Jeff Kaliss

Curlew River arrives at Zellerbach Hall next weekend. The story of seeking and redemption, set to the music of Benjamin Britten, is also a story of fulfillment for visionary British director Netia Jones.

Traditional jazz still flourishes in New Orleans and elsewhere, kept alive by groups such as the Rebirth Brass Band.

The French-born conductor Stéphane Denève takes the S.F. Symphony on a lively international tour with works composed within a few years of each other.

At the SFFCM Music Day featuring several acts in the three performance areas bubbles with enthusiasm and portends good things to come.

On The Last Southern Gentlemen, Delfeayo Marsalis unites with his father, Ellis, on a project that encompasses his musical upbringing and training, and his view of jazz tradition.

As San Francisco Opera readies its revival of the most-performed American opera, Susannah, the composer and the opera’s general director reflect on their cherished artistic partnership.

The iconoclastic organist Cameron Carpenter is always ready to tear up concert halls and cathedrals with his vivid interpretations.

Hard to define, easy to admire, the hot trio Time for Three ranges widely in material, performance style, and ambition.

So far as cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Eric Zivian know, there’s no other festival doing chamber music on period instruments. But there will be the Valley of the Moon Music Festival.

Musical wonders witnessed in a glorious seaside setting are the hallmark of the 28th season of the Mendocino Music Festival.