 88th.

Music News: January 12, 2010

Janos Gereben - January 12, 2010

If Musicians Ruled the World ...

There it was, news over the weekend of the election victory of Ivo Josipovic, 52, for Croatia's presidency.

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Crowded Out of Eden: Composers and the Hollywood Dream

Jonathan Rhodes Lee - January 11, 2010
Film composer James Horner has been in the news a good deal lately. Horner is a versatile and experienced musician, with soundtracks as diverse as Star Trek II and Field of Dreams to his credit.
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Into a Charged Atmosphere, George Benjamin Brings His Music

Jeff Dunn - January 5, 2010

Talk about shocking revelations — British composer/conductor George Benjamin, toast of the San Francisco Symphony in its Jan. 7-17 programs, gets bolts of inspiration literally, from lightning. As he related to me last month, "I’ve always been fascinated by thunderstorms; they’ve influenced many of my works. ... I remember lightning flashes I’ve seen."

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Music News: January 5, 2010

Janos Gereben - January 5, 2010

Great Expectations

A few personal picks from the many inviting local musical events of 2010.

In Memoriam: Mariedi Anders1915-2009

Robert P. Commanday - December 29, 2009
Mariedi Anders, a leading American concert manager and the first in San Francisco, died Dec. 26 in the California Pacific Hospital after a short illness. She was 94. She was a major agent on the West Coast, managing her Mariedi Anders Artists Management, Inc., for 50 years, right up to her death.

Harry Potter and the Classic Film Score

Jonathan Rhodes Lee - December 29, 2009
For the last couple of weeks, a musical debate has been raging on MuggleNet, the self-appointed “ULTIMATE Harry Potter Fansite.” Nicholas Hooper, the composer who scored the last two Potter films, announced to If Magazine on July 23 that he will not work on the final productio

Downloading Primer: How to Get the Most From Your Clicks

Jason Victor Serinus - December 22, 2009

As we approach the year 2010, downloading music has become as ubiquitous as iPods.