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

Jeff Kaliss - February 11, 2015

Announcing a new program aimed at “millenials” to promote art through digital media.

Jeff Kaliss - February 9, 2015

Speaking to us from his home in Paris during a well-deserved break from the road, virtuoso violinist Renaud Capuçon discusses the women, repertoire, and violins in his life.

Jeff Kaliss - February 4, 2015

Sister Helen Prejean, composer Jake Heggie, and Opera Parallele artistic director Nicole Paiement reflect on the creation and artistic success of the opera.

Jeff Kaliss - January 22, 2015

The celebrated organist talks about Messiaen’s Livre du Saint-Sacrament, which he performs this weekend, and about advocating for his instrument.

Jeff Kaliss - January 12, 2015

The teaching of the great Indian classical musician has been preserved on tape and is now going to be available to the public.

Jeff Kaliss - January 7, 2015

A cellist heralds in the New Year with two concerts, both of them involving old acquaintances, as well as new music.

Jeff Kaliss - December 19, 2014

Branford Marsalis as you’ve never heard him before, on solo saxophone, in a ranging program of styles, in the cavernous, holy confines of Grace Cathedral.

Jeff Kaliss - December 13, 2014

The celebrated conductor shares memories of the founding of his orchestra and the making of Amadeus.

Jeff Kaliss - December 9, 2014

Lisa Bielawa's latest big idea is an opera conceived as separate productions of individual parts.

Jeff Kaliss - November 24, 2014

Nina Stern and Daphna Mor brought both their virtuosity and their educational mission to the Bay Area in the company of their East of the River ensemble.