Janos Gereben

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Janos Gereben - July 12, 2010

A Mind to Advance Modern Music

Charles Amirkhanian's brave and excellent Other Minds organization is making plans for an exciting new season — adjectives
Janos Gereben - July 6, 2010

What After Wozzeck? Orphée, She Says

"It is not an easy task to choose an opera to follow Berg's Wozzeck," muses Nicole Paiement, whose Ensemble Parallèle is doing more for contemporary opera than any other organization in the area, no matter the size.
Janos Gereben - June 29, 2010

New Voices of 2010

Janos Gereben - June 22, 2010

The Busine$$ of Orchestras

It takes a couple of years and a lot of work to gather data about the financial reports of U.S.

Janos Gereben - June 21, 2010

There are recitals, there are great recitals, and then there’s Yuja Wang. In an extraordinary scene Sunday in Herbst Theatre, after hearing her play the audience appeared both exhausted and elated. My hands hurt not merely from applauding, but also from an apparent case of couvade syndrome (men’s sympathy pain at childbirth) on listening to two hours of devilishly difficult Scriabin and Prokofiev played with ease and astonishing clarity.

Janos Gereben - June 15, 2010

New Book on Conductors — Yours for the Looking

Veteran San Francisco music critic Arthur Bloomfield has just published an online study of the great conductors of yesteryear.

Janos Gereben - June 8, 2010

Into the Woods and Beyond Broadway

It was a discombobulating moment Friday night at the premiere of Diablo Theatre Company's production of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine Into the Woods in Walnut Creek.
Janos Gereben - June 1, 2010

Youth Ascend Parnassus

You may remember from years past a bright young violin prodigy, Stephen Waarts, and the sensa
Janos Gereben - June 1, 2010

As the Summer music festival season approaches, a roundup of recommendations and a few meaningful reflections.

Janos Gereben - May 25, 2010

Kurt Rohde, winner of the prestigious Rome Prize, and also the violist/founder of the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, will soon have the world premiere of his Concertino in the Bay Area. And two other San Francisco musicians have been benefitting from artistic residence in Rome. While Rohde's Rome Prize stay recently concluded, San Francisco–raised composer Lisa Bielawa, is a current Rome Prize winner; and ODC Dance Company founder/artistic director/choreographer Brenda Way was a Resident in the Arts, and served as a senior advisor to the Rome Prize winners, including Rohde.