The S.F. Symphony, with soloists Sasha Cooke, Nicholas Phan, and Luca Pisaroni, navigated the challenging work in the orchestra’s season finale.

The Sitkovetsky Trio and David Shifrin deliver an emotionally complex, vibrant program.

Bass Denis Sedov and the Bay Area Men’s Chorus collaborate in Shostakovich’s masterful setting of Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s Holocaust epic.

Along with soprano Deborah Voigt, Luisi and the DNSO are on the same wavelength, making music passionately.

An inspired collaboration between the New Century Chamber Orchestra and Chanticleer features Franco-American themes.

A linguistic theme permeated great performances highlighting the work of two Stanford faculty composers.

A great American composer shows his variety in a well-balanced, entertaining performance at chamber/text, the free concert series.

The ensemble pulled together a diverse group of pieces for its program at Berkeley’s Hertz Hall.

In the third installment of a year-long project, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players offered two excellent premieres inspired by death and loss.