Jeff Kaliss

Jeff Kaliss has featured and reviewed classical, jazz, rock, and world musics and other entertainment for the San Francisco Chronicle and a host of other regional, national, international, and web-based publications. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, is a published poet, and is the author of I Want to Take You Higher: The Life and Times of Sly & the Family Stone (Backbeat Books) and numerous textbook and encyclopedia entries, album liner notes, and festival program notes.

Articles By This Author

All-Star Concert To Celebrate 30 Years of Klein Competition

Jeff Kaliss - May 28, 2015

Past recipients of the prestigious award will perform June 2 at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Hume Concert Hall.

Artist Spotlight

Vasily Petrenko on Conducting, Soviet Russia, and Soccer

Jeff Kaliss - April 20, 2015

The Russian-born conductor talks with SFCV about working across different cultures.

Artist Spotlight

Vasily Petrenko on Conducting, Soviet Russia, and Soccer

Jeff Kaliss - April 20, 2015

The Russian-born conductor talks with SFCV about working across different cultures.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music President Goes on the Record

Jeff Kaliss - April 9, 2015

SFCM President David Stull talks about what’s going on with the conservatory, including its new record label.

Moore’s Girl of Diamond Mountain Covers Rough Terrain

Jeff Kaliss - March 25, 2015

The composer talks about his recent project as well as his experience as a black classical composer.

Composer Rohde Wins Award, Prepares for Death With Interruptions

Jeff Kaliss - March 10, 2015

With an opera a week away from its premiere, Kurt Rohde barely has time to acknowledge a prestigious award that's come his way.

A Young Violinist’s New Old Guarneri

Jeff Kaliss - February 24, 2015

Ye-Eun Choi has everything going for her, and now she has a Guarneri violin on long-term loan.

Mads Tolling: Violinist Going Back to His Roots

Jeff Kaliss - February 19, 2015

The latest premiere at the Oakland-East Bay Symphony is a concerto from a well-known jazz and fusion violinist.

Gerbode Foundation Chooses Choreography Grant Winners

Jeff Kaliss - February 17, 2015

CounterPulse, ODC, and AXIS Dance Company are among the companies that won grants to produce new work in 2016-17.

Lisa Delan Recital a Pure Delight

Jeff Kaliss - February 14, 2015

In a recital that was almost a house concert, the music was well-served.