Jeff Kaliss

A S.F. Chamber Orchestra program transverses three centuries of music with consistent liveliness, grace, and skill.

Prized for their true intimacy and relaxed atmosphere, private house concerts have become a thriving, many-tendriled subculture in the Bay Area music scene.

Growing up in Spain gave David Russell a love for the guitar, which he has parlayed into a much-lauded career.

Recorder players and a bansuri flute virtuoso get their place in the sun at Other Minds. Here’s how the surprising, eclectic 18th Festival came together.

A well-known physician who treats addiction faces his own: buying music in classical record stores.

The artistic chief of SFJAZZ chats with SFCV about the vision of the larger role of its new center.

Naumburg winner and conservatory graduate violinist Tessa Lark dreams of showcasing both her classical virtuosity and her love of bluegrass music in her native Kentucky.

Lisa Vroman weighs in on her family’s musical roots and her abiding love for opera.

Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi warm up for their San Francisco recital by talking about the risks and rewards of four-hand piano works.

Ravi Shankar, loved and admired in the West and around the world as a vessel of Indian music and spirituality, passed away on Dec. 11 near his home in San Diego County at the age of 92.